George N. Marinides, MD, PhD, FASN
Nephrology Associates of WNY
1306 Sweet Home Rd
Amherst, NY 14226

Dr. Marinides was born and raised in Greece where he finished Medical School. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Mercy Hospital in Buffalo and a fellowship in Nephrology at SUNY at Buffalo from 1984-1985. He continued with a research fellowship (experimental work) at the University of Utah Medical School in Salt Lake City, UT for 3 years. He received a Ph.D. in experimental Nephrology in 1990.

In 1990, he became an Assistant Professor at the Medical School of SUNY at Buffalo, Division of Nephrology. He did research as well as patient care at the Veterans’ Administration Medical Center in Buffalo for 4 years. He was the director of the Peritoneal Dialysis Unit in that hospital during that time.

In 1994, he joined Nephrology Associates of WNY and has been a partner of the group since then. He is the medical director of the Suburban Dialysis Unit in Amherst NY.

He has maintained an affiliation with the SUNY at Buffalo Medical School as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine and has been active in teaching residents and medical students. He has published original articles, and reviews in various medical journals, and has written medical book chapters. He has lectured repeatedly to physicians, other health professionals and the public.

He is the recipient of the 2008 Gift of Life Award from National Kidney Foundation, WNY chapter, and of the 2013 Gift of Life Award of the Northeast Kidney Foundation of Greater Buffalo.