Bronxite and former Montefiore Medical Center physician Dr. Ira Greifer (pictured with wife Carol) has worked for over 50 years to improve upon national and international efforts to help patients suffering from kidney disease. Greifer, known as the “father” of Pediatric Nephrology worldwide, has championed the causes of children and those who cannot afford the necessary care through both medical and legislative accomplishments. On Oct. 30, he received the 2008 NephCure Lifetime Achievement Award from the NephCure Foundation. Greifer, who is married and the father of three grown daughters, stepped down in 1998 as the director of the Ira Greifer Children’s Kidney Center at Montefiore. (Photo courtesy the NephCure Foundation.)
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