Joel D. Glickman, MD, FACP

Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension

5.0 with 73 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Joel D. Glickman, MD, FACP

Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension

5.0 with 73 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Director, Home Dialysis Programs
Professor of Clinical Medicine (Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension)
Dr. Glickman is a Penn Medicine physician.

Not accepting new patients

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Meet Dr. Glickman

Recognized by America's Top Doctors 2015 – 2017

Recognized annually in Philadelphia magazine's Top Docs issues, 2011 - 2024

Acute Interstitial Nephritis
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Acute Tubular Necrosis
Alport Syndrome
Azotemia
Bartter Syndrome
Blood in Urine (Hematuria)
Calcium Oxalate Stones
Cardiorenal Syndrome (CRS)
Chronic Kidney Disease
Chronic Kidney Disease Post Renal Transplant
Conservative Management of Chronic Kidney Disease
Contrast-Induced Nephropathy
Diabetes Insipidus
Diabetic Kidney Diseases
Dialysis
Dialysis Prevention
Dialysis Related Amyloidosis
Dietary Management of Chronic Kidney Disease
Electrolyte Disorders
Elevated Creatinine
End-Stage Kidney Disease
Gitelman Syndrome
Gouty Nephropathy
Hemodialysis (Kidney Dialysis)
Hep C-Related Renal Disease
Hepatorenal Syndrome
High Potassium Levels (Hyperkalemia)
Home Dialysis
Hydronephrosis
Hypercalcemia (High Calcium in Blood)
Hypercalciuria
Hypermagnesemia
Hypernatremia
Hyperoxaluria
Hyperparathyroidism
Hyperphosphatemia
Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
Hypertensive Crisis
Hypertensive Urgency
Hypertrophy of Kidney
Hyperuricemia
Hypokalemia
Hypomagnesemia
Hyponatremia
Hypophosphatemia (Low Phosphate Level)
Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion
Incremental Dialysis
Ischemic Nephropathy
Ischemic Renal Atrophy
Kidney Cyst (Renal Cyst)
Kidney Disease
Kidney Disease and Pregnancy
Kidney Failure (Renal Failure)
Kidney Problem
Kidney Stones (Nephrolithiasis)
Kidney Transplant
Kidney Transplant Malfunction
Liddle Syndrome
Lithium Nephropathy
Low Calcium Levels (Hypocalcemia)
Malignant Hypertension
Maternal Renal Disease
Medical Management of Chronic Kidney Disease
Metabolic Acidosis
Metabolic Alkalosis
Methanol Poisoning
Microalbuminuria
Microscopic Hematuria
Nephrocalcinosis
Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis
Nephropathy
Nephrosclerosis
Nephrotoxicity
Obesity-Related Glomerulopathy
Orthostatic Hypotension
Palliative Management of Chronic Kidney Disease
Peritoneal Dialysis
Polyuria
Postural Proteinuria
Primary Polydipsia
Proteinuria
Pseudohypoaldosteronism Type 1
Radiation Nephropathy
Reflux Nephropathy
Renal Agenesis and Dysgenesis
Renal Artery Disease
Renal Artery Dysplasia
Renal Artery Stenosis
Renal Cortical Necrosis
Renal Hypoplasia
Renal Insufficiency
Renal Manifestations of Sickle Cell Disease
Renal Mass
Renal Osteodystrophy
Renal Replacement Therapy Education
Renal Tubular Acidosis
Renovascular Hypertension
Retroperitoneal Fibrosis
Rhabdomyolysis
Secondary Hyperaldosteronism
Secondary Hyperparathyroidism
Secondary Hypertension
Small Kidney
Solitary Kidney
Thin Basement Membrane Disease
Tubulointerstitial Nephritis
Uncontrolled Hypertension
Uremia
Uremic Encephalopathy
Urethral Stones
Urgent-Start Peritoneal Dialysis
Uric Acid Urolithiasis
Vasculitis

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Programs and Centers

Penn Medicine's programs and centers combine doctors from many disciplines to coordinate care from start to finish. Dr. Glickman is part of these programs:

Penn Dialysis Services
Penn General Nephrology Clinic

Board Certification

Internal Medicine, 1985
Nephrology, 1988

Education and Training

Medical School: State University of New York
Residency: Albert Einstein - Montefiore Medical Center
Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Primary Location

Penn Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension Perelman

Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
South Pavilion, 1st Floor
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104

A facility of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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Penn Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension Radnor

Penn Medicine Radnor
Floor 2, Suite 205 South
145 King of Prussia Road
Radnor, PA 19087

A facility of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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Penn Medicine Hospital Privileges

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Pennsylvania Hospital: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Overall Ratings

out of 5 ; Ratings;

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Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.

Aetna US Healthcare
Amerihealth Caritas
Amerihealth Caritas Medicare
Centivo Health Plan
Cigna
Cigna HealthSpring
Clover Health Plan
Devon Health Services (Americare)
Gateway Health Plan
Geisinger Health Plan
Geisinger Medicaid
Global Medical Management
HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance, a Coventry Plan
HealthPartners
HealthPartners Medicare
HealthSmart
Highmark Blue Shield
Homestead Smart Health Plans/Claim Watcher
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Humana / Choicecare

Humana / Medicare
Imagine Health 360
Independence Blue Cross (Keystone East)
Keystone First
Keystone First Medicare
NJ Medicaid
NJ Qualcare
Oscar Health Plan of PA
Oxford Health Plan
PA Health and Wellness (Centene) Medicare
PA Medicaid
PA Medicare
Provider Partners Health Plan
Rail Road Medicare / Palmetto GBA
Tricare
United Healthcare
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
US Family Health Plan
Veterans Choice Program

Selected Publications

Maliha G, Glickman JD and McCoy MS: Ensuring Equitable Access to Dialysis: The Medicare Secondary Payer Act in Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Health Benefit Plan v. DaVita, Inc. J Am Soc Nephrology 33 (10): 1814-1816,2022.

Wise1 JL, Gelfand S, Glickman J, and Sarah J. Schrauben SJ.: Kidney Disease Knowledge and Health Literacy Among CKD Education Course Attendees Am J Kidney Disease 79 (4, Suppl 2): S3-4,2022.

Glickman, JD, Teitelbaum, I, Golper, T: Prescribing Home Hemodialysis Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease 28 (2): 157-163,2021.

Teitelbaum I, Glickman J, Neu A, Neumann J, Rivara MB, Shen J, Wallace E, Watnick S, and Mehrotra R.: KDOQI US Commentary on the 2020 ISPD Practice Recommendations for Prescribing High-Quality Goal-Directed Peritoneal Dialysis Am J Kidney Dis 77 (2): 157-171,2021.

Joel D. Glickman and Rebecca Kurnik Seshasai: Chapter 2 Patient Recruitment and Training for Home Hemodialysis Handbook of Home Hemodialysis : 2021.

Robert Lockridge Jr., Eric Weinhandl, Michael Kraus, Marty Schreiber, Leslie Spry, Prayus Tailor, Michelle Carver, Joel Glickman and Brent Miller: A Systematic Approach to Promoting Home Hemodialysis During End Stage Kidney Disease Kidney360 1 (9): 2020.

Glickman, JD: "Writing the Home Hemodialysis (HHD) Prescription." ASN Dialysis Core Curriculum, 2020 ASN on line dialysis curriculum : 2020.

Rebecca Kurnik Seshasai, M.D., Tiffany Wong, M.D., Joel Glickman, M.D., Judy A. Shea, Ph.D., Laura M. Dember, M.D.: The Home Hemodialysis Patient Experience: A Qualitative Assessment of Modality Use and Discontinuation Hemodialysis International 23 (2): 2019.

Christopher T. Chan, Eric Wallace, Thomas A. Golper, Mitchell H. Rosner, Rebecca Kurnik Seshasai, Joel D. Glickman, Martin Schreiber, Patrick Gee, and Michael V. Rocco.: Exploring Barriers and Potential Solutions in Home Dialysis: An NKF-KDOQI Conference Outcomes Report. Am J Kidney Dis. 73 (3): 2019.

Glickman J.D. and Seshasai RK: Home hemodialysis education during postdoctoral training: Challenges and innovations. Seminars in Dialysis : 2018.

Academic Contact Information

One Founders Pavilion
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-662-7934
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366

American Society of Nephrology, National
Fellow, American College of Physicians, National
International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, International
International Society of Nephrology, International
National Kidney Foundation, National