Dr. Amit Govil is the Robert G. Luke Endowed Chair in Nephrology, Director of the Division of Nephrology, and a tenured Professor of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. He also serves as Medical Director of the Kidney Transplant Program and directs the transplant nephrology fellowship program. He earned his medical degree from Maulana Azad Medical College in New Delhi, India, and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at SUNY Downstate/Kings County Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. He completed nephrology and hypertension training at the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio, followed by transplant medicine training at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. He is board-certified in Nephrology by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
A transplant nephrologist, Dr. Govil, has focused his career on improving kidney care and access to transplantation. He has helped expand the University of Cincinnati’s transplant program and developed outreach clinics across Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana, as well as telemedicine services for kidney and transplant care. He has participated in more than 30 clinical trials and established Ohio’s first transplant nephrology fellowship program, mentoring generations of fellows. His many honors include the Dr. K. S. Chugh Oration Award, the National Kidney Foundation Kidney Community Champion Award, and the UC Health Exemplary Physician Award.
Dr. Govil has served as President of the American Nephrologists of Indian Origin, Global CME Chair for the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, and Chair of the National Kidney Foundation Board in Cincinnati. He is a co-founder of the Society of Transplant Nephrology and I KAN: Kidney Activation Network, and serves on the Medical Advisory Board of Network for HOPE–Donate Life.