Jay Ginsberg, MD

Jay Ginsberg graduated from Thomas Jefferson University with his MD in 1977.  Following an internal medicine residency, he completed a fellowship in nephrology at Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University in 1982.  He then began a nephrology practice in Southeastern Connecticut, which has now grown to 7 providers.  Dr. Ginsberg has served as chairman of the department of Nephrology at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in New London and Backus Hospital in Norwich.  In addition, he has been medical director of two dialysis units, one in New London and one in Norwich.  In 2012 Dr. Ginsberg earned a Master of Medical Management degree from Carnegie Mellon University.

Dr. Ginsberg is known in the nephrology community as an expert in quality improvement and patient advocacy.  He has held several leadership roles within the Network system, which is a group of government contractors dedicated to improving the lives of kidney patients. 

Dr. Ginsberg has served as an invited speaker at numerous national and regional quality meetings including QualityNet, the CMS sponsored national medical quality meeting.

Dr. Ginsberg has also been active in organized medicine with leadership roles in the Eastern Connecticut Medical Association and the Connecticut State Medical Association.