About Oleksandr Kovalchuk, M.D.
Dr. Kovalchuk gained automatic entry into medical school in his native Ukraine in recognition of his accomplishments as the most accomplished chemistry student in the entire country that year. This was typical of the honors awarded him in his subsequent academic career, which included residency at the Yale-affiliated Danbury Hospital, and nephrology fellowship at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore in the Bronx, NYC. He found time along the way to also earn a Master’s of Public Health in Epidemiology and International Health from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Kovalchuk is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology, and has been with Ocala Kidney Group since 2009. He also serves as the Medical Director for the DaVita Acute (i.e. hospital inpatient) dialysis program.
Dr. Kovalchuk is an avid and accomplished tennis player; he and his wife have a young son and a daughter.