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Alessia Fornoni, MD, PhD
Nephrology
Accepting New Patients
Virtual Visits Available
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Need help scheduling? Call 305-243-6251
Highlights
Age Groups Seen
- Adults
Languages
- Spanish
- English
- Italian
About Alessia Fornoni
Clinical Area
Diabetic nephropathy, Glomerular diseases, Diabetic nephropathy, Chronic kidney disease
Locations
- 5555 Ponce De Leon Boulevard, Floor 3, Coral Gables, FL 33146
- Get Directions
- phone: 305-243-6251
Expertise
Education
- Doctoral Program: Universita Degli Studi Di Pavia
- Fellowship: Jackson Memorial Hospital, Nephrology, 2005
- Residency: JMH Dept of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine, 2004
- Fellowship: Univ of Miami Renal Cell Biology Laboratory, 2002
- Post Graduate Training: Univesita' degli studi di Bologna, Pharmacology, 2000
- Internship: Policlinico San Matteo IRCCS, 1998
- Medical School: Universita Degli Studi Di Pavia, 1995
Board Certifications
- Nephrology: American Board of Internal Medicine
Insurance
Health plans that are currently contracted with UHealth are listed below. However, please check with your insurance provider to verify that UHealth is part of your provider network.
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- Aetna - WC
- Aetna Affiliates/Signature Adm. (ASA)
- Aetna Behavioral Health
- Aetna Elect Choice (EPO)
- Aetna-FL Healthy Kids
- Aetna-HMO
- Aetna-Medicaid HMO
- Aetna-Medicare HMO
- Aetna-Medicare PPO
- Aetna-POS
- Aetna-PPO
- Aetna-UM Employee-HMO 1
- Aetna-UM Employee-HMO 2
- Aetna-UM Employee-POS HRA
- Aetna/Coventry - Institutes of Excellence (IOE)
- Amerigroup-FL Healthy Kids
- Amerigroup-Medicaid HMO
- Argus Vision
- AvMed Choice
- AvMed-HMO/POS
- AvMed-MDC and JHS Groups
- AvMed-Medicare HMO
- AXIS
- BCBS Blue Options-Network Blue-PPO
- BCBS BlueCare-HealthOptions HMO
- BCBS BlueChoice PPC-PPO
- BCBS Miami Dade Blue-PPO
- BCBS of FL - except "SELECT" Plans
- BCBS of FL (Commercial plans exclude HIX Select)
- BCBS Traditional-PHS-PPO
- Beacon Health (FKA ValueOption)
- Beech Street-PPO
- Broward Health Medical Center
- CarePlus-Medicare HMO
- Catholic Hospice
- CCP-CMS Title XIX (Medicaid Enrolled in South Florida)
- CCP-CMS Title XXI (Non-Medicaid Enrolled in South Florida)
- CCP-MMA (Broward County residents)
- Charlotte County Sheriff's Office-PPO
- Cigna Affiliates
- Cigna Behavioral Health
- Cigna Dental-HMO and PPO
- Cigna Life Source (Intracorp is part of Cigna Lifesource)
- Cigna Shared Administration
- Cigna-EPO
- Cigna-HMO
- Cigna-MDCPS Jackson Sr. High
- Cigna-POS
- Cigna-PPO
- Clear Health Alliance-SNP Medicaid HMO
- CompCare (Comprehensive Behavioral Care)
- Concordia Behavioral Health
- CorVel - WC
- Coventry First Health - WC
- Coventry Health Care of FL (HIP)-HMO/POS
- Coventry Health Care of FL (HIP)-PPO
- Coventry Health Plan of FL (Foundation)-HMO
- Coventry Health Plan of FL (Foundation)-POS
- Coventry National-PPO
- Coventry Summit-Medicare HMO
- Coventry Vista-Medicare HMO
- Coventry-First Health-PPO
- Delta Dental-PPO
- DentaQuest (ADI)
- DIKLA
- Dimension - WC
- Dimension Plus-PPO
- EHN - PPO
- EQUIAN (fka Health Systems International)
- Europe Assistance/Global Corporate Solutions
- eyeQuest
- FCCI - WC
- Florida Healthcare Plan (Affiliate of BCBSFL)
- Florida PACE (FPC)
- Freedom Health-Medicaid HMO
- Freedom Health-Medicare HMO
- Gallagher Bassett - WC (MDCPS & FCSRMC)
- Global Excel Mgt PPO
- Global Health Claims Services
- Great West (Cigna)-HMO/POS
- Guardian Life PPO
- HAA Preferred Partners
- Health First Health-HMO/POS
- Health First Health-Medicare HMO
- Health First Health-PPO
- Health Net Veterans Choice HMO
- Heritage Summit Healthcare - WC
- Humana - HUMx
- Humana Behavioral Health (fka LifeSynch)
- Humana Dental/CompBenefits/OHS
- Humana National Transplant
- Humana-EPO
- Humana-HMO
- Humana-Medicaid HMO
- Humana-Medicare HMO
- Humana-PPO
- Humana-Premier
- iCare Health Solutions
- Interlink Health Services
- International Kids Fund (IKF)
- League Medical Concepts-Federal Inmates
- Life Trac
- Magellan Behavioral Health
- Magellan Complete Care-SNP Medicaid HMO
- MDAbroad
- Medica-Medicare HMO
- Medical Development In't (MDI)-Federal Inmates
- Medicus
- Metlife Dental-PPO
- MHNet Behavioral Network
- Molina
- Molina - Market Place
- Molina-Medicaid HMO
- Molina-Medicare HMO
- Morgan White International
- MultiPlan-PPO
- Naphcare (Federal Prisoners)
- National Healthcare Solutions Inc.
- Neighborhood HealthPlan-HMO/POS
- Neighborhood HealthPlan-PPO
- North Broward Hospital District-PPO
- Olympus Managed Healthcare
- Optum
- Positive Healthcare-SNP Medicaid HMO
- Positive Healthcare-SNP Medicare HMO
- Prestige Health Choice-Medicaid HMO
- Prime Health Services - WC
- Quality Health Management
- Religious Order of Jehovah's Witnesses-PPO
- Rockport Healthcare Group - WC
- Royal Caribbean Cruises-PPO
- Sanus Health Corporation
- Simply Healthcare-Medicaid HMO
- Solstice Dental-HMO and PPO
- Start Healthcare Network
- Sunshine
- Sunshine - AMBETTER
- Sunshine-Healthy Kids HMO
- Sunshine-Medicaid HMO
- Sunshine-Medicare HMO
- Tricare South Prime-HMO
- Tricare South Standard-PPO
- United Behavioral Health (UBH)
- UnitedHealthcare Affiliates
- UnitedHealthcare-Healthy Kids HMO
- UnitedHealthcare-HMO/POS
- UnitedHealthcare-Medicaid HMO
- UnitedHealthcare-Medicare Nursing Home Plan
- UnitedHealthcare-PPO
- University of Miami Athletic Dept-PPO
- VUMI
- Wellcare/Staywell-Healthy Kids HMO
- Wellcare/Staywell-Medicaid HMO
- Wexford Health-State Inmates
- Worldwide Managed Care
Ratings & Reviews
5 out of 5
94 ratings, 20 reviewsUHealth is committed to being transparent with our patients and community. To achieve this, we include positive and negative comments from the care provider section of the medical practice survey. All ratings and comments are submitted by patients who have experienced outpatient care with our providers. Comments are carefully reviewed to ensure that each one accurately reflects the patient's perception of the care they received.
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- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/6/2026
High level medical care
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/3/2026
Dr Fornoni is absolutely amazing
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/30/2026
Excellent in every sense
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/18/2025
Very knowledgeable and great communication
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/2/2025
Dr Fornoni was great
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/1/2025
Caring, attentive, very knowledgeable
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/25/2025
Dr Fornoni is by far the greatest Doctor and person I have ever seen in my life...
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/29/2025
Dr Alissea Fornoni is a great doctor. She explains things in a way that I can understand
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/16/2025
Exceptional
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/5/2025
Excellent doctor
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/2/2025
I was extremely happy with how the entire process went. Excellent from start to finish.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/17/2025
Excellent Doctor
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/5/2024
LOVE HER BEST NEPHROLOGIST I HAVE EVER HAD
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/29/2024
Dr. Fornoni is amazing. She is incredibly compassionate and clearly, is a leader in her field. So happy she is on my treatment team.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/15/2024
I always have a good time experience
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/15/2024
Dr. Fornoni, is the epitome of professionalism, empathy, intelligence, & compassion.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/21/2024
I love Dr. Fornoni. She is always very friendly and professional.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/20/2024
Dr Fornoni is wonderful!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 7/21/2024
Tremendous sense of confidence. No better physician anywhere
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/18/2024
Very good