Conditions We Treat
Areas of Expertise
Abnormalities of fluid and electrolytes and tubular disorders, include:
- Renal tubular acidosis, other acid-base disorders and related tubular disorders such as Fanconi’s, Bartter’s or Gitelman’s syndromes
- Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
- Aminoacidurias such as cystinuria
- Hyperoxaluria
- Disorders of phosphorus, calcium and vitamin D metabolism
- Primary glomerulonephritides such as IgA nephropathy, membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
- Secondary glomerulonephritides such as nephritis associated with Henoch-Schonlein purpura or lupus nephritis
- Congenital nephrotic syndrome
- Minimal change disease / steroid-sensitive and steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome
- Orthostatic proteinuria
- Syndromes and malformations of the kidneys and urinary tract such as obstructive uropathy or renal dysplasia
- Cystic kidney diseases (autosomal-dominant, -recessive and other polycystic kidney disease, nephronophthisis and medullary cystic kidney disease, multicystic dysplastic kidneys and cystic dysplasia)
- Alport syndrome and thin-basement membrane diseases
- Cystinosis and oxalosis
- Acute kidney injury (hemolytic-uremic syndrome, acute interstitial nephritis, acute tubular necrosis, acute post-infectious glomerulonephritis)
- Chronic kidney disease
- End-stage renal disease (chronic dialysis and kidney transplantation)
- Essential hypertension
- Renovascular hypertension
- Hypertension related to chronic kidney disease
- Enuresis
- Urinary tract infections
- Vesicoureteral reflux / reflux nephropathy
- Nephrocalcinosis and nephrolithiasis
- Renal disorders related to abnormalities of the complement system (atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome, membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis)
- Renal dysfunction associated with bone marrow or non-renal solid organ transplantation
Patient Education
Explore some of our Nephrology health topics.
Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) Study
Nephrostomy Tube Care
Renal Cortical Scan
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