Areas of special interest include:
1) Abnormalities of fluid and electrolytes
- Alterations in sodium and potassium
- Disorders of acid/base
2) Acute glomerulonephritis and rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
- Hemolytic uremic syndrome
- IgA nephropathy and Henoch-Schonlein-Nephritis
- Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
- Systemic vasculitides including systemic lupus erythematosus
3) Nephrotic Syndrome
- Membranous glomerulopathy
- Steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome
- Steroid responsive nephrotic syndrome
- Congenital nephrotic syndrome
4) Renal Failure
- Acute renal failure
- Chronic renal failure
5) Congenital and inherited diseases
- Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Nephronophthisis and medullary cystic kidney disease
- Renal cystic diseases
- Renal dysplasia
- Syndromes and malformations of the urinary tract
6) Inherited glomerular diseases
- Alport's disease
- Thin basement membrane diseases
7) Hypertension
- Essential hypertension
- Renovascular
- Syndromic
8) Tubular disorders
- Aminoaciduria
- Cystinosis
- Cystinuria
- Disorders of phosphorus, calcium and vitamin D metabolism
- Fanconi's syndrome
- Glycogen storage diseases
- Glycosuria
- Hyperoxaluria
- Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
- Renal tubular acidosis
9) Other Conditions Treated
- Tubular interstitial nephritis
- Urinary tract infections
- Vesicoureteral reflux
- Diabetic nephropathy
- Enuresis
- Nephrocalcinosis
- Nephrolithiasis
- Obstructive uropathy
- Sickle Cell Nephropathy
- Transplantation Treatments, Procedures and Services
- Medication Management
- Dialysis
- Continuous renal replacement therapy, including citrate anticoagulation for critically ill patients
- Comprehensive dialysis services and chronic dialysis outpatient care
- Chronic peritoneal dialysis care, including continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis (CCPD) or continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD)
- Percutaneous needle biopsy of native kidneys and kidney transplants using real-time ultrasound guidance
- Percutaneous cannula placement using ultrasound guidance
- Access to dialysis and transplant services for patients with end-stage renal disease
- Access to all end-stage renal disease therapies, including kidney transplantation, hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis
- Percutaneous kidney biopsies, if needed