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department of Medicine

Section of Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation

The principal goals of our program are:

 

  • To provide the highest quality of care for patients with renal disease in the region;
  • To provide an outstanding training environment for trainees and students in nephrology;
  • To perform state-of-the-art research in nephrology, hypertension, autoimmune renal disease and transplantation.

Our clinical programs provide primary and tertiary care for patients in North Philadelphia, the Delaware Valley and beyond. The faculty and staff provide the highest level of diagnostic and therapeutic programs in acute and chronic renal disease and electrolyte disorders using state-of-the-art modalities for diagnosis, renal replacement therapies, and transplantation. These are linked to areas of particular expertise in glomerular diseases, mineral metabolism, kidney stones, complex hypertension, chronic kidney disease, transplantation, and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) (see below).

 

The focus of our research programs parallels our clinical acumen and includes programs in autoimmune renal diseases, immune tolerance, transplant complications, the genetic basis of kidney disease, slowing progression of chronic kidney disease, resistant hypertension, regulation of ion secretion, metabolic bone disease, nutritional aspects of chronic kidney disease, ESRD induced-anemia, optimizing vascular access, and health disparities and epidemiologic determinants of chronic kidney disease.

 

The renal fellowship program is focused on developing outstanding clinicians and physician scientists and includes an intensive clinical year, followed by either a clinical research year or additional years of research. Educational activities are robust and include interactive conferences, one-to-one faculty–fellow interactions in inpatient and outpatient settings, and many mentored research opportunities. Resident and student education are structured, and the faculty and fellows are recognized as outstanding teachers at the University.

 

Specific Clinical Programs

(see individual faculty profiles for areas of expertise)

  • Glomerulonephritis/Nephrotic Syndrome
  • Lupus Nephritis
  • ANCA/Vasculitis
  • IgA Nephropathy
  • Viral Nephropathies
  • Hematuria/Proteinuria
  • Chronic Kidney Disease
  • Vascular Access
  • Dialysis
  • Kidney Stones
  • Complex Hypertension
  • Kidney Transplantation