Nephrology
Wellstar nephrology diagnoses and treats kidney disease, including electrolyte disturbances, hypertension, cystic diseases of the kidney, systemic conditions that can affect the kidneys and we see patients requiring follow-up kidney transplantation care and manage all modalities of dialysis.
Nephrology at Wellstar
Our kidney experts care for patients with a broad spectrum of diseases from acute to chronic illness. Nephrologists are experts in the care of kidney disease stemming from mild, reversible injury to advanced state when kidney function is insufficient to sustain life without renal replacement therapy.
Our highly-trained nephrologists design treatment plans that include prescribing renal replacement therapy in the form of dialysis or evaluating and managing a patient through kidney transplantation.
What we treat
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Acute Kidney Failure
- High Blood Pressure
- Diabetes with renal manifestations
- Hematuria
- Proteinuria
- Electrolyte Disorders
- Anemia Glomerulonephritis
- Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Kidney Stones
- Hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis
- Kidney transplantation follow-up
