Denver Health nephrologists provide diagnostic and therapeutic management of kidney diseases in the hospital setting, as well as in the outpatient clinic setting.

Services

• Evaluation and care of the patient with acute renal failure
• Evaluation and care of the patient with chronic kidney disease
• Kidney biopsies, CT scan guidance
• Evaluation and management of patients with hypertension
• Care of patients with diabetic nephropathy
• Care of patients with polycystic kidney disease
• Management of post renal transplant patients
• Evaluation and pre-dialysis care, and chronic dialysis placement in the community
• Acute hemodialysis and/or continuous veno-venous hemodiafiltration
• Care of patients with glomxulonephaitis
• Evaluation of patients with electrolyte and/or acid base disorders
• Vascular access planning, with vascular surgeon and interventional radiologist
• Kidney stone disease

Research

• Endothelin in Hypertension
• Role of dyslipdemia in progression of chronic kidney disease
• Role of Potassium in the Management of Hypertension and cardiovascular diseases
• Natural History and management of ischemic nephropathy
• Slowing the progression of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD)
• Biomarkers in Acute Kidney Injury
• Proteomics in Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
• Acute Kidney Injury