Kidney Disease Services (Nephrology)
St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center
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The Nephrology services at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center offers inpatient and outpatient services to treat a variety of kidney-related conditions, as well as the only hospital-owned dialysis unit in the region.
Our interdisciplinary team, which includes some of the top nephrologists in the U.S., works closely with patients to create personalized treatment plans tailored to their healthcare needs.
Our Team
Vaidyanathapuram Balakrishnan, MD
Internal Medicine, Nephrology
Bertrand Jaber, MD
Internal Medicine, Nephrology
Programs
Our programs provide patients with expert, comprehensive subspecialty care.
Patient Information
Conditions we treat include:
- Acute kidney injury
- Chronic kidney disease
- Diabetic kidney disease
- Hereditary kidney disease
- Uncontrolled hypertension
- Kidney stones
- Fluid and electrolyte disorders
- Acid-based disorders
- Glomerulonephritis
- Vasculitis
- Kidney failure (all modalities of dialysis)
Treatments and services we offer include:
- Intensive care nephrology
- Continuous veno-venous hemodialysis (CVVHD)
- Inpatient and outpatient hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis
- Training for dialysis at home
- Formal dietary therapy for all diseases especially kidney stones and kidney failure