Nephrology Program

PROGRAM

The Henry Ford Health System founded in 1915 as the Henry Ford Hospital has grown into one of the nation’s largest health care systems. Since its inception the Henry Ford System has as its core a select group of full time physicians dedicated to patient care, research and the improvement of health care for all people. The Division of Nephrology founded in 1970, has from its inception been a national leader in the delivery and improvement of care for patients with kidney disease.

The Division provides these services in both the outpatient and inpatient setting. Outpatient capabilities include:

Multiple dialysis units providing care for over 1000 patients. These units provide state-of-the-art dialysis care hemo and peritoneal dialysis equipped with the latest technology to better serve our patients. Each unit prides itself in caring for the whole patient providing a wide array of ancillary services such as physical and occupational therapy, dietary guidance spiritual support along with one of the nation’s best access surgical departments.

Transplantation evaluation and follow-up is encouraged within the same health care system for superior continuity of care. The transplant program, among the nation’s oldest, has an excellent reputation and is equipped to deal with patients with special needs.

Outpatient care for patients with renal disease needing ongoing care or diagnosis of their particular kidney problem. Our outpatient clinic is especially equipped to apply the newer techniques in slowing the progression of established kidney disease to end stage renal failure.

Management of complicated hypertensive disorders has been provided by the nephrology division for many years.

INPATIENT CAPABILITIES INCLUDE:

An inpatient renal transplantation service for those patients newly transplanted and those requiring inpatient care. This service includes a transplant attending and the transplant fellow. Please note that we are an American Society of Transplantation approved training center.

Two active consultation services seeing an extremely wide variety of renal problems in patients hospitalized on other services.

Two active nephrology floor services that care for established renal patients requiring in-hospital services.

PHYSICIAN TRAINING CAPABILITIES:

The nephrology division is an active training site for medical students, residents and nephrology fellows providing clinical and research experience along with an extensive conference schedule. The division welcomes students and residents from other schools and hospitals to spend time with us participating in our robust learning environment. For further details please click on our fellowship web site.

RESEARCH:

An active research program is in place that focuses on both clinical and basic science areas. Clinical areas of interest include peritoneal and hemodialysis along with the history of biopsy proven renal disease. Basic areas of interest include diabetes; sodium transport and hypertension, for further details please click on the research area of this web site.