Nephrology & Hypertension

The Pediatric Nephrology & Hypertension Division cares for infants, children, and adolescents with all forms of kidney disease and high blood pressure. This diverse team provides inpatient services and/or consultations for children at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, Lyndon Baines Johnson Hospital, and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The division also hosts several clinics in the Texas Medical Center and the outlying areas. Since 2011, Pediatric Nephrology has been ranked 5 times in the top 40 children’s hospitals in the United States for pediatric kidney disorders by the U.S. News & World Report.

We provide a multidisciplinary team approach to patient care – our physicians, nurses, pharmacists, nutritionists, and social workers work together to provide the best care for every child. We work in close affiliation with pediatric urology, pediatric radiology, renal pathology, pediatric cardiology, vascular surgery, and transplant surgery divisions.

Our nephrologists remain at the forefront of techniques for treatment through research in hypertension, dialysis, and transplantation. Ongoing research studies focus on managing chronic kidney disease (CKD) and high blood pressure. We collaborate with most national and some international pediatric research networks to better understand how to manage our patients and their disorders.

Every year we train pediatricians to become pediatric nephrologists in our Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship training program. In addition, we offer a specialized concentration in Pediatric Hypertension.