Nephrology
The Division of Pediatric Nephrology is dedicated to improving the health and quality of life of children with disabling or life-threatening disorders of the kidneys and with complications of kidney disease. The following broad diagnostic categories are managed: hematuria (blood in the urine), proteinuria (protein in the urine), the nephrotic syndrome, glomerulonephritis, pyelonephritis (infection of the kidneys), acute and chronic renal failure, hypertension (high blood pressure), and problems caused by disorders of kidney function (anemia, acidosis, growth failure, bone disease). Specific congenital diseases include hypoplastic kidneys, polycystic kidneys, and urinary tract obstruction. Specific acquired disorders include the hemolytic-uremic syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, Henoch-Schšnlein purpura, nephrotoxic injury (renal damage caused by medications), and end-stage renal disease (children needing kidney transplantation).
The children are treated in outpatient and inpatient settings by a team of physicians, nurses, dialysis nurses, social workers, child life therapists, teachers, and dietitians. Divisional faculty are committed to providing care of the highest possible quality, to the training pediatricians and pediatric nephrologists who will carry on with this mission, and to developing further understanding and new treatments of kidney diseases. Past research in the Division has developed methods to improve the outcome of children with hemolytic-uremic syndrome, nephrotic syndrome and glomerulonephritis, nephrotoxic injury, and chronic renal failure. Current research involves transplantation immunology, mechanisms of autoimmune injury to the kidney, treatment of highly resistant cases of nephrotic syndrome, metabolic and growth disorders in chronic renal failure, and toxic renal injury from drugs used to treat cancer, serious infections, and other diseases.
Paul Grimm, M.D.
Fellowship Director
Admin Contact
Kim Sands
300 Pasteur Drive, Room G306
Stanford, CA 94305-5208
Phone: (650) 723-7903
Fax: (650) 498 6714
Division Chief
Clinic
For clinic hours and location, please visit the Nephrology Clinic at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.
