Nephrologists at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester provide comprehensive evaluation and treatment for patients with acute and chronic kidney disease, fluid and electrolyte disorders, and all forms of hypertension, as well as evaluation and management of kidney and pancreas transplantation recipients.
Specific diagnostic and treatment methods include:
- Hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, hemofiltration
- Investigation of new strategies to slow the progression of kidney disease
- Kidney biopsy with specialized microscopic and immunohistochemical analysis
- Investigation of new techniques to measure glomerular filtration rate determination
- Noninvasive diagnostic testing for renal vascular disease
- Extracorporeal hemoperfusion for drug and chemical intoxication
- Kidney transplant