{"id":2,"date":"2024-02-12T14:38:53","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T14:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/nephrology-division\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-08-27T10:11:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T17:11:52","slug":"nephrology-division","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/nephrology-division\/","title":{"rendered":"Division of Nephrology and Hypertension"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--hero-primary has-image fifty-fifty horizontal-navigation\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--hero-primary\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"image-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/nephrology-division\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2025\/07\/AdobeStock_643883630_modelofkidney-768x432.jpeg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/nephrology-division\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2025\/07\/AdobeStock_643883630_modelofkidney-1920x1080.jpeg 1920w,https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/nephrology-division\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2025\/07\/AdobeStock_643883630_modelofkidney-1280x720.jpeg 1280w,https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/nephrology-division\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2025\/07\/AdobeStock_643883630_modelofkidney-768x432.jpeg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n        alt=\"Model of kidney\"\n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--link eyebrow-link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a\n  class=\"link \"\n  href=\"https:\/\/www.keckmedicine.org\/centers-and-programs\/nephrology\/\"\n  target=\"_blank\"  aria-label=\"Read&#x20;more&#x20;about&#x20;Are&#x20;you&#x20;a&#x20;patient&#x3F;\">\n        Are you a patient?\n    <\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper has-horizontal-nav\">\n\n          <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n\n                  <div class=\"eyebrow-container\">\n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/medicine\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Department of Medicine\">Department of Medicine<\/a>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n        \n                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title has-stripe\">\n\n    \n  <h1>Division of Nephrology and Hypertension<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n        \n              <\/div>\n    \n    \n    \n      \n              <div class=\"horizontal-nav\">\n                      <div class=\"horizontal-menu-container\">\n              <button class=\"expand-menu\">\n                                  In This Section\n                                <svg class=\"menu\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\"\n                  y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" xml:space=\"preserve\">\n                  <path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" d=\"M4,23h3v3H4V23z M4,16h3v3H4V16z M10,23\n                  h21v3H10V23z M10,16h21v3H10V16z M10,9h21v3H10V9z M4,9h3v3H4V9z\"\/>\n                <\/svg>\n\n                <svg class=\"close\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\"\n                  viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" xml:space=\"preserve\">\n                  <polygon fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" points=\"26,10.4 24.6,9 17.5,16.1 10.4,9 9,10.4 16.1,17.5\n                  9,24.6 10.4,26 17.5,18.9 24.6,26 26,24.6 18.9,17.5 \"\/>\n                <\/svg>\n              <\/button>\n\n              <nav\n  class=\"mc--menu mc--\"\n  >\n  <ul class=\"m--menu m--\">\n    \n    \n      <li class=\" menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-home menu-item-13\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/nephrology-division\/\" >Division of Nephrology and Hypertension<\/a>\n  \n  \n<\/li>\n\n    \n      <li class=\" menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-16\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/nephrology-division\/research\/\" >Research<\/a>\n  \n  \n<\/li>\n\n    \n      <li class=\"has-submenu menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-17 menu-item-has-children\">\n      <div class=\"link-arrow-wrapper\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/nephrology-division\/training-education\/\" >Training &amp; 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The division operates both in the public sector at Los Angeles General Medical Center and in the private sector at Keck Medical Center of USC and DaVita-USC Kidney Dialysis Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/nephrology-division\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2025\/08\/2_Doctors-Nurses-discussing-cases-during-rounds-768x768.jpeg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/nephrology-division\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2025\/08\/2_Doctors-Nurses-discussing-cases-during-rounds-1280x1280.jpeg 1280w,https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/nephrology-division\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2025\/08\/2_Doctors-Nurses-discussing-cases-during-rounds-768x768.jpeg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n        alt=\"Group of doctors, planning management in hospital and workflow of medical student with training manager on tablet. 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A large number of these patients are \u201cSpanish-speaking\u201d and have diabetes mellitus as the primary cause of their renal disease.<\/p>\n<p>At Keck Medical Center of USC, Nephrology and Hypertension faculty admit private patients and provide consultations to patients with renal disease. In addition, our faculty work very closely with the kidney, pancreas and liver transplant surgeons to provide care to patients with end-stage renal disease who require living-related, living-unrelated, and cadaveric renal transplant. The Division of Nephrology and Hypertension and the Division of Vascular Surgery are dedicated to providing care to patients with renovascular hypertension and ischemic kidney disease.<\/p>\n<p>The Division of Nephrology and Hypertension follows almost 300 patients with end-stage renal disease on maintenance hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis at DaVita-USC Kidney Dialysis Center. This unit is recognized as an example for the community due to its efficiency, quality of care, and dedication of the staff.<\/p>\n<p>The Division of Nephrology and Hypertension is committed to providing excellent teaching to medical students, housestaff, and nephrologists in the community. To this end, the faculty of the division conducts the Year II Renal System Course, which includes lectures, laboratory work and small group discussion. The faculty teaches housestaff and medical students during their rotations on the renal service both at the bedside as well as through didactic lectures. The faculty also participates in the postgraduate education activity of the Department of Medicine. The Division of Nephrology and Hypertension has established a USC Renal Club with the idea of bringing together nephrologists to provide them with continuing medical education and established cooperative research protocols.<\/p>\n<p>The Division of Nephrology and Hypertension is actively involved in both basic and clinical research. One area of basic research is aimed at studying the role of the sympathetic nervous system in hypertension associated with kidney disease, and the interrelations between angiotensin II and oxidative stress in central activation of the noradrenergic system. Another group of investigators is pursuing the mechanism of reduction in renal solute clearance in acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease. In clinical research, the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension is studying the role of the sympathetic nervous system, measured by direct microneurography in hypertension associated with kidney disease as well as essential hypertension. The faculty have a variety of clinical protocols dealing with management of bone disease progression of kidney disease and kidney transplantation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block image-left white\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>Focused on cutting-edge, disease-focused, multidisciplinary basic and translational research<\/span>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title has-stripe\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Research\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description description-medium\">\n\n    \n  <p>The Division of Nephrology and Hypertension is committed to basic as well as clinical research. Current areas of investigation include the noradrenergic control of blood pressure in kidney disease, mechanisms and management of vascular calcifications in dialysis patients, detection and management of cardiovascular disease in dialysis patients and prevention of progressive renal disease in African-Americans. The Division has also developed an urgent-start peritoneal dialysis program, which is the largest of its kind in the country. In addition, research is ongoing to enhance assessment of intravascular volume and response to ultrafiltration in critically ill patients. The faculty have a variety of clinical protocols dealing with diabetic nephropathy, bone disease, progression of kidney disease, kidney transplantation, vitamin deficiency in chronic kidney disease, end-stage renal disease, transplantation and nutrition in patients with acute kidney injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n              <div class=\"links-container\">\n                          \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a\n  class=\"link \"\n  href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/nephrology-division\/research\/\"\n    aria-label=\"Read&#x20;more&#x20;about&#x20;Research\">\n    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"12\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 12\"><polygon points=\"14 0 20 6 19 7 19 7 19 7 14 12 13 10.9 16.9 7 0 7 0 5 17 5 13 1 14 0\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" stroke-width=\"0\"\/><\/svg>    Research\n    <\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div 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<span class=\"card-description\">The Nephrology Transplant Fellowship is a 1-year AST-accredited program designed to provide Nephrology graduates with experience in all aspects of renal transplantation. <\/span>\n                \n                            <\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n    \n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--contact-details \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--contact-details\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n\n          <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Contact Us\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n        \n        \n      <\/div>\n    \n    \n      <div class=\"contacts-container\">\n\n        \n                      <div class=\"contact-card\">\n\n                              <h3>Visit the Division<\/h3>\n           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