Patient Care

Nephrology and Hypertension

Clinical Programs

  1. Renal Replacement Therapy Programs
    1. Hemodialysis – currently caring for ~400 patients managed primarily in cooperation with the Community Dialysis Care (CDC) system operating 12 satellite dialysis units throughout northeast Ohio. Medical Director: Jay Wish
    2. Peritoneal Dialysis – currently caring for ~ 40 patients. Medical Director: Carolyn Cacho Bowman
    3. Home Hemodialysis – a unique program offering “daily” (4-5 times weekly) home dialysis after extensive patient training. Medical Director: Carolyn Cacho Bowman
    4. Kidney Transplantation - caring for ~1400 patients including ~ 80 new patients per year. Includes 3 ½ day Post-transplant Clinics and 3 ½ day Pre-transplant clinics (devoted to evaluation of kidney transplant recipients and donors). Medical Director: Donald Hricik

  2. General Nephrology – VA Medical Center
    VA Interdisciplinary Diabetes Clinic - Medical Director- Richard T. Miller

  3. Renal Treatment Clinic
    - Offering outpatient services such as IV infusions, subcutaneous injections, and patient education services. Medical Director: Lavinia Negrea

  4. Continuity Clinic
    - An educational clinic providing one-on-one teaching for nephrology fellows. Medical Director: Michael Smith

  5. Clinical Hypertension
    - A clinical program providing comprehensive evaluation of patients with complex hypertension, and a broad portfolio of clinical trials – Medical Director: Jackson T. Wright, Jr.

  6. Renal Ward
    - Inpatient Service focusing on management of ESRD patients. Medical Director: Jay Wish