Nephrology

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Telephone: 416-469-6580  Ext. 6167 &  416-469-6168

The nephrology (renal) program provides a range of renal disease care and services, including:

General Nephrology Clinic, Multidisciplinary Kidney Care Clinic (MCKC), Vascular Access Clinic, In-centre Hemodialysis, In-patient Peritoneal Dialysis.

MGH will be offering nocturnal in-centre hemodialysis in the Fall/Winter of 2018.

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Dedicated to promoting the health of patients with advanced chronic kidney disease. The interdisciplinary team includes doctors, nurse educators and coordinators, a social worker, a pharmacist, a dietitian, and a chiropodist. Together, we will help you to learn how to stay healthy and manage your chronic kidney disease, through education, support, and treatment advice.

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Patients being assessed for a kidney transplant will be seen through the FASTRAK Clinic located in the Ambulatory Transplant Centre. FASTRAK brings together the patient’s tests and evaluations. This reduces the number of visits the patient makes to the hospital. Once home from the hospital after surgery, the clinic will schedule the patient’s follow-up care in the Ambulatory Transplant Clinic.

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The unit provides patients and families the education and training they need to perform peritoneal dialysis at home, on their own. They are also the home of the Dialysis Start Unit, which is available for patients who need to start dialysis urgently.  This allows patients to receive dialysis, and learn about different dialysis treatment options.

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Home hemodialysis allows nephrology patients to receive dialysis treatment at home, by connecting themselves to a dialysis machine. Patients dialyze overnight, while they sleep. The Home Hemodialysis Unit is comprised of the Training Unit and the clinic.

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Offer genetic testing and counseling to patients with hereditary kidney disease. The clinic has an experienced team of specialists with expertise in both medical and surgical management of kidney and non-kidney related complications, as well as novel experimental drug treatments.

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Hemodialysis is also called “HD” or “Hemo”. It is a treatment that cleans the toxins from your blood. It also removes water from your body. People receive hemodialysis because their kidneys can no longer clean their blood as well as they should. The unit provides hemodialysis for patients with acute kidney injury or end-stage renal disease. Hemodialysis patients are supported by a multi-disciplinary care team including a nephrologist, nurse practitioner, nurse, dietitian, pharmacist, chiropodist, vascular access coordinator, physiotherapist, and social worker.

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The specialized clinic investigates and treats patients with glomerulonephritis who have been referred by a nephrologist or a family doctor who has tested for and found large amounts of protein and/or blood in the patient’s urine. Because the disease is serious and can lead to end-stage renal disease (in some cases, within months or even weeks), the diagnosis and management of the disease are crucial. They treat glomerulonephritis occurring on its own or secondary to a systemic condition, such as vasculitis.

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The goal is to tailor kidney care to better fit the patient’s lifestyles. They will listen to all of the patient’s symptoms and concerns, to prioritize those things of importance to the patient, and to provide information on how to get community support services that may be of use.