The Royal Children's Hospital department of Nephrology has for the past 30 years provided a wealth of experience in the comprehensive management of kidney problems.

Our mission

To provide the highest standard of individualised care to children with kidney and urinary diseases.

Department profile

The Nephrology Unit has over 3,000 children attending the kidney outpatient's clinic. The main areas of service offered by the department are:

• Consultation, kidney biopsy, and other diagnostic procedures
• Living-related and deceased donor kidney transplantation
• Urological surgery and support
• Specialist end-stage kidney failure procedures

Nephrologists

• Dr Joshua Kausman – Director
• Dr Simon Carter
• Dr Swasti Chaturvedi
• Dr Thomas Forbes
  
• Dr Lilian Johnstone
• Dr Sheena Kaul
• Dr David Metz
  
• Dr Cathy Quinlan
• Dr Matthew Sypek 

Clinical nurse consultants

• Haemodialysis- Brendan Cusack
• Peritoneal dialysis- Bronwyn Mahoney and Nicole Russo
• Transplantation- Bettina Walker

Social work

• Rosalind Riley

Dietitian

• Maeve Tuohy
• Elise Wilson

Publications

• Nephrotic Syndrome
  • Information for parents and record book
  • Record book  

Affiliations and links

• International Paediatric Nephrology Association
• American Society of Nephrology
• Australian & New Zealand Paediatric Nephrology Association
• National Institute of Diabetes & Diseases of the Kidney