Nephrology and Hypertension Division

  Overview

  The division provides education, patient care and research in all aspects of the
  pathogenesis and treatment of renal disease and hypertension.

Clinical

The Division of Nephrology & Hypertension employs 19 full-time faculty. Consultation services are maintained at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center and the Veterans Administration Medical Center, which provide exposure to:

• general nephrology
  
• hypertension
• renal transplantation, including combined pancreas and renal transplants
  
• dialysis (all modes)
• Dialysis units are located at University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Veterans Administration Medical Center and several satellite locations throughout the Intermountain West.

Research

Each faculty member is active in clinical and/or basic research.

Clinical research focuses on:

glomerulonephritis chronic kidney disease acute kidney injury renal transplantation hereditary nephritis dialysis

Basic research includes studies on:

• pathogenesis of and treatment of glomerulonephritis
• treatment of acute kidney injury with mesenchymal stem cells
• biology of renin
  
• progression of chronic kidney disease
  
• vascular access stenosis
  
• hypertension
• polycystic kidney disease
  
• renal sodium and water transport
• diabetic nephropathy
• the kidney in metabolic syndrome
  
• hemolytic-uremic syndrome
• erythropoietin effects on renal function
• calcineurin inhibitor nephrotoxicity
  
• development of gene-targeting and transgenic strategies to study renal function in health and disease