Kidney Care Centre

How we can help you

We provide appointments with specialist renal doctors (nephrologists) for adults with all types of kidney disease including chronic kidney disease.

Chronic kidney disease means your kidneys are damaged and can’t filter blood the way they should. The disease is called “chronic” because the damage to your kidneys happens slowly over a long period of time. This damage can cause wastes to build up in your body and other health problems.

We also care for people with high blood pressure, people with end stage kidney disease, people on dialysis and those who have had a kidney transplant

We specialise in the care of patients with:

High blood pressure and find it difficult to control
High blood pressure who require 24 hour blood pressure monitoring
Proteinuria/albuminuria (protein or albumin in your urine)
Reduced kidney function
Recurrent kidney stones
Fluid or electrolyte imbalances, or
Haematuria (blood in your urine).

Who we are

Our health care team includes specialist Doctors (nephrologists), transplant and access surgeons, anaesthetists, nurses, allied health (social work, dieticians, pharmacists) and administration staff.

Clinic times

Clinic	Day	Time	Specialist
General Nephrology Clinic	Every day	8.30 am - 11.30 am 12.30 pm - 3.30pm	All
Resistant Hypertension Clinic	1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month	2.00 pm - 4.00 pm	Dr Kang & A/Prof Kotwal
Acute Kidney Injury Clinic	Every Friday morning	9.00 am - 11.00 am	Prof Endre, Dr Erlich, A/Prof Kotwal and Dr Kang

How to make or cancel an appointment

You will need a referral form from your GP or specialist to use this service. Please ask them to fill in this referral form. Please fax to: 02 9382 4413 or email: POWRenalClinic@health.nsw.gov.au.

Once our Doctors review your referral letter we will contact you via phone or letter with your first appointment time and date.

To cancel or change an appointment, please call: 02 9382 4442 or email: POWRenalClinic@health.nsw.gov.au.

Research, training and education

We are a teaching hospital and you may be asked to be involved in research or for a student to be present at your appointment. You have a right to say no. If you do so, this will not impact in any way on the services we will provide.

Do you need an interpreter?

Please let us know if you need an interpreter. You can contact us telephoning the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) on 131 450. Tell the operator what language you speak and then ask the interpreter to set up a telephone conversation between you, an interpreter, and the healthcare professional you want to speak with.

Resources

For more information on treatments visit: Kidney Health Australia.