Kidney Care

Your kidneys remove waste products from the body, remove drugs from the body, balance the body's fluids , release hormones that regulate blood pressure , produce an active form of vitamin D. Tulane’s kidney specialists are dedicated to treating kidney specific ailments including:

  • Acute renal failure
  • Acute tubular necrosis
  • Chronic kidney disease
  • Dialysis
  • Hydronephrosis
  • Hypertension
  • IgA nephropathy
  • Kidney cancer
  • Kidney failure
  • Kidney infection
  • Kidney stones
  • Nephrotic syndrome
  • Polycystic kidneys
  • Renovascular hypertension
  • Kidney transplantation


Kidney Care Team

Arnold Alper Jr, MD
Vecihi Batuman, MD
Jing Chen, MD
Lee Hamm, MD
Myra Kleinpeter, MD
Kevin Krane, MD
Benjamin Lee, MD
Ivo Lukitsch, MD
Eric Simon, MD
Fred Teran, MD
Rubin Zhang, MD

Locations

Tulane Multispecialty Clinic New Orleans
275 LaSalle Street
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: 504-988-5030

Tulane Transplant Institute Clinic
1415 Tulane Ave, 6th Floor
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: 504-988-5344

Tulane Multispecialty Clinic Metairie
4720 W I-10 Service Rd. S., Suite 101
Metairie, LA  70001
Phone: 504-988-8050