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 specialist-level care to infants, children and young adults with kidney 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:

• Inpatient management of acutely unwell children with kidney disease
• Consultation service for patients admitted under other RCH teams and in other hospitals across Victoria, Tasmania and Southern NSW
• Outpatient clinic consultation for patients with parenchymal diseases of the kidney
• Peritoneal dialysis and haemodialysis
• Living-related and deceased donor kidney transplantation
  

Nephrologists

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

Clinical nurse consultants

• Haemodialysis - Brendan Cusack
• Peritoneal dialysis - Bronwyn Mahoney, Nicole Russo
• Transplantation - Bettina Walker
• Nephrotic Syndrome - Loren Wilkins

Social work

• Kathryn Fowler

Dietitian

• Maeve Tuohy
• Elise Wilson

Psychology

• Theo Radford

Office Coordinator

• Kerrie Scott

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
• Australia and New Zealand Chapter of the Neonatal Kidney Collaborative