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Nephrology

General Description

Nephrology is a subspecialty of internal medicine that deals with the structural and functional diseases of the kidneys. Kidney health is linked to many systems within the body, from fluid and electrolyte balance to blood pressure control, to toxin removal and bone health.

The Department of Nephrology at our hospital provides services with its physician staff specialized in both outpatient evaluations and chronic kidney disease follow-up, dialysis management and kidney failure cases.


Services Provided

  • Chronic kidney disease (CKD) diagnosis and staging

  • Management of acute renal failure (AKI)

  • Proteinuria, hematuria, nephritis syndromes

  • Evaluation of kidney-related causes of hypertension

  • Pre-dialysis patient education and guidance

  • Hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis monitoring

  • Management of specific nephropathies such as glomerulonephritis and nephrotic syndrome

  • Evaluation of conditions requiring kidney biopsy

  • Post-transplant kidney follow-up (monitoring of transplant patients)

Laboratory tests, imaging methods and biopsy-supported evaluations are performed during the diagnosis process.


Education and Academic Activities

Department of Nephrology; for medical students and internal medicine residents:

  • Symptomatic and laboratory evaluation of kidney diseases

  • Education on fluid-electrolyte balance and acid-base disorders

  • Dialysis techniques and patient management seminars

  • Case-based analyses and literature reviews

  • Scientific research and publication studies
    is carried out regularly.


Vision and Goals

As the Department of Nephrology:

  • Providing early diagnosis and effective treatment of kidney diseases,

  • Monitoring dialysis and transplantation processes in accordance with national standards,

  • Focusing on patient education and awareness raising,

  • Working with a highly productive approach in the academic field
    We provide service with a structure.

Our goal is to prevent kidney diseases, stop their progression and improve quality of life.

ERTUgRUL ERKEN1810101442584638

Prof. Dr. Ertuğrul ERKEN

Nephrology
ertugrulerken@ksu.edu.tr
OZKAN GuNGoR1508031138309396

Prof. Dr. Özkan GÜNGÖR

Nephrology
ogungor@ksu.edu.tr
ORcUN ALTUNoREN1511131130291621

Prof. Dr. Orçun ALTINÖREN

Nephrology
oaltinoren@ksu.edu.tr