Patient Care
Chronic Kidney Disease
Chronic Kidney Disease Case Management
Started under the auspices of our Population Health Department, we have a team of dedicated nurses and case managers who care for patients with chronic kidney disease, providing education, care coordination and help reduce hospitalizations and ER visits. Our “PD first” policy that has gained traction system wide and we are proud to partner with our colleagues in Interventional Nephrology and Surgery to have timely PD catheter placements.
Learn more about case management.
Patient Education
We offer a monthly “Kidney Class” to patients who are facing the decision of advanced kidney disease options, such as dialysis, transplantation, conservative care, etc. We are pleased to work with our Health Management Education team (link to their page here) to provide outstanding educational services to our patients.
Learn more about our “Kidney Class.”
Dialysis Access Services
Interventional Nephrology
Interventional nephrology is a subspecialty of nephrology that focuses on performing procedures related to kidney diseases and dialysis access. Interventional nephrologists use ultrasound, catheters, and endovascular techniques to diagnose and treat various dialysis access issues. Our interventional nephrologists can provide tunneled dialysis and infusion catheter placements, dialysis fistula and graft angiograms and declots, as well as peritoneal dialysis catheter troubleshooting.
Interventional Nephrology Faculty:
- Dr. Suresh Appasamy
- Dr. Lindsey Goetz
Contact information:
Located at the main hospital for UC Davis Health
916-734-7825
Dialysis Access Clinic
A dialysis access surgeon is a surgeon who specializes in creating and maintaining vascular access for hemodialysis patients as well as peritoneal catheters for peritoneal dialysis patients. Our surgeons work closely with our nephrologists to ensure excellent individualized care is provided for our patients who are either preparing or presently on dialysis.
Contact information:
Located at UC Davis Cypress Clinic
2221 Stockton Blvd., Suite C
Sacramento, CA 95817
916-734-2111
Glomerular Disease Clinic
At the Glomerular Diseases Clinic, we offer cutting edge, state of the art management options for patients with glomerular disease such as vasculitis, lupus nephritis, primary glomerular disease, to name a few. Outstanding renal pathology services are run by our in-house renowned renal pathologists, providing rapid turn around for renal biopsy reports. A planned expansion of this clinic includes liason with rheumatology to offer multidisciplinary services for patients with autoimmune disease.
Clinic Faculty:
- Dr. Shubha Ananthakrishnan
- Dr. Niti Madan
- Dr. Nasim Wiegley
Contact information:
UC Davis Lawrence Ellison Ambulatory Care Center - Sacramento
4860 Y St., Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95817
916-734-2737
Transplant Clinic
Our kidney transplant program provides comprehensive care for patients with end-stage renal disease who are awaiting or have received a kidney transplant. Our transplant program is highly active, innovative, and provides excellent outcomes for both living and deceased kidney donation.
Learn more about our transplant services.