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Long Term Kidney Transplant Clinic |
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The Long Term Kidney Transplant Clinic at UCSD Medical Center - Hillcrest monitors recipients of kidney and kidney-pancreas transplants on an ongoing basis. The goal of the program is to increase both quality of life and life expectancy after a kidney or kidney-pancreas transplant and to provide the latest advancements in academic medicine to our community.
Program Overiew
During weekly clinics, we offer patients personalized follow-up care, education, medication counseling and adjustment, and tests such as biopsies if indicated.
- Promote wellness in transplant patients
- Ensure the survival of the allograft
- Diagnose and treat transplant-related complications, including infection, diabetes, and malignancies.
Through regular clinic visits, we work to increase each patient's awareness of the importance of ongoing care and attention to medications.
Additional Services
For referring nephrologists and other physicians, we also provide:
- Expert consultations
- Biopsies and other tests
- Pathology reports
- Acute treatment for transplant patients with complications or challenging cases.
Our Team
- Clinic director: Dr. Robert Steiner
- Dr. David Ward
- Nephrologists
- Kidney pathologists
- Transplant pharmacists specializing in immunosuppressive drugs
- Transplant clinic nurse with extra training in high acuity cases.
Contact us
To make an appointment or to refer a patient, please call:
- (619) 574-8612 or (888) UCSD-KD3
Center for Transplantation
Hillcrest Medical Offices South
4168 Front St., Second Floor
San Diego, CA 92103
(619) 574-8612
Fax:(619) 296-1852 |