The Pediatric Nephrology Division aims to provide comprehensive, outpatient consultative care for children with kidney-related concerns including hematuria, proteinuria, hypertension, nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, recurrent UTIs, vesicoureteral reflux, congenital urinary tract anomalies, cystic kidney diseases, hereditary kidney diseases, kidney stones, tubular disorders, disorders of calcium/phosphorus/bone metabolism, kidney failure, and kidney transplantation.
We provide a full range of acute inpatient care for children experiencing hypertensive urgency/emergency, acute nephritis, and acute renal failure including diagnostic percutaneous renal biopsy. Our pediatric nephrology and dialysis support staff offer a complete range of renal replacement therapies including peritoneal dialysis, hemodialysis, CVVH, and CVVHD to support children requiring renal replacement therapy.
For those children with chronic kidney failure we offer home peritoneal dialysis or in-center outpatient hemodialysis in our state-of-the-art American Family Children’s Hospital. The goal of care for children with renal failure is successful renal transplantation. We offer nationally and internationally recognized expertise in transplant surgery and pediatric renal transplantation, particularly in the area of novel immunosuppression options including “prednisone-free.”
Recent News
Division of Nephrology at PAS 2025
Three members of the Division of Nephrology will participate in the 2025 Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, April 24–28: Drs. Sharon Bartosh, Rachel Engen, and Taylor House.
April 21, 2025
Sharon Bartosh appointed council member for International Pediatric Nephrology Association
The International Pediatric Nephrology Association (IPNA) is a global non-profit organization that leads efforts to enhance the care for children with kidney disease through advocacy, education, training, and research. Sharon Bartosh, MD, professor and chief …
March 25, 2025
From genetic anomalies to effects of cancer, the Pediatric Bone and Mineral Metabolism Clinic addresses rare and diverse conditions
Neil Paloian, MD, associate professor in the Division of Nephrology, is director of the multidisciplinary Pediatric Bone and Mineral Metabolism Clinic at American Family Children’s Hospital. He is skilled at diagnosing rare disorders of metabolism affecting bone growth and maintenance and other body processes.
January 8, 2025
Two Department of Pediatrics early-career researchers selected for Journeys & Frontiers in Pediatric Research program
The 2024-2025 APS SPR Journeys & Frontiers in Pediatric Research program will include two faculty members from the University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics: Taylor House, MD, assistant professor, Division of Nephrology, and Jingshing Wu, MD, PhD, assistant professor, Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery.
November 22, 2024
Rachel Engen begins role as chair of the OPTN Pediatric Transplantation Committee
On July 1, Rachel Engen, MD, assistant professor, Division of Nephrology, became chair of the Organ Procurement & Transplantation Network (OPTN) Pediatric Transplantation Committee. Engen will serve in this role for two years, followed by a one-year …
October 3, 2024
After two years in planning, the Pediatric Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Program marks its first year of successes
After two years of planning and preparation from 2020 to late 2022, Allison Redpath, MD, associate professor and medical director of pediatric dialysis, Division of Nephrology, and Melissa Cercone, MD, associate professor and fellowship director, …
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