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
Taylor House receives K23 award to study engagement interventions for adolescent and young adult kidney transplant recipients
Taylor House, MD, assistant professor, Division of Nephrology, received a K23 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases in the amount of $964,986 for her project, “Development of a Care …
September 16, 2026
Get to know the new chief of the Division of Nephrology: Q&A with Margret Bock
On August 15, the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Department of Pediatrics welcomed a new faculty member who will serve as chief of the Division of Nephrology. Margret Bock, MD, MS, …
August 21, 2026
Sharon Bartosh delivers James C. Overall Lecture at Vanderbilt University
The Department of Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center selected Sharon Bartosh, MD, professor and chief in the Division of Nephrology and interim chief in the Division of Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, as its 2026 James …
July 17, 2026
Department members receive messages of appreciation on National Doctors’ Day 2026
National Doctors’ Day is observed annually on March 30. It is a day set aside to recognize the professionalism, judgment, and humanity physicians bring to their work every day. Each year, UW Health celebrates this …
May 1, 2026
NIH selects Benjamin Spector for K12 Grant to study kidney transplantation rejection
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Multidisciplinary K12 Urologic Research (KURe) Career Development Program awarded Benjamin Spector, MD, MS, assistant professor, Division of Nephrology, a NIH K12 grant for his project, “Identification of novel biomarkers and …
February 18, 2026
Kimberly Squires marks 35 years of pediatric nursing service with UW Health, primarily with the Department of Pediatrics Division of Nephrology
The Department of Pediatrics extends its enthusiastic congratulations and deep gratitude to Kimberly Squires, NP, nurse practitioner, as she reaches 35 years of service with UW Health working with pediatric patients. In that time, she …
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