Welcome and thank you for your interest in the UNC Division of Nephrology and Hypertension. Our division is comprised of renowned clinicians and researchers who are committed to excellence in all mission areas, clinical care, research, education, and service to the state of North Carolina.

We deliver world-class, person-centered kidney care to improve the lives of individuals living with kidney diseases in North Carolina and beyond. Specifically, our faculty provide inpatient nephrology consultative services at UNC Hospitals Main Medical Center and Hillsborough campuses. Our outpatient kidney care program includes general nephrology services, offered at UNC Eastowne, UNC Burlington, UNC Panther Creek, and UNC Specialty Care Sanford as well as specialized kidney health care, including that for glomerular diseases, hypertension, kidney stones, polycystic kidney disease, women’s health, amyloidosis, and kidney palliative care. Our transplant nephrologists work with a multidisciplinary team of surgeons, specialists, researchers, nurses, coordinators, and counselors to deliver expedient, state-of-the-art pre- and post-kidney transplant care. Our faculty experts also provide personalized hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis care and lead, as medical directors, community dialysis clinics located in Burlington, Carrboro, Mebane, Pittsboro, Sanford, and Siler City, NC.

The UNC Kidney Center, supported by generous donors and over 18 million dollars of annual research funding, is the division’s research engine. Our research portfolio spans the full research continuum from cutting-edge basic research to translational science to clinical and population health research. Active areas of investigation include research in glomerular and autoimmune diseases, vasculitis, diabetic kidney disease, dialysis-dependent kidney failure, vascular biology, dialysis vascular access, transplantation, women’s health, and the prevention of infectious complications of kidney disease. Our research faculty and trainees are funded by the National Institutes of Health, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, foundations, and the life-science industry.

We are dedicated to inspiring and training the next generation of kidney care clinicians and researchers in an inclusive, supportive environment. We offer training fellowships in general nephrology (2-year clinical and 3-year research tracks), glomerular disease, and transplant nephrology. Our research faculty mentor and foster the careers of promising junior investigators, many of whom are supported by NC KUH TRIO, our NIH/NIDDK U2C/TL1 training program. Our award-winning educators are leaders in undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate medical education at local and national levels.

I invite you to explore our website to learn more. Here you will find detailed information on our training programs, clinical services, current research, and our outstanding faculty, trainees, and support staff. I welcome you to contact me with questions.