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Our services

• Dialysis

  We provide dialysis services in hospital, in the community and at home.

• Renal dietitians

  This dietetic service includes nutritional screening, assessment, suitable food provision, education and support for all Austin Health renal inpatients, outpatients and their carers.

• Renal social workers

  Our renal social workers assist patients, their carers and family adjust to the changes that kidney disease brings, helping them to maintain their quality of life.

• Renal supportive care

  Renal supportive care is a treatment offered to individuals with end-stage kidney disease if renal replacement therapy (dialysis/transplantation) is very unlikely to improve quality or length of life.

• Renal genetics

  We facilitate the diagnosis of genetic kidney diseases using evidence-based, modern clinical genomics.

Related services

• Kidney transplant

  We provide a comprehensive kidney transplant service involving all types of kidney transplantation for patients at all levels of complexity.

• Specialist Clinics

  We operate one of the largest specialist clinic services in Victoria with around 24,000 appointments each month.

Contact us

Nephrology

Phone: 03 9496 5685

Location

Level 7, HSB Building
Austin Hospital
145 Studley Road
Heidelberg VIC

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Postal address

Department of Nephrology
Austin Hospital
PO Box 5555
Heidelberg VIC 3084
Australia