{"id":350,"date":"2018-10-29T16:55:45","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T16:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/pediatrics\/?page_id=350"},"modified":"2026-06-12T12:35:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T17:35:38","slug":"nephrology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/pediatrics\/divisions\/nephrology\/","title":{"rendered":"Division of Pediatric Nephrology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/pediatrics\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Outreach<\/h3>\n<p>Our activities extend outside the boundaries of San Antonio. Physicians offer outpatient consultations and kidney transplants to patients all over South Texas. The Division of Nephrology maintains close working relationships with the nephrologists at Providence Sierra Hospital in El Paso, Dell Children\u2019s Hospital in Austin, Doctors Hospital at Renaissance in Edinburg, and Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen. It also provides training to families to perform peritoneal dialysis and prepare them to conduct home dialysis. 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