End-stage renal disease

Departments and specialties

Mayo Clinic has one of the largest and most experienced practices in the United States, with campuses in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota. Staff skilled in dozens of specialties work together to ensure quality care and successful recovery.

Departments that treat this condition

Research

With state-of-the-art research facilities, Mayo Clinic doctors and scientists are studying new ways to understand and treat kidney disease.

Areas being explored by Mayo Clinic researchers include:

Factors that drive progressive kidney damage in chronic kidney disease
Reasons for increased risk of heart and blood vessel (cardiovascular) complications in people with chronic kidney disease
Calcium deposits (calcifications) in the blood vessels in the heart
High blood pressure (hypertension) and chronic kidney disease
Kidney disease and chronic liver disease
Genetics behind kidney diseases
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
Biomarkers of heart and kidney disease
Glomerular disease treatments
Kidney stone treatments

Mayo Clinic also heads the Nephrology Collaborative Group, a consortium of doctors who specialize in kidney diseases (nephrologists) at Mayo Clinic and at other health care facilities. The Mayo Clinic Nephrology Collaborative Group brings together these clinicians and scientists to develop and conduct prospective studies aimed at treating people with renal parenchymal diseases.