The University of Kansas Health System’s nephrology department has 11 nephrologists with vast expertise in inpatient, outpatient clinic, and dialysis care. Two nephrologists are experts in PKD. The department has a specific clinic dedicated to PKD patients. PKD Clinic is every Thursday afternoon from 1-5 pm. This clinic offers diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of PKD. There is a complete continuum of kidney care in this clinic if patients progress with chronic kidney disease management and dialysis education. The general nephrology clinic works closely with the University of Kansas Transplant Center to get patients listed for transplant if needed.
Center of Excellence
Centers of Excellence provide the broadest range of services and expertise.
About the COE ProgramCore Services
To be a PKD Foundation Center of Excellence, a care center offers diagnostic and therapeutic services with identified staff responsible for most services in each of the following disciplines:
- Nephrology
- Radiology
- Nutrition
- Hepatology
- Genetics
- Pain management
- Patient navigation services
Care Team
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Franz Winklhofer, MD
PKD primary focus
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Kerri McGreal, MD
PKD primary focus
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Alan Yu, MD
Familiar with PKD
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Reem Mustafa, MBBS, MPH, PhD
Familiar with PKD
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Darren Wallace, PhD: Targeting the periostin-integrin signaling pathway in PKD
PKDF funded-research
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Christopher Ward, MD, PhD: Use of exosomal polycystin-1 (PC1) level to diagnose and monitor ADPKD
PKDF funded-research
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Timothy Fields, MD, PhD: Pre-clinical evaluation of Caspase 1 as a therapeutic target in ADPKD
PKDF funded-research
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Katherine Swenson-Fields, PhD: Pre-clinical evaluation of Caspase 1 as a therapeutic target in ADPKD
PKDF funded-research
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Stephen Parnell, PhD: Rescuing polycystin-1 G-protein function
PKDF funded-research
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Madhulika Sharma, The role of ferritin in polycystic kidney disease
PKDF funded-research
- Korri Anderson, Patient Navigator Familiar with PKD
Heedeok Han, M.D.
“Our COE designation has been tremendously positive for us, as it has elevated our ability to grow and continue to provide comprehensive, patient-centered care by uniting our multidisciplinary team and implementing best practices, which has directly improved outcomes for our PKD patients.”
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