
University of Kansas Medical Center
Clinical Studies
Last Updated : 06/27/2022
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About
If you or your loved one has PKD, trust the experts at The University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City to partner in your PKD care. Our multidisciplinary team can give you information about polycystic kidney disease and offer more treatment options to help you live life more fully.
Number of currently followed ADPKD patients | 100+ |
Number of kidney transplants (avg/year) | 100+ |
Number of live donor transplants (avg/year) | 10-100 |
SEE ARPKD PATIENTS
NoPEDIATRIC CLINIC
No
ASSOCIATED SPECIALTIES
- Affiliated kidney transplant center
- Cardiologists
- Dermatologist
- Dieticians or Nutritionists
- Genetic testing and counseling center
- High-risk pregnancy obstetricians
- Interventional radiologist (familiar with cyst aspiration)
- Liver specialists with expertise in PKD (or PLD specialists)
- Mental health specialists
- Neurosurgeon/neurologists (familiar with aneurysm screening and treatment)
- Social workers
- Urologists
DIALYSIS SERVICES
- Hemodialysis
- Home hemodialysis
- Peritoneal dialysis
ADDITIONAL SERVICES
Affiliated Kidney Transplant Center
YesPerforms Nephrectomy Procedures
YesParticipates in Current Clinical Studies
Yes
Our patients are frequently considered for steroid-free protocols.
PRESCRIBES TOLVAPTAN
YesPROVIDES MENTORSHIPS FOR TRAINEES
Yes
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Nephrologists and Researchers
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PKD primary focus
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PKD primary focus
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Familiar with PKD
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Familiar with PKD
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Darren Wallace, PhD: Targeting the periostin-integrin signaling pathway in PKD
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Christopher Ward, MD, PhD: Use of exosomal polycystin-1 (PC1) level to diagnose and monitor ADPKD
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Timothy Fields, MD, PhD: Pre-clinical evaluation of Caspase 1 as a therapeutic target in ADPKD
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Katherine Swenson-Fields, PhD: Pre-clinical evaluation of Caspase 1 as a therapeutic target in ADPKD
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Stephen Parnell, PhD: Rescuing polycystin-1 G-protein function
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Madhulika Sharma, The role of ferritin in polycystic kidney disease
PKDF funded-research