Nephrology
Expert Nephrology Care at Loyola Medicine
Diabetes care from our expert nephrology team at Loyola has been recognized across the nation and underscores Loyola’s reputation for delivering exceptional diabetes care to patients of all ages with acute and chronic kidney diseases.
Whether you suffer from diabetic kidney diseases, hypertension, inherited kidney disorders or need dialysis or transplant services, our dedicated nephrologists work together to development a treatment plan that is right for you.
Nephrology Sub-Specialties
Loyola Medicine’s Diabetes Care Center at our Hickory Hills location provides comprehensive group and individual treatment programs for adults with diabetes.
Dialysis treats kidney failure by removing harmful substances in the blood that the kidneys are unable to filter out. Loyola offers advanced dialysis treatments such as hemodialysis or home peritoneal dialysis at our Center for Dialysis on Roosevelt in Maywood, IL.
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, can contribute to coronary disease. Discover how this program can help reduce your hypertension.
Kidney cancer (renal cancer) is a growth of cancerous cells that begins in the kidneys. Learn how Loyola's urology experts diagnose and treat kidney cancer.
Loyola Medicine is nationally recognized for care of patients with chronic and end-stage kidney disease and failure. Our specialists take on the most challenging cases and deliver outstanding outcomes.
Since 1971, Loyola Medicine has offered the highest level of multidisciplinary, integrated care with a wide variety of services for patients with chronic and end-stage kidney disease patients who need a kidney transplant.
While the wait time for a deceased-donor transplant can last several years, living kidney donation can reduce wait times to months and lead to better outcomes. Learn about Loyola's living kidney donor program.
The pediatric nephrology team at Loyola Medicine is experienced in helping children and teens with kidney problems and urologic conditions.
Loyola offers several renal artery interventions for patients whose renal arteries are narrowed, blocked or hardened due to the buildup of plaque, which affects blood flow to the kidneys.
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Our Nephrology Team
Sanjeev Kumar Akkina, MD
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Sylvester Barnes, MD
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Karen A Griffin, MD
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Divya Jain, DO
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David James Leehey, MD
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Benjamin Ling, DO
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Holly J Mattix-Kramer, MD, MPH
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Sherif Nabil Metwally, MD
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Vasil Peev, MD
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Julia Schneider, MD
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Shehla Sheikh, MD
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Rupinder K Sodhi, MD
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Kavitha Vellanki, MD
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Loyola Named Clinical Care Center Hereditary Kidney Cancers
Loyola has been named a VHL Clinical Care Center by the VHL Alliance for patients with hereditary kidney cancers.
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2022 Chicago Top Docs
107 Loyola Medicine physicians were named to Chicago magazine's 2022 "Top Docs" list. See which physicians made the list.
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USNWR2021
Find out which specialties are nationally ranked and “high performing” in U.S. News & World Report's 2021-2022 Best Hospitals rankings.
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Fifty six Loyola Medicine Physicians Named to Chicago Magazines 2021 Top Doctors List
See which 56 Loyola Medicine physicians were named to Chicago magazine's 2021 Top Doctors list.
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Loyola University Medical Center
Loyola University Medical Center Ranks #4 in Illinois by US News and World Report
Loyola University Medical Center is ranked 4th in the state of Illinois and has been ranked among the top 5 hospitals each year since U.S. News hospital rankings started in 2013.
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Four Loyola Medicine Specialties Nationally Ranked by US News and World Report
Loyola University Medical Center has four nationally ranked specialties and is high performing in 10 other specialties, conditions and procedures in U.S. News & World Report's 2019-20 Best Hospitals rankings.
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Heart & Vascular
Study Finds Low Statin Use Among Kidney Disease Patients at High Risk for Cardiovascular Disease
Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs can significantly reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in kidney disease patients who are not on dialysis. But a new study from researchers at Loyola have found that statin are used by only 21.8% of patients who do not already have cardiovascular disease or diabetes or have not been diagnosed with high cholesterol.
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Six Loyola Medicine Specialties Nationally Ranked by US News and World Report
Loyola University Medical Center ranks among the top three Illinois hospitals (among 200 hospitals) and has six nationally ranked specialties in U.S. News & World Report's 2018-19 Best Hospitals rankings.
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Nephrology
Only 10 Percent of Nondialysis Kidney Patients Ever See a Dietitian
In patients with chronic kidney disease, medical nutrition therapy can slow the progression and significantly reduce healthcare costs, but 90% of non-dialysis kidney disease patients never meet with a dietitian, according to lead author Holly Kramer, MD, MPH, a nephrologist at Loyola Medicine.
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Urology
Urine of Kidney Disease Patients Contains Diverse Mix of Bacteria
The urine of kidney disease patients contains a diverse mix of bacteria such as Staphylococcus and Streptococcus, according to a study by researchers at Loyola Medicine and Loyola University Chicago.