Medical Nephrology
The Department of Nephrology is a highly specialised nephrology department with centre-functions for vasculitis-related renal disease and renal transplantation.
Hans Dieperink DMSc
Head of Department, Consultant
Medical Nephrology
+45 20 59 88 51 hans.dieperink@rsyd.dk
Minnie Sarwal
Adjunct professor
Medical Nephrology
Helle Thiesson
Associate Professor, PhD, renal transplantation in children
Medical Nephrology
+45 65 41 44 25 helle.thiesson@rsyd.dk
Claus Bistrup
PhD, Consultant renal transplantation
Medical Nephrology
+45 65 41 17 62 claus.bistrup@rsyd.dk
Diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic patients with renal disease as well as research in the same fields. The Department of Nephrology is a highly specialised nephrology department with centre-functions for vasculitis-related renal disease and renal transplantation. The Department teaches nurses and doctors at undergraduate and postgraduate levels of.
Heads of research in individual academic fields; Claus Bistrup, renal transplantation; Associate Professor Helle Thiesson, renal transplantation in children; Professor Martin Tepel, head of nephrology research unit.
The Department has six PhD students and 2 post.docs.
Academic fields
- Renal transplantation
- Living donor
- Deceased donor
- Transplantation to children
- Glomerulonephritis
- Nephrotic syndrome
- Interstitial nephritis
- Renal failure
- Dialysis
- Endocrinology in renal failure
- Secondary arterial hypertension
- Vascular health in chronic kidney disease
- Calium-phosphate metabolism in chronic kidney disease
- Vitamin D effects in chronic kidney disease
- Nephrotoxicity of immunosuppressive drugs
- Experimental research models of chronic renal allograft rejection
- Cancer in renal transplant patients
- Spiromolacton treatment after renal transplantation
| Employees | 180 |
| Beds | 19 |
| The hemodialysis unit in Odense, number of patients | 150 |
| The hemodialysis unit in Svendborg, number of patients | 60 |
| Out-patient Ward, patients annual | 9000 |
| Renal transplantation, annual | 65-70 |