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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

Berit Gamborg

Head of Department, Head Nurse

Medical Nephrology


+45 40 24 08 99

Martin Ernst Tepel DMSc

Head of Research, Consultant

Medical Nephrology


Minnie Sarwal

Adjunct professor

Medical Nephrology


Helle Thiesson

Associate Professor, PhD, renal transplantation in children

Medical Nephrology


+45 65 41 44 25

Claus Bistrup

PhD, Consultant renal transplantation

Medical Nephrology


+45 65 41 17 62

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
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