Children's Hospital, New Orleans

Nephrology

Appointments:	(504) 896-9238
Office Hours:	8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday
Locations:	Children's Hospital, Main Campus Children's Hospital, Metairie Center Children's Hospital Outpatient Center of Baton Rouge Children's Hospital Burdin-Riehl Clinic in Lafayette

Physicians:
Diego Aviles, MD, Director

Matti Vehaskari, MD
Oluwatoyin Bamgbola, MD

Franca Iorember, MD

Alan M. Robson, MD

The Nephrology Department offers full and comprehensive evaluation and treatment for children and adolescents with hypertension; kidney and urinary tract disorders such as nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, congenital malformations, cystic kidneys, and kidney failure; urinary tract infections; urine abnormalities such as protein or blood in urine; and fluid, electrolyte and acid-base disorders. All end-stage renal disease services, including all types of dialysis and kidney transplantation, are offered. Modern diagnostic evaluations, including ultrasound-guided kidney biopsies, kidney function studies, as well as radiological, power Doppler ultrasonographic, radioisotope and magnetic resonance imaging are available.

	Diego Aviles, MD Director, Nephrology, Children's Hospital New Orleans Chief, Division of Pediatric Nephrology and Professor of Pediatrics, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans Director of the Dialysis Unit, Children's Hospital New Orleans Professional School: University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico Specialty Training: Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington D.C. Special Interests: Nephrotic syndrome, chronic renal failure, hypertension In Area Since: 1994 In Practice Since: 1988
	Matti Vehaskari, MD Pediatric Nephrologist, Children's Hospital Professor of Pediatrics, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans Director of the Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program, Children's Hospital Professional School: University of Helsinki Medical School, Helsinki, Finland Specialty Training: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO Special Interests: Renal transplantation, nephrotic syndrome
	Oluwatoyin F. Bamgbola, MD Pediatric Nephrologist, Children's Hospital Associate Professor of Pediatrics, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans Specialty Training: University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria Children's Hospital St. Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York Special Interests: Kidney specialists
	Franca Iorember, MD Pediatric Nephrologist, Children's Hospital Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans Specialty Training University of Jos, Nigeria Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
	Alan Robson, MD Senior Vice President and Medical Director Pediatric Nephrologist, Children's Hospital Professor of Pediatrics, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans Professional School: University of Durham, New Castle-Upon-Tyne, England Specialty Training: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO Special Interests: Pediatric nephrology, hypertension, fluid and electrolyte management