Kidney care resources for families in Alabama — pediatric nephrology, one of the country's largest kidney transplant programs, dialysis providers, and financial assistance. All hand-curated and independently verified.
Children's of Alabama in Birmingham is the state's center for pediatric kidney care, including one of the country's largest pediatric kidney transplant programs.
Children's of Alabama operates what it describes as "one of the largest comprehensive pediatric dialysis units in the United States," with programs in hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, CRRT, kidney biopsies, and plasmapheresis — as well as a full kidney transplant program with over 500 transplants performed.
Families in rural Alabama or in southern parts of the state may be able to do follow-up nephrology appointments virtually. Ask the Children's of Alabama nephrology team whether telehealth visits are available for ongoing care.
Alabama families in the southern part of the state may be closer to programs in Mississippi or Georgia. Western Alabama families may find Children's of Mississippi comparable in distance to Birmingham.
UAB Medicine in Birmingham operates one of the largest kidney transplant programs in the United States.
UAB Medicine's own published claim: "Since 1987, UAB has performed more kidney transplants than any other program in the United States." The program also performed the first transplant of any kind in Alabama in 1968.
Browse kidney disease studies currently recruiting in Alabama on ClinicalTrials.gov. UAB and Children's of Alabama both participate in national multi-center kidney research studies.
Do not wait to contact your nephrologist. Call 911 or go to the nearest ER first.