University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital

Overview

The UAB Glomerular Kidney Disease Clinic is a sub-specialized clinic dedicated for the care of patients with rare glomerular diseases. Based at the Kirklin Clinic, our physicians provide comprehensive clinical evaluations of patients with these diagnoses and offer treatment options including access to ongoing clinical therapeutic trials.

Patients are offered the opportunity to participate in ongoing translational and observational research studies to help advance the science and our understanding of these rare diseases.

The clinic also provides a structured program for the education of post-doctoral trainees in the recognition and management of rare glomerular kidney diseases. This ensures better future care for patients with rare diseases.

Glomerular diseases treated include but are not limited to:

- IgA Nephropathy (IgAN)

- IgA Vasculitis (Henoch Schönlein Purpura)

- Membranous Nephropathy

- Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)

- Minimal Change Disease

- Lupus Nephritis

Director

Dana V. Rizk, M.D. Director, UAB Glomerular Kidney Disease Clinic Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology drizk@uabmc.edu

Nephrologists

Dana V. Rizk, M.D. Director, UAB Glomerular Kidney Disease Clinic Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology drizk@uabmc.edu

Arun Rajasekaran, M.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology arajasekaran@uabmc.edu

Neuropathologists

Huma Fatima, MD Frida Rosenblum Donath, MD

Active Clinical Trials

Please find Dr. Rizk's active clinic trials here: https://scholars.uab.edu/618-dana-rizk/grants

Please find Dr. Rajasekaran's active clinic trials here: https://scholars.uab.edu/16533-arun-rajasekaran/grants

Current non-trial studies

Please find Dr. Rizk's non-trial studies here: https://scholars.uab.edu/618-dana-rizk/grants

Please find Dr. Rajasekaran's non-trial studies here: https://scholars.uab.edu/16533-arun-rajasekaran/grants

Accepting trainee applications?

GN Fellowship offered and is reserved only for internal candidates (fellows at UAB) based on available funding.

Visit their website: https://www.uab.edu/medicine/nephrology/patient-care/glomerular-kidney-disease-clinic