Welcome to the Department of Nephrology

Building Trusting Relationships Through Collaborative Teamwork

In addition to overseeing the treatment of individuals with acute and chronic kidney disease and its associated complications such as anemia and bone disease, the department takes great pride in offering care to patients whose illnesses involve the kidneys such as:

• Diabetes
• Hypertension
• Dialysis
• Consultations
• Kidney biopsy
• Post-transplant care
• Heart failure
• Vascular access
• Polycystic kidney disease
• Kidney stones

Patients with special needs, such as dialysis, are treated according to the highest national and international standards. Each patient is treated as an individual with specific needs and therapeutic goals. A multidisciplinary team approach affords each patient the best medical care possible.

Staff physicians are members of national and international kidney and hypertension societies knowledgeable in the most advanced treatment methods available in the world. We are especially proud of our nursing staff, many of whom hold advanced degrees. Attentive to the individual dialytic needs of each patient, our staff members work closely with nutritionists, pharmacists, home care specialists, physical therapists and social workers in a collaborative manner to approach the whole patient with a global perspective.

Patients with chronic kidney disease are especially fortunate to be able to avail themselves of our multidisciplinary team approach to the complicated and sometimes overwhelming needs that arise during the course of their illness. Experts are at hand to deal with associated medical problems such as anemia, neuropathy, bone disease, nutrition, physical therapy, pharmacological issues and more. Our interest is in prolonging the life of your kidneys and keeping you healthy and productive off dialysis for the longest possible duration. When the time arrives we are there to initiate the dialysis prescription in the most compassionate and dignified manner. When appropriate, our well-versed staff will provide referrals for kidney, kidney/pancreas, and other transplant modalities as medically indicated. In short, we regard our patients as we would ourselves.

End-of-life care is provided with kindness and compassion, meeting the very highest level of medical ethics when such needs arise. In difficult situations, medical ethicists are available for consultation with staff, patients and family. The Department of Nephrology and Hypertension at Glen Cove Hospital holds regular meetings to establish protocols based on world-class standards of patient care as a matter of routine in order to attain the best possible outcomes for all patients.

All emergencies are attended to on a 24-hour a day, seven day a week basis in our new, ultra-modern state-of-the-art emergency facility.

Related Links

• American Association of Kidney Patients
• Forum of End Stage Renal Disease Networks
• Home Dialysis Central
• Kidney School
• Last Acts Partnership
• Life Options Rehabilitation Program
• National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse                                                                                
• National Kidney Foundation
• Renal Physicians Association

Location
Glen Cove Hospital
St. Andrews Lane
Glen Cove, New York 11542

Department Head
Laurence N. Sechter, MD, MPH

Contact Us
Michael Dubin, MD
Chairman of the Department of Medicine
(516) 674-7587