Kidney disease can be a life-changing diagnosis for your child. We understand that at CPMC. Our services are provided by highly skilled kidney specialists from Stanford’s Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. Our teams’ treat both simple and complex kidney problems on infants, children and adolescents.

We work closely with families and referring doctors to keep you fully informed and ease anxiety during care.

Conditions treated include:

• Acute and chronic kidney (renal) failure
• Genetic kidney disease
• Blood in the urine (hematuria)
• Large amounts of protein in the urine (proteinuria)
• Protein loss in urine (nephrotic syndrome)
• High blood pressure (hypertension)
• Complicated urinary tract infections (UTIs)
• Serum electrolyte and pH regulation disorders
• Metabolic disorders affecting the kidneys
• Kidney transplant
  • Transplant surgery is performed at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford
  • Nephrologists at CPMC provide pre- and post-transplant care

Pediatrics at California Pacific Medical Center

California Pacific Medical Center, a San Francisco hospital that is part of the Sutter Health network, offers pediatric care to babies, young children, and adolescents to age 18 through our network of primary and specialty care pediatricians. In partnership with Stanford Children’s Health, we provide care in more than 25 pediatric specialty areas, enabling children of all ages to receive heartfelt, expert pediatric care.