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Renal and transplant services

Renal and transplant medicine offers a regional service from the Imperial Renal and Transplant Centre (IRTC), which opened at Hammersmith Hospital in November 2005.

The IRTC is the largest facility in Europe for nephrology, dialysis and transplantation, facilitating better treatment and survival rates for patients.

The centre includes:

• Auchi acute haemodialysis unit
• 17 high dependency beds on (De Wardener (12) and Handfield Jones (5) wards)
• 68 other inpatient renal beds (Handfield-Jones ward, Kerr ward, Peters ward)
• A 5 day Planned Investigation Unit (PIU) with 9 male and 9 female beds
• Peritoneal dialysis unit (PD Unit)
• Rapid assessment unit (RAU)
• Renal stroke re-habilitation unit (RSRU)
• Leslie Brent laboratory

The IRTC is staffed by a highly skilled multidisciplinary team with expertise across a range of subspecialties including:

• Diabetic renal disease
• General renal disease
• Immunologically modulated renal disease
• Inherited renal disease
• Renal transplantation and transplant maintenance

Research and development is a fundamental part of the IRTC, brought together within the Imperial College Kidney and Transplant Institute, reflecting the Trust’s philosophy of continually improving patient treatment and care through cutting-edge research. The size of the unit, and the number of researchers and clinicians on one site, offers an unprecedented opportunity to carry out research on almost every aspect of renal medicine, from molecular to population studies. We have one of the largest patient populations in Europe, with enough specialist patient groups to conduct meaningful and effective clinical trials.

Consultants

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Location
Inpatient services
Imperial Renal and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital. 

Specialist nephrology and transplant outpatient services
Specialist nephrology and transplant outpatient services are provided at Hammersmith, Charing Cross and St Mary’s hospitals. 

General nephrology outpatient services
Outpatient services are provided at: Ashford, Central Middlesex, Charing Cross, Ealing, Northwick Park, St Mary’s, Hillingdon, Watford General, West Middlesex, Harefield, Edgware Community and Chelsea and Westminster hospitals. 

Haemodialysis units
Satellite dialysis units are located at Charing Cross, Central Middlesex, Ealing, Northwick Park, St Charles, Watford General and West Middlesex hospitals, together with a unit that has recently opened on the old Hayes Cottage Hospital site. Patients may visit a satellite dialysis unit of their choice following an initial consultation at the IRTC. 

Peritoneal dialysis unit
The renal PD unit is based next to the PIU on the Hammersmith Hospital site.

Leslie Brent laboratory
The Leslie Brent laboratory offers an immunosuppressive drug monitoring and clinical/developmental translational research programmes. To download the user guide please use the following link.