Pediatric Nephrology, Immunology and Cardiology Department

The Pediatric Nephrology, Immunology and Cardiology Department of Tongji Hospital was established in 2012. The hospital names Zhou Jianhua as discipline leader and reports three subspecialties, pediatric nephrology and cardiovascular research laboratories, a pediatric ECG room and clinical centers, and two wards. The team includes five senior and four associate senior physicians, two doctoral and seven master's supervisors.

The hospital lists individualized care for refractory nephrotic syndrome, secondary glomerular disease including lupus nephritis, purpura nephritis and vasculitis-related kidney injury, tubular disorders, and congenital kidney and urinary tract abnormalities. Services include continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), including for infants, automated peritoneal dialysis, skin-biopsy testing of type IV collagen alpha chains, high-throughput sequencing for hereditary kidney disease, immunosuppressive and biologic treatments, ultrasound assessment of vesicoureteral reflux, contrast-enhanced ultrasound for kidney function, 24-hour blood-pressure monitoring, double-filtration plasmapheresis (DFPP), citrate anticoagulation for extracorporeal blood purification and placement of peritoneal dialysis catheters.

The department describes collaboration with the organ transplantation center on pediatric kidney transplantation and with cardiovascular teams on catheter-based diagnosis and treatment of complex vascular abnormalities, including renal artery and aortic lesions. The hospital reports 16 National Natural Science Foundation projects over the described ten-year period and lists research and professional awards. Treatment experience and claims about case volumes and firsts are reported by the hospital.