University Hospital Regensburg
Regensburg, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Banas
Department of Nephrology
Department of Nephrology at University Hospital Regensburg provides conservative and surgical care for patients with diseases of the kidney. The department offers its medical service on both an inpatient and outpatient basis as it has state-of-the-art equipment for the diagnosis and treatment of the full spectrum of acute and chronic renal diseases, including the full range of kidney replacement measures, even kidney transplantation surgery. The medical team has a significant focus directed towards the early detection of kidney diseases as well as the diagnosis and treatment of renal failure.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Bernhard Banas, the department treats nearly 1,000 inpatients while the ambulances treat about 7,000 patients every year. Over 11,000 patients seek the facility for their renal replacement therapy that the medical team performs about 900 kidney and pancreas transplants a year.
The Department of Nephrology at University Hospital Regensburg is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:
- Kidney stones
- Glomerulonephritis
- Polycystic kidney disease
- Kidney failure
- Renal-induced hypertension
- Diabetic nephropathy
- Polycystic kidney disease
- Nephrotic syndrome
