Social Media and the Kidney Patient
The Kidney Group has 3 Facebook pages (a primary one, one in Spanish (Grupo de Rinon) and one just for Peritoneal Dialysis patients (PD as First Choice)), 3 Twitter accounts that correspond to the 3 Facebook pages, this blog “Kidney World”, a You Tube channel “The Kidney Group” and […]
Best Twitter for Kidney Medicine is The Kidney Group
The most followed private practice Nephrology group on Twitter is The Kidney Group! It is a combination of news in renal medicine, hypertension, diabetes and other topics we think you need to hear about. News about dialysis and transplant. Patient stories of hope and […]
Meet Charlie Bejar, the KG’s “Resident” Yorkie
This 4 1/2 pounds of cuteness is Dr. Carlos Bejar’s yorkie….named after himself, of course. He is super smart, and we hear a big fan of the CANES! We love it at The Kidney Group when daddy slips him in his labcoat pocket and brings him for a visit. Dr. Bejar’s brother has many yorkies, […]
This Kidney Group Doctor is Multi-Talented
This Kidney Group doc, Miami born and raised, is also a classical trained pianist (he studied piano as a child at UM and later at the Eastman School of Music), artist, and patron of the arts-ballet, opera, and theatre to name a few. He has an Ivy league […]
Peritoneal Dialysis As First Choice
Peritoneal dialysis is always the Kidney Group’s first option when appropriate for renal replacement therapy. We have one of Florida ‘s largest population of PD patients. In a recent study in CJASN, Peritoneal dialysis seems to be associated with 48% lower mortality than hemodialysis over the […]
Weight Loss Goals for the New Year
The diet must begin with a realistic weight loss goal, broken down into achievable smaller goals. The doctors of The Kidney Group make weight optimization a focus. We approach weight loss from multiple angles ranging from simple diet changes to assisting patients to undergo gastric […]
Perserverance Got Him The Kidney
This is Dr. Gabriel Valle’s former Peritoneal Dialysis patient, Nelson. Nelson is many things-an architect, a former model, a fitness buff. He is also determined. After a few years on PD, he got a kidney transplant, which failed almost immediately. This is uncommon. And it was […]
A Patient’s Daughter Thanks Dr. Gabriel Valle And The Kidney Group
We received the following letter from Robyn, the daughter of our patient Antone Andrade, a former 5 star chef. Tony was a kind and gentle man who lit up a room. Often accompanied to our office by his daughter and young grandchildren, he was a pleasure to be […]
When a Patient is “Too Overweight” For a Transplant
Kidney Group knows the answer, and worked on a solution to the dilemma of patients deemed too heavy for transplant. For years we worked with patients, nutritionists, fitness coaches, exercise specialists and #WeightWatchers (which we endorse), but to tell a person on #Peritoneal #Dialysis, who is working, caring […]
Kidney Group has the 3 “Top Doctors” named in Fort Lauderdale
Castle Connelly has again compiled a list of the “Best in American Medicine”. Only 3 Nephrologists were named in Fort Lauderdale and they ALL are doctors from The Kidney Group. They were chose by OTHER physicians in the area, who were asked (by survey) “Who would you refer your family member to […]
