Pediatric nephrology is the study and treatment of children with kidney disorders. A pediatric nephrologist is a physician who diagnoses and manages kidney disease and kidney function in infants, children and adolescents. This specialist consults with a surgeon regarding a young patient’s kidney transplantation, and will help manage blood pressure, fluid and electrolyte balance in the body, and dialysis procedures. This physician has special training in dialysis physiology, management of renal failure, pharmacology, hypertension, nutrition, and development of the kidney and urinary tract in children.

Doctor density varies by specialty and location. The United States has 482 practicing pediatric nephrologists. Broken out by state, pediatric nephrology doctor density in Alabama is 8, in Alaska is 1, in Arizona is 14, in Arkansas is 3, in California is 70, in Colorado is 4, in Connecticut is 11, in Delaware is 4, in District of Columbia is 8, in Florida is 32, in Georgia is 7, in Hawaii is 1, in Idaho is 1, in Illinois is 34, in Indiana is 8, in Iowa is 5, in Kansas is 6, in Kentucky is 11, in Louisiana is 14, in Maine is 1, in Maryland is 13, in Massachusetts is 24, in Michigan is 24, in Minnesota is 19, in Mississippi is 2, in Missouri is 21, in Nebraska is 2, in Nevada is 1, in New Hampshire is 2, in New Jersey is 18, in New Mexico is 3, in New York is 64, in North Carolina is 15, in Ohio is 35, in Oklahoma is 5, in Oregon is 6, in Pennsylvania is 27, in Rhode Island is 4, in South Carolina is 9, in Tennessee is 14, in Texas is 40, in Utah is 4, in Vermont is 1, in Virginia is 15, in Washington is 14, in West Virginia is 2, and in Wisconsin is 9.