The Rogosin Institute

The Rogosin Institute Kidney Center has a long and outstanding record of quality care, having pioneered kidney dialysis in 1956 and kidney transplantation in 1963.

Your kidneys are vital organs that perform many functions to keep your blood cleaned. In an individual with healthy kidneys, blood is filtered through tiny units in the kidney called nephrons. Nephrons remove waste products and extra water from the blood, which become urine.

The wastes in your blood come from the normal breakdown of active tissues and from the food you eat. After your body has taken what it needs from the food, waste is sent to the blood. If your kidneys did not remove these wastes, the wastes would build up in the blood and damage your body.

Kidney disease results from damage to the nephrons. Usually the damage occurs very gradually over years. It happens in both kidneys. There are no obvious symptoms, so it is difficult for an individual to know it is happening. The main causes of kidney disease are diabetes, hypertension, glomerulonephritis, polycystic kidney disease and lupus. Kidney disease is a growing problem in the United States. The number of people with kidney failure requiring dialysis or transplantation is increasing rapidly.

Rogosin Out-Patient Facilities

• The Rogosin Institute Jack J. Dreyfus Clinic
• The Rogosin Institute Susan R. Knafel Polycystic Kidney Disease Center
• The Rogosin Institute Division of Hypertension

Rogosin In-Patient Facilities

• The Rogosin Institute Ralph J. Bunche Hemodialysis and Apheresis Center
• The Rogosin Institute Wing in New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College