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 494 practicing pediatric nephrologists. Broken out by state, pediatric nephrology doctor density in Alabama is 8, in Alaska is 1, in Arizona is 16, in Arkansas is 5, in California is 82, in Colorado is 3, in Connecticut is 11, in Delaware is 4, in District of Columbia is 8, in Florida is 35, in Georgia is 9, in Hawaii is 1, in Idaho is 1, in Illinois is 37, in Indiana is 8, in Iowa is 5, in Kansas is 6, in Kentucky is 11, in Louisiana is 12, in Maine is 2, in Maryland is 16, in Massachusetts is 24, in Michigan is 24, in Minnesota is 20, in Mississippi is 2, in Missouri is 21, in Nebraska is 2, in Nevada is 2, in New Hampshire is 3, in New Jersey is 18, in New Mexico is 4, in New York is 69, in North Carolina is 13, in Ohio is 37, in Oklahoma is 6, in Oregon is 6, in Pennsylvania is 30, in Rhode Island is 4, in South Carolina is 10, in Tennessee is 14, in Texas is 44, in Utah is 4, in Vermont is 1, in Virginia is 14, in Washington is 20, in West Virginia is 2, and in Wisconsin is 11.