Nephrologist Business Cards for Kidney Disease and Renal Medicine

Nephrologists are the physician specialists who diagnose and treat kidney diseases and conditions that affect renal function — managing chronic kidney disease (CKD) across all stages, acute kidney injury (AKI), glomerulonephritis, nephrotic syndrome, polycystic kidney disease, hypertension, diabetic nephropathy, electrolyte and acid-base disorders, and the patients who require dialysis (hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis) or kidney transplantation. Nephrology sits at the intersection of internal medicine, cardiovascular medicine, endocrinology, and transplant medicine.

What Nephrologist Cards Include

Your Credentials

• MD (Doctor of Medicine) or DO
• ABIM board certified — Internal Medicine primary board
• ABIM board certified in Nephrology — subspecialty
• Diplomate, ABIM in Nephrology
• ASN member (American Society of Nephrology) — primary professional organization
• FASN (Fellow, American Society of Nephrology) — fellowship designation
• NKF member (National Kidney Foundation)
• State medical license

Transplant nephrology:

• Transplant nephrology certified — UNOS/ASTS training; post-transplant management
• ABIM Transplant Hepatology certification does not apply; transplant nephrology has its own certification path

Your Nephrology Clinical Specialties

Chronic kidney disease (CKD):

• CKD stages 1–5 management
• CKD progression slowing (RAAS blockade, SGLT-2 inhibitors)
• Cardiorenal syndrome
• Anemia of CKD management (ESA therapy, iron)
• Secondary hyperparathyroidism and mineral metabolism
• CKD dietary counseling (protein, phosphorus, potassium)
• CKD-MBD (mineral and bone disorder)

Acute kidney injury (AKI):

• Prerenal, intrinsic renal, and post-renal AKI
• Contrast-induced nephropathy
• AKI in ICU (CRRT — Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy)
• Hospital-acquired nephrology consultation

Glomerular diseases:

• IgA nephropathy (Berger's disease)
• Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)
• Membranous nephropathy
• Minimal change disease
• Lupus nephritis (Class III/IV/V)
• ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis
• Anti-GBM disease (Goodpasture's syndrome)
• MPGN and C3 glomerulopathy

Diabetic kidney disease:

• Diabetic nephropathy
• SGLT-2 inhibitors in CKD (canagliflozin, dapagliflozin, empagliflozin)
• GLP-1 agonists and kidney protection
• Finerenone (Kerendia) in diabetic CKD

Hypertension:

• Resistant hypertension
• Secondary hypertension workup
• Renovascular hypertension (renal artery stenosis)
• Hypertensive nephropathy
• Hypertension nephrology co-management

Dialysis:

• Hemodialysis (in-center and home hemodialysis)
• Peritoneal dialysis (CAPD, APD)
• Dialysis access (AV fistula, graft, permacath coordination)
• Urgent start dialysis
• CRRT in ICU

Transplant nephrology:

• Pre-transplant evaluation
• Post-kidney transplant immunosuppression management
• Acute rejection diagnosis and treatment
• Chronic allograft nephropathy
• BK virus nephropathy
• CMV and other opportunistic infections post-transplant

Genetic and rare kidney diseases:

• Polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD, ARPKD) — tolvaptan therapy
• Fabry disease
• Alport syndrome
• Medullary sponge kidney

Electrolyte and acid-base:

• Hyponatremia and hypernatremia management
• Hypokalemia and hyperkalemia (patiromer/SZC use)
• Metabolic acidosis and alkalosis
• Acid-base and electrolyte consultation

Design for Nephrologists

Color palette:

• Navy + white: medical specialist standard
• Teal + white: kidney/renal medicine
• Deep blue + white: dialysis and transplant focus

Back of Card

1. "Nephrologist, MD | ABIM Certified | FASN | ASN | NKF | [State] Licensed"
2. "CKD | AKI | Glomerulonephritis | Dialysis | Transplant nephrology | Hypertension"
3. "Hemodialysis | Peritoneal dialysis | SGLT-2/finerenone | Lupus nephritis | FSGS | IgA nephropathy"
4. "CRRT | PKD/tolvaptan | Transplant immunosuppression | Electrolyte disorders"
5. "New patients: [phone] | [email] | [website] | [Institution]"

Checklist

• [ ] MD or DO
• [ ] ABIM board (Internal Medicine)
• [ ] ABIM subspecialty (Nephrology)
• [ ] ASN / FASN membership
• [ ] NKF
• [ ] CKD management (all stages)
• [ ] AKI (hospital consultation)
• [ ] Glomerular diseases
• [ ] Diabetic kidney disease (SGLT-2, finerenone)
• [ ] Dialysis (hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, CRRT)
• [ ] Transplant nephrology (if applicable)
• [ ] PKD/tolvaptan (if rare kidney disease focus)
• [ ] Electrolyte and acid-base
• [ ] Hypertension nephrology