Director of the Dialysis Access Program Tatsuo Kawai, MD, PhD
Dialysis Access Surgeons
Dialysis access surgeons such as Tatsuo Kawai, MD, PhD, perform new access operations for both hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. Dialysis surgeons also revise or repair existing access. They offer the latest techniques for patients with complex access issues as a result of anatomy or long-standing illness, and work with interventional radiologists to provide patients the most effective, least invasive therapies.
Meet our dialysis access surgeons:
- Nahel Elias, MD, FACS
- Martin Hertl, MD
- Dicken S.C. Ko, MD, FRCC (C), FACS
- Tatuso Kawai, MD, PhD, Director
- James F. Markmann, MD, PhD, Chief, Division of Transplantation
- Parsia Vagefi, MD
- Heidi Yeh, MD
Steven Wu, MD, director of Interventional Nephrology
Interventional Radiologists
Interventional radiologists such as Steven Wu, MD, perform diagnostic imaging for planning access care, place temporary dialysis access devices, and provide minimally invasive interventions for patients with access in need of revision.
Coordinator Isabel Fernandes
Coordinator
Coordinator Isabel Fernandes serves as a single point of contact for your dialysis access care needs. She will help you schedule appointments and keep in touch with your other care providers.
Mary Anne Malloy, RN, and Linda Romano, RN
Nurses
Mass General was the first hospital in Massachusetts to achieve Magnet status, one of the highest honors for nursing care. You'll receive this award-winning care from nurses such as Mary Anne Malloy, RN, and Linda Romano, RN, who work with your entire care team throughout the dialysis process. Our dialysis access nurses have special expertise in caring for and using dialysis access, and they are available to answer your questions along the way.
