More Than 20 million Americans of all ages and races, from all walks of life suffer from kidney and urinary tract related diseases.

Approximately 230,000 Americans suffering from chronic renal diseases depended on an artificial kidney machine to stay alive.

More than 12,500 patients received a kidney transplant yearly. Today nearly 45,000 are waiting because of lack of suitable donors. Nearly 250 people in our area have received transplants and 53 patients are on the waiting list.

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (prostate problems) affects 50 percent of men by age 50 and more than 80 percent of men by age 80.

Currently, some 400,000 Americans are hospitalized each year for kidney stones.

Kidney and urinary tract diseases are one of the major causes of work loss among men and women with approximately 10% of America's out-patient visits resulting from such problems.

One of every five people on dialysis might not be if they had followed their doctor's orders for treatment of high blood pressure.

Diabetes is the cause in 40 percent of all new cases of kidney failure.

Transplantation Success Rates

90% success rate for transplants involving a living related donor.

85% success rate for cadaverous grafts after two years from transplant.

Clinics In Our Area

Broad Street, Chattanooga

East Ridge, Chattanooga

Glenwood, Chattanooga

Hixson, Chattanooga

Third Street, Chattanooga

Athens, Tennessee

Bradley County, Tennessee

Etowah, Tennessee

Rhea County, Dayton, Tennessee