What an excellent way to round out National Donate Life Month! Find out what happened when Sharp HealthCare patient, Rubi was diagnosed with Stage 5 kidney disease and posted her story on TikTok, a video-focused social networking service. This is an excellent...
We love to share informative and inspirational stories. April is National Donate Life Month and we can't think of a better story than that of a father and son going through an incredible health journey together. Read their story and find out how living kidney...
Observed in April each year, National Donate Life Month helps raise awareness about donation, encourage Americans to register as organ, eye and tissue donors and to honor those that have saved lives through the gift of donation. Our friends at Sharp HealthCare...
Balboa congratulates Shaun Edelstein for receiving The 2022 Distinguished Practice Administrator Award from the Renal Physicians Association. This award recognizes an individual RPA member who has an active role in managing or assisting with managing a nephrology...
March is a big month for basketball—and kidney health. Fresenius Kidney Care is teaming up with NBA All-Star Sean Elliott during National Kidney Month to raise awareness of kidney disease and the importance of early detection. Elliott has thrived despite living...
Balboa Nephrology congratulates the Sharp Memorial Hospital Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Center on earning The Center of Recognized Excellence (C.O.R.E.) award, which recognizes the department's important accomplishments, including being one of the top places to...
Starting today, every home in the U.S. can order four, free, at-home rapid antigen COVID-19 tests. The tests are completely free and there are no shipping costs. It's easy, too. Simply click the link, https://www.covidtests.gov/ fill in your shipping information,...
Balboa United has been named one of the top-five, 2021 Top Workplaces for Mid-size Companies by The San Diego Union Tribune for a third year. Our Balboa United & Balboa Nephrology staff, advanced practitioners & physicians are the reason we have been named...
Dr. Marquis Hart, a board-certified transplant surgeon at Sharp Memorial Hospital, and Dr. Bijal Patel, both Providers with Balboa Nephrology discuss the importance of living donation in this wonderful video created by Sharp Healthcare. "Kidney donation is possible...
Dr. Bijal Patel has been recognized as one of 2021 San Diego’s Top Doctors in the annual San Diego Magazine “Physicians of Exceptional Excellence” survey! The award is a collaborative effort between San Diego County Medical Society and San Diego Magazine and...
