Learn how to create your own personal medical health record and take an active role in your kidney health. Help us help you!
Learn MoreCome to one of our "KidneyGarten" classes to learn about all aspects of chronic kidney disease — at your own pace.
Learn MoreWe leverage the best technology with evidence-based protocols to provide the highest level of kidney care in the North Country.
Learn MoreProviding high quality kidney care since 2002. Our board certified specialists are committed to ongoing continuing medical education.
We take the time to listen carefully to our patients. Most correct diagnoses are made by obtaining an accurate and detailed history.
At NNH we follow our patients whether they are in or out of the hospital. Consistent, connected care means better outcomes.
Our providers and care team are all North Country residents. Providing the best care to our neighbors is a core belief.
For Patients
Learn about your kidneys on your own time. Our interactive tools help you understand your lab results, check symptoms, explore diet and lifestyle, and get answers to common questions — all in one place.
Enter your creatinine and age to estimate your kidney function, see your CKD stage, and understand what it means for your health.
Select your symptoms to see if they may be kidney-related, and take our lifestyle quiz to get a personalized kidney health score.
Explore kidney-friendly foods, track your daily fluid intake, compare dialysis options, and ask our AI health assistant any question.
Approaching dialysis? Take our short, friendly questionnaire to explore which dialysis option may best fit your medical needs, lifestyle, home situation, and personal goals.
THL is where Dr. Hurwitz spends some "off time" creating health related education videos and podcasts. Click below to visit the THL YouTube channel.
Watch on YouTubeFor Providers
Providers can use our tools to assess patient risk and optimize our referral process.
Enter your patient’s age, sex, eGFR and urine ACR to calculate their 2- and 5-year kidney failure risk using the validated KFRE equation.
Patients with a 5-year kidney failure risk ≥3% benefit from early nephrology evaluation, multidisciplinary CKD management, and individualized treatment planning.
To speak with our referral coordinator or send a referral directly, call us at (518) 324-4000 or use our online contact form.
After 13 years with Northern Nephrology & Hypertension, Lindsey Downie, RN, is stepping away to focus on completing her Nurse Practitioner training. Lindsey has played an important role in the growth of NNH since joining us in 2013, and we are incredibly grateful for her dedication, hard work, and outstanding patient care. We will certainly miss her, but we are proud of this next step in her career and look forward to welcoming her back to NNH as a Nurse Practitioner in 2027!
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We want to thank Michaela Gillis for an outstanding second summer as a clinical intern at NNH! Michaela, a pre-med student at Loyola University, once again impressed us with her exceptional patient care, curiosity, and insight, while also playing a major role in our ongoing research on the use of KFRE in advanced CKD care. We wish her the very best as she begins her junior year and prepares for the MCA...and remember, the kidney is the best organ!
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Dr. Craig Hurwitz and Andrea McLean, RN attended Home Dialysis University to advance their expertise in peritoneal dialysis and home hemodialysis for North Country patients. Training with national leaders, they are bringing cutting-edge home dialysis strategies back to NNH to improve access, flexibility, and outcomes for patients with ESKD.
Read MoreIn order to allow you to make a fully informed decision about your health care, the physicians of Northern Nephrology & Hypertension would advise you that at some point during the course of your treatment, you may be referred to one of the following outpatient Innovative Renal Care (IRC) dialysis centers in which certain physicians of the Practice own an indirect financial interest:
Please note that you are free to select the outpatient dialysis centers listed above or outpatient dialysis centers other than those set forth above for your treatment. For more information about alternative dialysis providers, please ask your physician or a member of our staff. We will provide you with names and addresses of other providers that are near to your home or place of work.
If you have any questions concerning this notice, please feel free to ask your physician or any representative of our office. We welcome you as a patient and value our relationship with you.
