Dr Hugh McCarthy

Profession	Paediatric Nephrology
Job Title	Staff Specialist
Organisation Name	Sydney Children's Hospital Network and the Centre for Kidney Research, NSW
Areas of Special Interest	Nephrology Nephrotic syndrome Rare renal disease Patient registries
Adults or Children	Adults and Children
Clinic Services	Renal Genetic Clinic with counsellor and joint nephrology / genetic expertise
Clinic Contact details	hugh.mccarthy@health.nsw.gov.au
Clinic days/times	Monthly renal genetic clinic at Children's Hospital, Westmead Four times per year at Sydney Children's Hospital
Telehealth consults	Available
Transitional Planning – Paediatric to adult services	Available
Transitional Planning Information	As part of our normal paediatric nephrology practice

Email	hugh.mccarthy@health.nsw.gov.au
Phone	(02) 9382 1646

Dr Hugh McCarthy

is prepared to be contacted by Medical Practitioners and other Health Professionals

Additional Clinical Information	Centre for Kidney Research Renal Genetics Clinics Clinical Information Clinical Practice Guidelines – Nephrotic syndrome (The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne) Information for Patients Parent information sheet: Nephrotic Syndrome booklet (The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne)
European Reference Networks (ERNs)	ERNs are networks for clinicians and researchers to share expertise, knowledge and resources, this information may be of use to Australian health professionals and researchers.

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