Jack Heron

Dr Jack Heron is a kidney specialist (nephrologist or renal physician).

Dr Heron studied medicine at the University of New South Wales. Dr Heron completed his final two years of medical school at the Albury Wodonga Rural Clinical School. Dr Heron went on to undertake his Internship and Residency at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney. He completed by Specialist Physicians training at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Concord Repatriation General Hospital and Liverpool Hospital.

Dr Heron provides specialist consultation and long-term care for patients with all forms of kidney disease including hypertension (especially early-onset and resistant forms), chronic kidney disease, protein detected in urine (proteinuria), kidney inflammation (nephritis), recurrent kidney stones, and end-stage kidney disease. Dr Heron provides consultation for dialysis treatment (peritoneal and blood-based dialysis) and kidney transplantation. Dr Heron also provides kidney transplant assessments (both donor and recipient).

Dr Heron is a Staff Specialist physician at Albury Wodonga Health.

Problems that are commonly referred to Dr Heron include:

High blood pressure (hypertension)
Reduced kidney function
Protein and/or blood in the urine
Management of dialysis treatment
Management of a kidney transplant
Assessment for kidney transplantation (donor and/or recipient)
Salt imbalances in the blood

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