HEAD OF FACULTY
Associate Prof.PhD. Le Viet Thang HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
Associate Prof.PhD. Pham Quoc Toan CHIEF NURSE
Vu Thi Hong Hanh

Unit name: Department-Faculty of Nephrology and Dialysis (AM12).
History: Founded on August 21, 2006.
Contact info: Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Military Hospital 103.
Address: No. 261 Phung Hung, Phuc La, Ha Dong, Hanoi.

Functions and tasks
1. 1. Training tasks
– Military and civilian medical general practitioner
– Specialists specializing in Nephrology, Urology, and Dialysis
– Level 1 and level 2 specialists specializing in General Internal Medicine, Internal Nephrology-Dialysis
– Resident doctors specializing in General Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Dialysis
– Masters of Medicine specializing in General Internal Medicine, Internal Nephrology-Dialysis
– PhD students majoring in Internal Medicine, specializing in Nephrology and Urology
2. 2. Treatment tasks
– Examination, intake, treatment, and disease monitoring for patients with kidney, urinary, and genital diseases
– Performing renal replacement therapy for patients with end-stage chronic kidney disease using artificial kidney and peritoneal dialysis
– Performing selection, monitoring, and post-transplant treatment for kidney and pancreas-kidney transplant patients
– Route examination according to assigned task requirements
3. 3. Scientific research tasks
– Carrying out research projects at all levels in the field of Internal Nephrology – Dialysis – Kidney Transplantation.
– Participating in other specialized topics related to the Faculty’s expertise.

4. Other tasks
– In addition to the three central tasks, the Faculty-Department also carries out tasks related to party work, political work, culture, ideological education… assigned by Military Hospital 103.
– Acting as an expert unit in organizing training and transferring dialysis and kidney transplant techniques domestically and in Laos.
Key techniques
1. 1. Internal kidney: Urinary kidney ultrasound, 24-hour Holter blood pressure, Kidney biopsy under ultrasound guidance…
2. 2. Hemodialysis: Measuring dry weight with BMC machine; inserting 1.2-lumen catheter for artificial kidney; inserting cuffed tunnel catheter for long-term hemodialysis; inserting Tenckhoff catheter for peritoneal dialysis; tubing surgery arteriovenous catheterization for long-term hemodialysis; HDF-online hemodialysis; hemodialysis using adsorbents…
3. 3. Kidney transplant: Kidney transplant biopsy under ultrasound guidance, Antibody adsorption filtration before transplant for positive pre-sensitized patients…