Dr. Steven Alexander, MD

Pediatric Nephrologist

Pediatrician

Nephrologist

Palo Alto, CA

Accepting patients

Affiliated with a Castle Connolly Top Hospital

Who is Dr. Alexander, Pediatric Nephrologist in Palo Alto, CA?

Dr. Steven Alexander, MD is a Pediatric Nephrologist, who primarily practices in Palo Alto, CA with 2 additional practice locations. He is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. Dr. Alexander completed his residency at Univ Il Coll Of Med, General Surgery. Dr. Alexander is fluent in English, and is currently seeing new patients. Dr. Alexander’s practice accepts Cigna, Kaiser Permanente, Medicare, UnitedHealthcare, Aetna and other major insurance plans. To book an appointment or to confirm insurance options, please call Dr. Alexander’s office at (650) 497-8000.

What are Areas of Expertise for Dr. Alexander?

Dr. Steven Alexander, MD is a highly-rated, board-certified Pediatric Nephrologist known for expertly diagnosing, treating, and managing a wide array of related conditions or procedures. Utilizing the latest medical advancements and evidence-based practices, Dr. Alexander empowers patients to confidently navigate their health journey, specializing in Dialysis Care, Hypertension, Kidney Failure, Nephrotic Syndrome, Transplant Medicine-Kidney, or comprehensive wellness support. Serving the Palo Alto/CA community, Dr. Alexander is dedicated to enhancing lives through expert, patient-centered care.

Where did Dr. Alexander go to medical school and complete their residency?

Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX | BAYLOR COL/MED HSPS, HOUSTON, TX,, Pediatrics | Baylor College of Medicine TX | Texas Children's Hospital - Baylor College of Med
Residency: Univ Il Coll Of Med, General Surgery
Medical School: University Of Il Coll Of Med- Chicago Il

Is Dr. Alexander board certified in Pediatric Nephrologist?

Yes, Dr. Steven Alexander, MD is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics , American Board of Pediatrics since 1986, American Board of Pediatrics since 1979

What languages does Dr. Alexander speak?

Dr. Alexander and their clinical team can communicate with patients in the following languages:

English

What conditions does Dr. Alexander treat?

As a Pediatric Nephrologist, Dr. Alexander diagnoses, treats, and manages a wide range of conditions. This condition information is derived from anonymized insurance claims and highlights the medical conditions most commonly treated by Dr. Alexander. It provides insight into the doctor’s areas of experience and expertise based on real-world patient encounters from the past two years, updated quarterly.

Also known as:

Chronic Kidney Disease, Stage 2 (Mild)
End-Stage Kidney Disease
Chronic Kidney Disease, Stage 1
Chronic Kidney Disease, Stage 4 (Severe)
Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 3b
Chronic Kidney Disease
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
Kidney Failure
Helping Your Child Adapt to Life with Chronic Kidney Disease
CKD Stage 2
Mild Chronic Kidney Disease
ESRD
End-Stage Renal Failure
CKD Stage 1
Early Chronic Kidney Disease
CKD Stage 4
Severe Chronic Kidney Disease
CKD Stage 3b
Moderate Chronic Kidney Disease

ICD-10 Codes:

N182: Chronic kidney disease, stage 2 (mild)
N186: End stage renal disease
N181: Chronic kidney disease, stage 1
N184: Chronic kidney disease, stage 4 (severe)
N1832: Chronic kidney disease, stage 3b

Also known as:

Nephrotic Syndrome
Kidney Disease
Nephrotic Syndrome in Adults
Nephrotic Syndrome in Children
Kidney Protein Loss Syndrome
Proteinuria Syndrome
Nephrosis

ICD-10 Codes:

N049: Nephrotic syndrome with unspecified morphologic changes

Also known as:

Acute Kidney Failure
Kidney Failure
Acute Renal Failure
Sudden Kidney Failure

ICD-10 Codes:

N179: Acute kidney failure, unspecified

Also known as:

Kidney Dysplasia
Kidney Cysts
Multicystic Dysplastic Kidney
Renal Dysplasia
Abnormal Kidney Development

ICD-10 Codes:

Q614: Renal dysplasia

Also known as:

Kidney Stones
Renal Calculi
Nephrolithiasis
Kidney Calculi

ICD-10 Codes:

N200: Calculus of kidney

Also known as:

Having a Kidney Transplant
Kidney Transplantation
Kidney Transplant
Renal transplant
Kidney replacement surgery
Post-kidney transplant

ICD-10 Codes:

Z940: Kidney transplant status

Also known as:

High Blood Pressure
Hypertension
Primary Hypertension
Essential Hypertension

ICD-10 Codes:

I10: Essential (primary) hypertension

Also known as:

Lupus kidney disease
Kidney Disease
Lupus
Lupus nephritis
Kidney inflammation from lupus
Glomerulonephritis in SLE

ICD-10 Codes:

M3214: Glomerular disease in systemic lupus erythematosus

Also known as:

Single Kidney at Birth
Kidney Disease
Solitary or Single-functioning Kidney
Unilateral renal agenesis
Congenital absence of one kidney
Solitary kidney

ICD-10 Codes:

Q600: Renal agenesis, unilateral

Also known as:

Elevated Blood Pressure
High Blood Pressure
High Blood Pressure Reading
Prehypertension
Borderline High Blood Pressure

ICD-10 Codes:

R030: Elevated blood-pressure reading, without diagnosis of hypertension

Also known as:

Other Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
Kidney Disease
Platelet Disorder
Atypical HUS
aHUS
Non-infection HUS

ICD-10 Codes:

D5939: Other hemolytic-uremic syndrome

Also known as:

Protein in Urine
Urine and Urination
Proteinuria
Albuminuria
Foamy urine

ICD-10 Codes:

R809: Proteinuria, unspecified

Also known as:

Asymptomatic Microscopic Blood in Urine
Hidden blood in urine without symptoms
Microscopic hematuria without symptoms
No symptoms blood in urine

ICD-10 Codes:

R3121: Asymptomatic microscopic hematuria

Also known as:

Kidney Transplant Aftercare
Kidney Transplantation
Post-kidney transplant care
Kidney transplant follow-up
Renal transplant recovery

ICD-10 Codes:

Z4822: Encounter for aftercare following kidney transplant

Also known as:

Allergic Purpura
Allergy
Bleeding Disorder
IgA Vasculitis
Henoch-Schönlein purpura
IgA vasculitis
Vascular purpura

ICD-10 Codes:

D690: Allergic purpura

Also known as:

Immune Deficiency
Immune System and Disorder
Weak Immune System
Immune System Disorder

ICD-10 Codes:

D849: Immunodeficiency, unspecified

Which procedures does Dr. Alexander perform as a Pediatric Nephrologist?

As a Pediatric Nephrologist, procedures performed by a Dr. Steven Alexander may include:

For detailed information, please contact Dr. Alexander's office.

Does Dr. Alexander accept my insurance?

Dr. Alexander accepts most major insurance plans. Important: Please call our office at (650) 497-8000 before your appointment to verify that your specific plan and network are accepted.

What insurance plans does Dr. Alexander accept in Palo Alto, CA?

Dr. Alexander in Palo Alto, CA accepts plans from many carriers. While this list is updated regularly, it is not a guarantee of coverage.

Top Insurances

All Other Third Party
Blue Shield of California
California Water Service Group
Central California Alliance for Health
CVS Health (formerly Aetna)
Health Plan of San Mateo
Medicare
OptumRx
Santa Clara Family Health Plan
UnitedHealthcare

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Where is Dr. Alexander's office located?

Dr. Steven Alexander's Primary Practice

725 Welch Rd

Palo Alto, CA 94304

(650) 497-8000

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Dr. Steven Alexander's Practice 2

300 Pasteur Dr

Stanford, CA 94305

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Dr. Steven Alexander's Practice 3

1900 Garden Rd Ste 130

Monterey, CA 93940

(831) 440-3330

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Recognitions

Awards

please see cv, multiple

Publications

Association between Maintence Fluid Tonicity and Hospital-Acquired Hypotremia.

jourl of pediatrics, 2013

AKI in Hospitalized Children: Epidemiology and Clinical Associations in a tiol Cohort.

Clinical jourl of the American Society of Nephrology, 2013

Continuous rel replacement therapy in children

PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY, 2012

Conversion From Tacrolimus/Mycophenolic Acid to Tacrolimus/Leflunomide to Treat Cutaneous Warts

TRANSPLANTATION, 2012

Nonrel indications for continuous rel replacement therapy

PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE, 2012

Tracking the impact of the tiol Institutes of Health Clinical

PEDIATRIC RESEARCH, 2012

Complement-fixing donor

PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION, 2012

End-Stage Rel Disease Due to Lupus Nephritis Among Children in the US, 1995-2006

ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM, 2011

Role of Twenty-Four-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Children on Dialysis

CLINICAL JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, 2011

Enterococcal peritonitis in children receiving chronic peritoneal dialysis

NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION, 2010

Relapsing Peritonitis in Children Who Undergo Chronic Peritoneal Dialysis

CLINICAL JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, 2010

Fluid Overload and Mortality in Children Receiving Continuous Rel Replacement Therapy

AMERICAN JOURL OF KIDNEY DISEASES, 2010

Protein and calorie prescription for children and young adults

CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE, 2008

Combined liver-kidney transplantation in children: Indications and outcome

PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION, 2008

Acute kidney injury in pediatric stem cell transplant recipients

SEMIRS IN NEPHROLOGY, 2008

Safety and pharmacokinetics of daclizumab in pediatric rel transplant recipients

PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION, 2008

Continuous rel replacement therapy

PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY, 2008

Worldwide variation of dialysis-associated peritonitis in children

KIDNEY INTERTIOL, 2007

The effect of vascular access location

INTERTIOL JOURL OF ARTIFICIAL ORGANS, 2007

Demographic characteristics of pediatric continuous rel replacement therapy

CLINICAL JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, 2007

Peritonitis in children who receive long-term peritoneal dialysis

JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, 2007

Proteinuria in pediatric rel transplant recipients during the first 60 post-transplant days

PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION, 2006

Option of pre-emptive nephrectomy and rel transplantation for Bartter's syndrome

PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION, 2006

Clinical review: Altertive vascular access techniques for continuous hemofiltration

CRITICAL CARE, 2006

Hemofiltration for cytokine-driven illnesses: The mediator delivery hypothesis

INTERTIOL JOURL OF ARTIFICIAL ORGANS, 2005

The intertiol pediatric peritonitis registry

PERITONEAL DIALYSIS INTERTIOL, 2005

Safety and pharmacokinetics of ascending single doses of sirolimus (Rapamune (R)

PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION, 2004

Hyperhomocysteinemia in pediatric and young adult rel transplant recipients

PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION, 2004

The Prospective Pediatric Continuous Rel Replacement Therapy (ppCRRT) registry

INTERTIOL JOURL OF ARTIFICIAL ORGANS, 2004

Postdialysis albumin: A better nutrition marker in pediatric hemodialysis patients?

JOURL OF REL NUTRITION, 2004

Continued superior outcomes with modification

TRANSPLANTATION, 2003

Continuous veno-venous hemofiltration may improve survival from acute respiratory distress syndrome

JOURL OF PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY ONCOLOGY, 2003

Flush before fill in children receiving automated peritoneal dialysis

PERITONEAL DIALYSIS INTERTIOL, 2003

Outcome of rel transplantation in adolescents with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION, 2002

Unexpectedly high prevalence of posttransplant anemia in pediatric

AMERICAN JOURL OF KIDNEY DISEASES, 2002

Identification of Epstein-Barr virus-specific CD8

TRANSPLANTATION, 2002

Response to recombint hepatitis B vaccine in children and adolescents with chronic rel failure

AMERICAN JOURL OF KIDNEY DISEASES, 2002

Late post-transplant anemia in adult rel transplant recipients. An under-recognized problem?

AMERICAN JOURL OF TRANSPLANTATION, 2002

Long-term plasmapheresis and protein A column treatment of recurrent FSGS

PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY, 2001

The clinical efficacy of higher hematocrit levels in children with chronic rel insufficiency

SEMIRS IN NEPHROLOGY, 2001

Recurrence of hemolytic uremic syndrome after rel transplantation in children

TRANSPLANTATION, 2001

Pulse methylprednisolone, cyclosporine

AMERICAN JOURL OF KIDNEY DISEASES, 2001

Loss of living donor rel allograft survival advantage

KIDNEY INTERTIOL, 2001

Sodium ferric glucote therapy in rel transplant and rel failure patients

PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY, 2000

Consensus guidelines for the treatment of peritonitis

PERITONEAL DIALYSIS INTERTIOL, 2000

The trials and tribulations of an adolescent patient with end-stage rel disease

PERITONEAL DIALYSIS INTERTIOL, 2000

Predictive factors for delayed graft function

Pediatric transplantation, 1999

A new, unique and simple method for ureteral implantation in kidney recipients with small

TRANSPLANTATION, 1999

Chronic dialysis in children

PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY, 1999

Optimal care of the pediatric end-stage rel disease patient on dialysis

AMERICAN JOURL OF KIDNEY DISEASES, 1999

Steady improvement in short-term graft survival of pediatric rel transplants: the PRTCS experience.

Clinical transplants, 1999

The impact of donor source, recipient age