The 20 Best Acute Kidney Failure Doctors Near Me in Alton, IL

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The 20 Best Acute Kidney Failure Doctors near Alton, IL

Last Updated: 02/22/2026

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MediFind found 39 doctor with experience in Acute Kidney Failure near Alton, IL. Of these, 29 are Experienced, 6 are Advanced and 4 are Distinguished.

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    Distinguished in Acute Kidney Failure
    Nephrology
    Distinguished in Acute Kidney Failure
    Nephrology

    Illinois Institute Of Neurology LTD

    2 Memorial Dr Ste 201, 
    Alton, IL 
     (4.6 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Erik Daniels is a Nephrologist in Alton, Illinois. Dr. Daniels is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Kidney Failure. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Kidney Disease, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Acute Kidney Failure, and Diabetic Nephropathy.

    Distinguished in Acute Kidney Failure
    Internal Medicine | Nephrology
    Distinguished in Acute Kidney Failure
    Internal Medicine | Nephrology
    11155 Dunn Road, Suite 207N, 
    St. Louis, MO 
     (8.4 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Anahit Cheema is an Internal Medicine specialist and a Nephrologist in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Cheema is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Kidney Failure. His top areas of expertise are End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Chronic Kidney Disease, Acute Kidney Failure, Low Sodium Level, and Endoscopy.

    Distinguished in Acute Kidney Failure
    Distinguished in Acute Kidney Failure
    11155 Dunn Road, Suite 211N, 
    St. Louis, MO 
     (8.4 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Felicia Bentley is a Nephrologist in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Bentley is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Kidney Failure. Her top areas of expertise are End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Chronic Kidney Disease, Acute Kidney Failure, and High Potassium Level.

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    Experienced in Acute Kidney Failure
    Family Medicine
    Experienced in Acute Kidney Failure
    Family Medicine

    Saint Anthony's Physician Group

    2 Saint Anthonys Way Ste 205, 
    Alton, IL 
     (1.3 miles away)
    Experience:
    17+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Isha Butler is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Alton, Illinois. Dr. Butler has been practicing medicine for over 17 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Kidney Failure. Her top areas of expertise are Radiation Enteritis, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia, Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Endoscopy.

    Experienced in Acute Kidney Failure
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Acute Kidney Failure
    Internal Medicine

    Alton Memorial Hospital

    1 Memorial Dr, 
    Alton, IL 
     (1.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Stanley Sidwell is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Alton, Illinois. Dr. Sidwell is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Kidney Failure. His top areas of expertise are Cellulitis, Sepsis, Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia, Endoscopy, and Ureteroscopy.

    Experienced in Acute Kidney Failure
    Family Medicine
    Experienced in Acute Kidney Failure
    Family Medicine

    Associated Physicians Group LTD

    4414 W Center Dr, 
    Alton,, IL 
     (2.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Christopher Green is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Alton,, Illinois. Dr. Green is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Kidney Failure. His top areas of expertise are Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Hypertension, Familial Hypertension, Colonoscopy, and Endoscopy.

    Experienced in Acute Kidney Failure
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Acute Kidney Failure
    Internal Medicine

    Healing Institute LLC

    2416 Bloomer Dr, 
    Alton, IL 
     (2.9 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Dandrienne Jones is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Alton, Illinois. Dr. Jones is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Kidney Failure. Her top areas of expertise are Alzheimer's Disease, Rabson-Mendenhall Syndrome, Pyoderma Gangrenosum, and Pericarditis.

    Experienced in Acute Kidney Failure
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Acute Kidney Failure
    Internal Medicine

    BJC Medical Group Primary Care At Alton

    2 Memorial Dr Ste 220, 
    Alton, IL 
     (4.6 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    John Hoelscher is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Alton, Illinois. Dr. Hoelscher is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Kidney Failure. His top areas of expertise are Cirrhosis, Xanthoma, Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia, Endoscopy, and Colonoscopy.

    Experienced in Acute Kidney Failure
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Acute Kidney Failure
    Internal Medicine

    BJC Medical Group Primary Care At Alton

    2 Memorial Dr Ste 220, 
    Alton, IL 
     (4.6 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    John Wuellner is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Alton, Illinois. Dr. Wuellner is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Kidney Failure. His top areas of expertise are Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Cholecystitis, High Cholesterol, Endoscopy, and Colonoscopy.

    Advanced in Acute Kidney Failure
    Internal Medicine
    Advanced in Acute Kidney Failure
    Internal Medicine

    Christian Hospital Northeast

    11133 Dunn Rd, 
    Saint Louis, MO 
     (8.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Jude Onaghise is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Saint Louis, Missouri. Dr. Onaghise is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Kidney Failure. His top areas of expertise are Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma, EGFR Positive Lung Cancer, Gastrostomy, and Thyroidectomy.

    Advanced in Acute Kidney Failure
    Internal Medicine
    Advanced in Acute Kidney Failure
    Internal Medicine
    2865 Netherton Drive, 
    St. Louis, MO 
     (9.2 miles away)
    Experience:
    44+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    David Pernikoff is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Pernikoff has been practicing medicine for over 44 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Kidney Failure. His top areas of expertise are Renovascular Hypertension, Nephrosclerosis, Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), and Pericarditis.

    Distinguished in Acute Kidney Failure
    Internal Medicine | Nephrology
    Distinguished in Acute Kidney Failure
    Internal Medicine | Nephrology
    2044 Madison Ave., Wolf Building, Suite 15, 
    Granite City, IL 
     (13.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Inderjit Singh is an Internal Medicine specialist and a Nephrologist in Granite City, Illinois. Dr. Singh is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Kidney Failure. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Kidney Disease, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Acute Kidney Failure, Necrosis, and Endoscopy.

    Experienced in Acute Kidney Failure
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Acute Kidney Failure
    Internal Medicine

    OSF Healthcare System

    6702 Godfrey Rd, 
    Godfrey, IL 
     (5.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Colin Butterfield is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Godfrey, Illinois. Dr. Butterfield is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Kidney Failure. His top areas of expertise are Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiomyopathy, Familial Hypertension, Hypertension, and Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism.

    Experienced in Acute Kidney Failure
    Family Medicine
    Experienced in Acute Kidney Failure
    Family Medicine

    BJC Medical Group Primary Care At Godfrey

    5213 Godfrey Rd Ste 110, 
    Godfrey, IL 
     (5.9 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Christopher Wagoner is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Godfrey, Illinois. Dr. Wagoner is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Kidney Failure. His top areas of expertise are Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Familial Hypertension, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, and Hypertension.

    Experienced in Acute Kidney Failure
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Acute Kidney Failure
    Internal Medicine

    Rochelle A Cox, MD LLC, Saint Louis, MO

    4401 Parker Rd, 
    Black Jack, MO 
     (8.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Rochelle Cox is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Black Jack, Missouri. Dr. Cox is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Kidney Failure. Her top areas of expertise are Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, Protein Deficiency, and Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism.

    Experienced in Acute Kidney Failure
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Acute Kidney Failure
    Internal Medicine

    Christian Hospital Northeast

    11133 Dunn Rd, 
    Saint Louis, MO 
     (8.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Jeffrey Burton is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Saint Louis, Missouri. Dr. Burton is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Kidney Failure. His top areas of expertise are Ventricular Fibrillation, Paroxysmal Ventricular Fibrillation, Low Blood Pressure, Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy, and Endoscopy.

    Experienced in Acute Kidney Failure
    Experienced in Acute Kidney Failure

    Office

    11133 Dunn Rd Ste 2427, 
    Saint Louis, MO 
     (8.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Nicholas Taraska is a Nephrologist in Saint Louis, Missouri. Dr. Taraska is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Kidney Failure. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Kidney Disease, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Acute Kidney Failure, and Nephrosclerosis.

    Experienced in Acute Kidney Failure
    Family Medicine
    Experienced in Acute Kidney Failure
    Family Medicine

    Office

    11133 Dunn Rd Ste 2427, 
    Saint Louis, MO 
     (8.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Melissa Lueking is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Saint Louis, Missouri. Dr. Lueking is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Kidney Failure. Her top areas of expertise are Sepsis, Sickle Cell Disease, Gangrene, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy.

    Advanced in Acute Kidney Failure
    Internal Medicine
    Advanced in Acute Kidney Failure
    Internal Medicine

    Office

    11155 Dunn Rd Ste 211N, 
    Saint Louis, MO 
     (11.0 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Kenneth Gerdes is an Internal Medicine provider in Saint Louis, Missouri. Dr. Gerdes is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Kidney Failure. His top areas of expertise are End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Acute Kidney Failure, Chronic Kidney Disease, and Low Sodium Level.

    Alejandro Alvarez
    Experienced in Acute Kidney Failure
    Internal Medicine | Nephrology
    Experienced in Acute Kidney Failure
    Internal Medicine | Nephrology
    1224 Graham Road, Suite 2005, 
    Florissant, MO 
     (11.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Alejandro Alvarez, MD, is board certified in internal medicine and in nephrology and specializes in dialysis vascular access. He serves as medical director of the SSM Health Vascular Access Center at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in St. Louis. Dr. Alvarez graduated from Colombian School of Medicine at El Bosque University. He completed a clinical fellowship in nephrology in the renal division at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and later served as assistant professor of internal medicine/renal division at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, where he was a faculty member of the Clinical and Interventional Nephrology team. He is a member of the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology and the American Society of Nephrology. Dr. Alvarez is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Kidney Failure. His top areas of expertise are End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Chronic Kidney Disease, SVC Obstruction, and May Thurner Syndrome.

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    Last Updated: 02/22/2026

    What is the definition of Acute Kidney Failure?

    Acute kidney failure is the rapid (less than 2 days) loss of your kidneys' ability to remove waste and help balance fluids and electrolytes in your body.

    When should I see an Acute Kidney Failure doctor near Alton, IL?

    There are various reasons why you may want to see a specialist, such as: 

    • Your primary care provider recommends it. 
    • Your condition requires expert knowledge and specialized care. 
    • Your symptoms persist or worsen despite treatment. 
    • You need specialized testing or procedures. 
    • You want a second opinion.  

    What should I consider when choosing an Acute Kidney Failure doctor near Alton, IL?

    It’s important to see a provider with expertise in your specific condition. Each provider profile in MediFind’s doctor database includes information on which conditions they treat, years of experience, research contributions, languages spoken, insurance plans accepted, and more.  

    How does MediFind rank Acute Kidney Failure doctors near Alton, IL?

    MediFind’s rankings are based on a variety of data sources, such as the number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials and industry conferences, as well as the number of patients that provider sees for a given condition. Note that MediFind’s provider database is not based on user reviews, and providers do not pay to be included in the database. 

    What types of insurance are accepted by Acute Kidney Failure doctors near Alton, IL?

    Most profiles in MediFind’s doctor database include a list of insurance plans accepted by that provider. However, it’s a good idea to contact the provider’s office to make sure they still accept your insurance, then doublecheck by contacting your insurance plan to confirm they’re in network. 

    How can I book an appointment online with an Acute Kidney Failure doctor near Alton, IL?

    MediFind offers direct scheduling for certain providers using the “Request Appointment” button on that provider’s profile. If the schedule option is not available for a provider, tap the red “Show Phone Number” button on their profile to get their contact information. If you prefer to find providers who offer online scheduling, select “Schedules online” under the “Availability” category of the filter feature on the left side of the Acute Kidney Failure doctor search results page. 

    Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Acute Kidney Failure doctor?

    Second opinions are an opportunity to confirm a diagnosis and its root cause, learn about alternative treatment options, or simply gain peace of mind. Many people, especially those with serious diagnoses, get second opinions so they can understand all their options and make informed decisions, so don’t hesitate to get one if you have any doubts or need more information or clarification regarding your care. Note that some insurance plans require second opinions, while others don’t cover second opinions, so be sure to confirm with your insurance provider first.   

    How can I prepare for my appointment with an Acute Kidney Failure doctor near Alton, IL?

    Prepare for your appointment by gathering the following items: 

    • Copies of medical records (dating back at least one year) 
    • Your medical history, including illnesses, medical conditions, surgeries, and other doctors you see 
    • Family history of disease 
    • List of current prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal remedies or supplements including names and doses 
    • Allergies to medications, food, latex, insects, etc.  
    • List of questions and concerns 
    • Your insurance card 

    You might also contact the provider’s office to see if they offer transportation or childcare services or if you’re allowed to bring a loved one for support or to take notes during your visit. 

    What questions should I ask my Acute Kidney Failure doctor?

    Here are some sample questions: 

    • Can you explain in simple terms what this condition is and how it’s treated? 
    • What symptoms or side effects should I watch for? 
    • What tests will be involved, and when can I expect results? 
    • Are there other specialists I need to see? 
    • What’s the best way to reach you if I have follow-up questions? 

    How can I learn about the latest clinical trials and research advances my Acute Kidney Failure doctor may know about?

    MediFind’s Clinical Trials tool asks you a series of questions to help you narrow down your search by health condition, age, gender, location, how far you’re willing to travel, and more. Each question you answer filters down the number of trials until you find the ones that are most relevant to you. 

    MediFind’s Latest Advances tool features summaries of recent articles published in medical journals. We use cutting-edge technology to scour medical publication databases for the latest research advancements on any given condition, then we simplify this information in a way that’s useful and easy to understand. 

    Can I filter my search to show male or female Acute Kidney Failure doctors near Alton, IL?

    Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Acute Kidney Failure doctor search results page. Select “Female” or “Male” under the “Gender” category to search for female or male providers exclusively. If the “Any” option is selected, it will pull results for both male and female providers. 

    Can I filter my search to find an Acute Kidney Failure doctor that offers video calls?

    Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Acute Kidney Failure doctor search results page. Select “Offers telehealth visits” under the Availability category to search for providers who offer virtual appointments (video calls). 

    Reviewed on: 11/11/24  

    By: MediFind Medical Staff 

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