Kathy Kable is a nephrologist based in Westmead, NSW, Australia. Nephrology is about kidney health, but it can also connect to other organs and whole-body problems. Kathy works with patients who need specialist kidney care, from serious hospital illnesses through to long-term follow-up after transplant.
In day-to-day work, Kathy looks after people with complex kidney conditions. This can include kidney transplant care, and cases where the body is under a lot of stress. At times, care may also involve pancreas transplant and simultaneous pancreas kidney transplant, where the aim is to support both kidney function and wider health needs.
There are also situations where kidneys take a sudden hit. Kathy supports patients with acute tubular necrosis, which is a type of acute kidney injury that can happen around major illness, surgery, or other complications. When kidneys aren’t working well, the focus is on close monitoring, symptom relief, and working out what caused the problem in the first place.
Kathy also deals with rarer conditions that can affect kidney function. One example is adenine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency. These cases often need careful planning, because the details matter for how treatment is chosen and how people are followed over time.
Because kidney disease and transplant care can be closely linked to infection and severe illness, Kathy’s practice also covers serious infections such as Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia. Sepsis care is another important part of this work. When infection turns into sepsis, it becomes urgent, and treatment needs to happen quickly and safely, with the kidney side taken into account.
Patients often come to a nephrologist when things are not straightforward. Over time, Kathy’s role is to help sort out what’s going on, explain it in plain language, and guide care steps that fit the person’s situation. That might mean coordinating treatment plans, working through medication choices, or supporting recovery after a transplant.
Kathy Kable’s work is based in Westmead and is focused on complex kidney and transplant-related care. While the details of education, research work, and clinical trials aren’t listed here, the clinical services shown point to a practice built around kidney transplants, acute kidney injury, and serious infection-related conditions.
