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Dr. Hernan Rincon-Choles, MD, MBA

(Dr. Hernan Rincon Choles, MD)

(20 Ratings)

Specializes in: Adult Nephrology

Professional interests include: hypertension (high blood pressure), polycystic kidney disease, nephrotic syndrome, and more.

1730 W. 25th Street Mail Code Luth
Cleveland, OH 44113

(216) 444-6771

Dr. Hernan Rincon-Choles, MD, MBA is a nephrologist in Cleveland, OH specializing in adult nephrology. Dr. Hernan Rincon-Choles, MD, MBA is affiliated with Cleveland Clinic and Lutheran Hospital.

Office Locations

Address:

1730 W. 25th Street Mail Code Luth
Cleveland, OH 44113

Address:

Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH 44195

Some issues Dr. Hernan Rincon-Choles, MD, MBA can help you with:

Acute Kidney Failure

Kidney failure is when 80% to 90% of kidney function is lost. Kidney failure is also referred to as end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Kidneys are critical to human health, essentially acting as the body's built-in filtration system. When the kidneys can no longer function effectively, waste can accumulate in the blood and concentrations of nutrients can become unbalanced, impairing the body from performing critical functions. For example, if the kidneys do not regulate levels of potassium, the heart may develop arrhythmias (irregular rhythm) or even go into cardiac arrest.

Kidney failure may be caused by a number of health conditions that slowly damage and weaken the kidneys, such as:

Diabetes
High blood pressure
Urinary tract problems
Excessive alcohol consumption
Persistent and severe dehydration
Lupus
Acute kidney injury (AKI)

High blood pressure and diabetes are the most frequently observed causes of kidney failure. However, these conditions typically take years to develop into kidney failure and might escape notice during that time.

Symptoms of kidney failure include:

Difficulty sleeping
Fatigue
Reduced appetite
Weight loss
Edema (water retention)
Ankle and foot swelling
Anemia
Itching
Muscle cramps

No cure currently exists for kidney failure; however, medical treatment can permit people to live healthy and long lives. A nephrologist (kidney doctor) determines the most effective treatments for patients with kidney failure.

Dialysis is a well-known treatment for kidney failure that uses a machine to filter and clean waste from the blood. Patients attend regular dialysis sessions to replace their lost kidney function. Some patients with kidney failure are unable to survive without having dialysis every few days.

More advanced kidney failure may be treated by kidney transplant surgery. Deceased donor kidney transplant surgery provides kidney failure patients with a healthy kidney from a recently deceased person. Living donor kidney transplant surgery provides a kidney from a donor who is still alive. As most people have two kidneys, kidney failure patients' relatives or friends may offer to donate one of their kidneys. Kidney transplants can dramatically improve kidney function and lower or eliminate the need for dialysis.

People with kidney failure are advised to eat a nutritious diet, monitor and lower blood pressure, and to best manage diabetes. Exercise and a tobacco-free lifestyle may also help patients with kidney failure.

dialysis	23
hospital care	469
inpatient care	415
outpatient care	54

**Gender**
Male	184
Female	247

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	357
Black	60
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	104
From 75 to 84	122
85 and over	121
Less than 65	84

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	71
Stroke	22
Ischemic Heart Disease	63
Depression	42
Chronic Kidney Disease	70
Asthma	17
Osteoperosis	20
Atrial Fibrilation	28
Heart Failure	51
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	40
Diabetes	46
Dementia	31
Cancer	17

dialysis	283
hemofiltration	110
hospital care	523
inpatient care	492
outpatient care	31

**Gender**
Male	232
Female	201

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	200
Black	214
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	129
From 75 to 84	77
85 and over	24
Less than 65	203

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	73
Stroke	18
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	39
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	17
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	33
Heart Failure	75
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	36
Diabetes	70
Dementia	21
Cancer	12

dialysis	537
doctor visit	112
hemofiltration	358
hospital care	204
inpatient care	205

**Gender**
Male	392
Female	340

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	390
Black	308
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	278
From 75 to 84	162
85 and over	50
Less than 65	242

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	69
Stroke	15
Ischemic Heart Disease	72
Depression	37
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	23
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	36
Heart Failure	70
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	35
Diabetes	61
Dementia	16
Cancer	11

dialysis	565
doctor visit	94
hemofiltration	343
hospital care	227
inpatient care	228

**Gender**
Male	221
Female	180

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	194
Black	193
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	156
From 75 to 84	84
85 and over	26
Less than 65	135

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	66
Stroke	16
Ischemic Heart Disease	68
Depression	35
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	38
Osteoperosis	7
Atrial Fibrilation	32
Heart Failure	70
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	36
Diabetes	64
Dementia	23
Cancer	14

dialysis	549
doctor visit	103
hemofiltration	266
hospital care	210
inpatient care	211

**Gender**
Male	207
Female	191

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	186
Black	190
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	153
From 75 to 84	93
85 and over	17
Less than 65	135

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	71
Stroke	22
Ischemic Heart Disease	72
Depression	37
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	5
Atrial Fibrilation	36
Heart Failure	74
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	37
Diabetes	68
Dementia	26
Cancer	12

dialysis	593
doctor visit	99
hemofiltration	432
hospital care	198
inpatient care	199

**Gender**
Male	190
Female	155

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	175
Black	150
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	158
From 75 to 84	73
85 and over	18
Less than 65	96

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	71
Stroke	18
Ischemic Heart Disease	74
Depression	32
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	42
Heart Failure	75
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	36
Diabetes	64
Dementia	28
Cancer	12

dialysis	281
doctor visit	115
hemofiltration	145
hospital care	154
inpatient care	155

**Gender**
Male	168
Female	125

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	137
Black	138
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	130
From 75 to 84	55
85 and over	22
Less than 65	86

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	14
Ischemic Heart Disease	65
Depression	32
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	5
Atrial Fibrilation	32
Heart Failure	67
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	31
Diabetes	64
Dementia	25
Cancer	11

dialysis	357
doctor visit	78
hemofiltration	231
hospital care	150
inpatient care	151

**Gender**
Male	150
Female	116

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	128
Black	120
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	114
From 75 to 84	57
85 and over	21
Less than 65	74

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	16
Ischemic Heart Disease	67
Depression	31
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	5
Atrial Fibrilation	34
Heart Failure	71
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	35
Diabetes	60
Dementia	31
Cancer	13

dialysis	444
doctor visit	266
hemofiltration	293
hospital care	392
inpatient care	393

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2013 - 2021

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Hernan Rincon-Choles, MD, MBA for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Hernan Rincon-Choles, MD, MBA treated as a nephrologist in Cleveland, OH were dialysis, hospital care, hemofiltration and inpatient care.

dialysis	403
doctor visit	125
hemofiltration	272
hospital care	281
inpatient care	272
outpatient care	42

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2013 - 2021

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Hernan Rincon-Choles, MD, MBA.

**Gender**
Female	155
Male	174

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	137
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	176
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	0
Other	0

**Age**
85 and over	29
75 to 84	72
Less than 65	105
65 to 74	122

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Hernan Rincon-Choles, MD, MBA From 2013 - 2021

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Hernan Rincon-Choles, MD, MBA treated were chronic kidney disease, hypertension, high cholesterol and heart failure.

Hypertension	60
High Cholesterol	57
Stroke	14
Ischemic Heart Disease	55
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	59
Asthma	13
Osteoporosis	6
Heart Failure	55
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	28
Diabetes	49
Atrial Fibrillation	27
Cancer	10
Dementia	20

Education & Training

He completed residency at Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center. He is certified by the Internal Medicine - Nephrology Internal Medicine and has a state license in New York.

Residency: Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center (1996)

Board Certification: Internal Medicine - Nephrology Internal Medicine

Licensed In: New York

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Hernan Rincon-Choles, MD, MBA is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Cleveland Clinic

Lutheran Hospital

Ratings & Reviews

Dr. Hernan Rincon-Choles, MD, MBA has an exceptional overall rating with an average of 4.95 out of 5 stars based on 20 ratings. We collect ratings and reviews of Dr. Hernan Rincon-Choles, MD, MBA from all over the web to help you find the right in Cleveland, OH.

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Hernan Rincon-Choles, MD, MBA. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Genentech USA, Inc.	$200 Rituxan $200
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	$99 SOLIRIS $99
Mallinckrodt LLC	$50 ACTHAR $50
GENZYME CORPORATION	$20 FABRAZYME $20
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc.	$13 Velphoro $13
Other	$3 $3

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$381
Education	$3

Biography

Dr. Hernan Rincon-Choles is a specialist in adult nephrology. Dr. Rincon-Choles's patients gave him an average rating of 5.0 stars (out of 5). These areas are among his clinical interests: polycystic kidney disease, acute kidney injury (AKI), and hypertension (high blood pressure). He is professionally affiliated with Cleveland Clinic and Lutheran Hospital. His training includes a residency program at Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center. Dr. Rincon-Choles (or staff) speaks Spanish and French.