Patients commonly come from the Texas Medical Center, Rice Village, the Museum District, Hermann Park, Midtown, Montrose, Upper Kirby, and the Richmond Ave corridor. Many are referred by primary care, cardiology, endocrinology, or after an ER visit or hospital stay at TMC-area facilities such as Methodist Hospital when kidney numbers have changed and the next step is unclear.
Your local office
Minutes from the Texas Medical Center
1724 Richmond AveGetting here
| Monday | 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM |
| Tuesday | 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM |
| Wednesday | 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM |
| Thursday | 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM |
| Friday | 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Heat & dehydration risk
Impaired temperature regulation and common medications (diuretics, ACE inhibitors, ARBs) raise the risk of dehydration and acute kidney injury in hot weather.
Prescribed a fluid limit? Don’t increase your fluid intake automatically — follow the individualized guidance from your clinician, and ask how heat changes your limit.
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NephrologistNephrology Physician · Montrose — Upper Kirby
Dr. Uday Khosla is a board-certified nephrologist and hypertension specialist treating chronic kidney disease, dialysis, and complex hypertension in the Houston area. He cares for patients across four locations, includin…
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Coordinated care
If you're currently seeing a primary care provider in the Montrose area and would like coordinated care with Dr. Khosla, ask your PCP for a referral or call directly.
What we treat
Common reasons to schedule include new symptoms, abnormal labs, uncontrolled chronic conditions, and second opinions on complex cases. Tap a category to see the full list.
Why patients choose us
Independent, board-certified nephrology & hypertension — the same physician every visit. No hospital committee, no rotating residents.
Remix Medical is physician-owned and not affiliated with any hospital system or private equity group. Your care plan is set by your doctor, not a committee.
Our Upper Kirby office at 1724 Richmond Ave is a short drive north of the Texas Medical Center, with free surface parking at the door — no garage circling, no shuttle, and no medical-center parking fees for a routine kidney visit.
When kidney disease intersects with high blood pressure, diabetes, or chronic pain, Remix Medical's internists, chiropractic, and pain-management clinicians are in the same practice — same records, coordinated care, one location.
Community health data
Chronic kidney disease usually begins with high blood pressure or diabetes, and it can progress for years without symptoms. These are population-level estimates for Houston TX, Texas Medical Center, Midtown, Montrose and Upper Kirby — they describe a community, not any individual patient.
High blood pressure
31.1%
About 247,000 adults across the area we serve
A major cause and consequence of chronic kidney disease.
Diagnosed diabetes
12.3%
About 98,000 adults across the area we serve
The single largest cause of kidney failure.
| Health indicator | Local estimate | Relative prevalence | Est. adults | Why it matters for your kidneys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure | 31.1% | ~247,000 | A major cause and consequence of chronic kidney disease. | |
| Diagnosed diabetes | 12.3% | ~98,000 | The single largest cause of kidney failure. | |
| Obesity | 35.6% | ~283,000 | Raises the risk of diabetes, hypertension, and CKD. | |
| No regular exercise | 24.8% | ~197,000 | Contributes to the metabolic risks that damage kidneys. | |
| Short sleep | 38.9% | ~310,000 | Associated with high blood pressure and metabolic strain. | |
| Current smoking | 11.8% | ~94,000 | Accelerates kidney damage and cardiovascular risk. |
Kidney disease is usually silent. If you have high blood pressure or diabetes, a kidney check is two tests — a blood test that estimates filtration (eGFR) and a urine test for albumin. Ask your clinician whether they belong in your next round of labs, or ask about a kidney check in Montrose.
Source: CDC PLACES, 2025 release — model-based local estimates for ZIP codes 77002, 77003, 77004, 77005, 77006, 77007, 77008, 77009, 77017, 77018, 77019, 77020, 77021, 77023, 77024, 77025, 77026, 77027, 77030, 77033, 77035, 77045, 77051, 77054, 77055, 77056, 77057, 77063, 77074, 77081, 77087, 77096, 77098, 77401, population-weighted across about 794,900 adults. Figures reflect BRFSS 2022–2023, varying by measure. Bars are scaled to 40%. These are population estimates, not case counts, and they do not diagnose disease or determine whether anyone needs kidney care.
Local care details
Flooding along Houston's bayou corridors has interrupted access to the medical center more than once, and the patients most exposed are the ones who cannot afford to miss treatment. If you are on dialysis, the plan to follow is your unit's emergency schedule, not this office's — and it is worth knowing what it is before the season starts rather than during it. If you have CKD and are not on dialysis, the risks are quieter: running out of blood-pressure medication, losing pharmacy access for several days, or drinking to thirst through a long power outage while on a fluid restriction. Keep a current medication list and your most recent labs somewhere you can grab quickly, and call before improvising a change to a diuretic or a potassium binder.
Nearly every decision in kidney care is made off a number, so the practical aim is that current results are in hand before you sit down. Labs drawn at Quest, LabCorp, or any medical-center facility can be released to this office ahead of a visit. Imaging already completed at a TMC hospital — a kidney ultrasound, a CT — is almost always better retrieved and read than repeated, which also avoids a second contrast exposure. If you were recently admitted, the inpatient labs are the single most useful thing you can bring: they show the trajectory rather than one isolated value. Blood draws are done on site at 1724 Richmond Ave — most routine labs are collected during your visit, so there is no second trip to an outside draw station.
The medical center corridor has more dialysis capacity than almost anywhere in the country, so if treatment ever becomes necessary the constraint is rarely geography — it is whether your nephrologist follows you into the unit. Dr. Khosla rounds at DaVita Medical Center, Galleria, Omni, and Memorial, and at Fresenius Clutch City, so patients who start treatment keep the physician who managed the years leading up to it. For most patients seen early, the work runs the other direction: slowing decline enough that this stays a conversation about contingencies.
Cost & insurance
In-network with most major commercial plans, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, and Texas Medicaid. Don’t see your plan? Our benefits team can verify coverage on the spot — most calls take under a minute.
Frequently asked
Remix Medical's Upper Kirby office at 1724 Richmond Ave, Suite 100A is about 5–10 minutes north of the Texas Medical Center by car — typically a 2–3 mile drive up Main Street, Fannin, or the US-59 corridor. Unlike the TMC campus, the office offers free surface parking at the door, so a routine kidney appointment doesn't require navigating medical-center garages or parking fees. The office is not inside the TMC; it serves patients from the medical center and the surrounding Upper Kirby, Montrose, Midtown, Rice Village, and Museum District neighborhoods.
No — you can book directly. Many patients come to us after a hospital stay at a medical-center facility, or because a primary care doctor flagged a lab. Bring the discharge summary or the lab report showing creatinine, eGFR, or protein in the urine; Dr. Khosla will review it and coordinate with your PCP or the team that saw you inpatient.
Yes, and it is one of the most common reasons patients come to this office. Acute kidney injury during an admission needs a repeat set of labs within one to two weeks of discharge, and that is usually the hardest appointment to get. Bring your discharge paperwork and the creatinine values drawn during the stay. Dr. Khosla's hospital affiliations include Houston Methodist Hospital, HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center, and St. Joseph Medical Center, so the inpatient record and the outpatient plan stay connected.
Yes. Contrast-associated kidney injury typically shows up within 48 to 72 hours of the study and often improves on its own — but it should be documented and rechecked rather than assumed to have resolved. Bring the creatinine value from before the study and the one drawn after. It also matters going forward: an episode of contrast injury changes how future imaging, and any medication cleared by the kidney, should be handled.
There is free surface parking at the door of 1724 Richmond Ave — no garage, no shuttle, no ticket, no fee. For a patient on a three-month CKD follow-up schedule, that difference compounds: a routine kidney visit here does not require budgeting an extra twenty minutes and a parking charge on top of the appointment itself.
He rounds at DaVita Medical Center, DaVita Galleria, DaVita Omni, DaVita Memorial, and Fresenius Clutch City, among others in the Houston area. The practical effect is continuity: if dialysis ever becomes part of the plan, the nephrologist writing the orders is the same one who has been following your labs in the office, rather than a new physician meeting you at the start of treatment.
Often, yes. Once you are established, a good share of CKD and blood-pressure follow-up — reading a new creatinine, adjusting a medication, rechecking potassium after a change — can be handled by secure video anywhere in Texas. Visits where the exam matters, or where we want labs drawn the same day, are better in person. The front desk can set either one up.
Learn more
Book online in under a minute, or call the office during clinic hours. Most new patients are seen within one to two weeks; same-day or same-week visits may be available for urgent kidney concerns.
Updated May 9, 2026. Medically reviewed by Uday Khosla, MD.
