With the addition of Dr. Lanes, TGH Advanced Kidney Care expands the world-class nephrology services it provides to patients in the Palm Beaches and on the Treasure Coast.
November 4, 2026 – Tampa General Hospital (TGH) Advanced Kidney Care welcomes nephrologist Dr. Alexander Lanes to its team. His addition expands the practice’s ability to provide comprehensive kidney care to patients in the Palm Beaches and on the Treasure Coast.
Lanes earned his medical degree from the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine at Boston University. He completed his internal medicine residency at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale through the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, followed by a nephrology fellowship at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. During his second year of fellowship, he served as chief fellow. Additionally, he completed the American Society of Nephrology’s Home Dialysis Scholarship Program, a yearlong home dialysis education course. A South Florida native, Lanes is a member of the American Medical Association, American Society of Nephrology and the National Kidney Foundation.
“I’m excited to return home and join a team dedicated to helping patients manage kidney disease and maintain their quality of life,” said Lanes. “I look forward to building relationships with patients and providing the personalized care they need.”
“Dr. Lanes brings valuable expertise that will strengthen the comprehensive kidney care we’ve provided to patients throughout Palm Beach and Martin counties for decades,” said Dr. David Amrose, nephrologist and managing partner of TGH Advanced Kidney Care. “We’re pleased to welcome him to our team.”
In addition to Amrose, TGH Advanced Kidney Care is staffed by Dr. Imtiaz Ather, Dr. Kerim Oncu and Dr. Alberto Ortiz. The practice serves patients from locations in Jupiter and West Palm Beach. In 2022, the practice joined Tampa General Hospital, Florida’s premier academic health system, connecting more patients in Palm Beach and Martin counties to specialized kidney care and the resources of a leading academic health system.
Through a patient-centered, comprehensive approach, TGH Advanced Kidney Care’s nephrologists diagnose and treat all aspects of kidney disease, with the goal of preserving kidney function and overall health. TGH Advanced Kidney Care follows National Kidney Foundation Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (NKF-KDOQI) guidelines to provide a level of care held to the highest standards. The practice treats several kidney-related disorders, including chronic kidney disease, hypertension, electrolyte disturbance, diabetic kidney disease, acute kidney injury, kidney transplant aftercare and all modalities of dialysis: home peritoneal, home hemodialysis and in-center hemodialysis.
TGH Advanced Kidney Care patients who need a higher level of care have a direct connection to the resources of Tampa General’s academic health system, including research breakthroughs, a wider variety of clinical trials and options for advanced procedures, enhanced personal treatment plans and a convenient path to complex surgeries. Patients who receive more complex procedures or treatment at Tampa General will be able to follow up with TGH Advanced Kidney Care on the East Coast upon returning home.
Tampa General has long been a leader in kidney care. The academic health system performed its first kidney transplant in 1974. Since then, its Kidney Transplant Center (one of five centers in the academic health system’s Transplant Institute) has performed more than 9,000 kidney transplants. Its Kidney Transplant Center currently ranks No. 2 in the nation by volume.
Tampa General Hospital, Florida’s premier academic health system, is a 1,530-bed not-for-profit network of hospital and outpatient services spanning Florida. As the only center for Level 1 trauma and comprehensive burn care center serving 23 counties, Tampa General delivers world-class care. The system’s hospitals include Tampa General Hospital, Tampa General Rehabilitation Hospital, Tampa General Behavioral Health Hospital, all in Tampa; Tampa General Brooksville, Tampa General Spring Hill and Tampa General Crystal River. Tampa General is the highest-ranked hospital in Tampa Bay in U.S. News & World Report’s 2026-2027 Best Hospitals for 11 consecutive years, with five medical specialties ranking among the top 50, two additional medical specialties ranked among the top 100 best hospital programs and two specialties ranked in the top 10% in the United States. As the first hospital in Florida to open a clinical command center for real-time situational awareness, the academic health system has elevated its digital care coordination center to the next level by leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and its analytics platform across inpatient and outpatient care to ensure patients receive leading-edge care as quickly and safely as possible. Tampa General’s commitment to growing and developing its team members is recognized by four prestigious Forbes magazine rankings — in the 2026 America’s Best Large Employers ranked as the Tampa Bay region’s #1 employer in the healthcare category for the sixth year in a row, the 2026 America’s Best Employers for Company Culture, in the top 100 for the 2026 America’s Best Employers for New Grads and the 2026 America’s Best Employers for Women.
Tampa General is the area’s safety-net hospital, caring for anyone regardless of ability to pay; in fiscal year 2024, Tampa General provided a net community benefit of approximately $289.1 million in the form of healthcare for underinsured patients, community education and financial support to community health organizations in Tampa Bay. It is recognized as one of the leading adult solid organ transplant centers in the nation and is the primary teaching hospital for the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine. With five medical helicopters, Tampa General transports critically injured or ill patients from surrounding counties to receive the advanced care their conditions require. Tampa General has a nationally accredited comprehensive stroke center and its 32-bed Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit is the largest on the West Coast of Florida. It is home to the Muma Children’s Hospital at TGH, the Jennifer Leigh Muma 82-bed neonatal intensive care unit and a nationally accredited rehabilitation center. Tampa General’s footprint includes TGH North, which consists of three hospitals and several outpatient locations in Citrus and Hernando counties; Tampa General Medical Group Primary Care offices; TGH Family Care Center Kennedy; TGH outpatient centers; TGH Virtual Health; and TGH Imaging outpatient radiology centers throughout Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas and Palm Beach counties. Tampa Bay area residents receive world-class care from the TGH Urgent Care, powered by the Fast Track network of clinics. To see a medical care professional live anytime, anywhere on a smartphone, tablet or computer, visit Virtual Health | Tampa General Hospital (tgh.org). For more information, go to www.tgh.org.
