Alexander Hlepas, MD, FASN

Dr. Hlepas grew up in Greece and Germany and obtained his medical degree from Charité University in Berlin, Germany. He received additional elective training in university hospitals abroad including in Switzerland, Austria and Greece, which he completed in the corresponding local language.

Dr. Hlepas moved to the United States in 2018 for a clinical research position at the University of Illinois in Chicago. He has stayed in the city of Chicago ever since and completed his residency training in Internal Medicine at Rush University Medical Center where he also received training in the management of vascular access under the mentorship of Dr. Monnie Wasse. He then completed his nephrology fellowship training at the University of Chicago. During his fellowship he also completed training in the management of polycystic kidney disease under Dr. Arlene Chapman and in resistant hypertension under Dr. George Bakris. Dr. Hlepas is an author of several peer-reviewed scientific publications in highly regarded medical journals.

After joining Lakeside Nephrology in 2024, he became a consulting subspecialty attending physician at Ascension St. Francis Hospital, where he trains resident physicians in the field of nephrology and gives regular noon lectures. At his outpatient clinic, Dr. Hlepas provides the latest cutting-edge therapies for complex conditions such as IgA nephropathy, ADPKD, and resistant hypertension. His practice offers dedicated genetic testing and detailed metabolic analysis to guide kidney stone prevention therapy.

In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family, cooking Greek food, swimming and running.