Kristy Bearden Linder, DO, a Nephrologist with Emory University Moving To Private Practice in Atlanta
Dr. Kristy Bearden Linder is an internist practicing in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Bearden Linder specializes in the medical treatment of adults. Internists can act as a primary physician or a consultant to a primary physician. They manage both common and rare diseases. Dr. Bearden Linder provides comprehensive care and manages treatment... more
Get to know Nephrologist Dr. Kristy Bearden Linder, who serves patients in Atlanta, Georgia.
A prominent nephrologist, Dr. Linder is affiliated with Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Since 1836, Emory University’s mission—to create, preserve, teach, and apply knowledge in the service of humanity—has guided the university in its work to drive discovery, serve the common good, and prepare leaders to make a difference in the world.
A 2011 graduate of the University of Alabama, Dr. Linder earned her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2017. Soon after, she headed north to Arnot Ogden Medical Center, where she completed her residency in internal medicine in 2020. Finally, she completed her fellowship in nephrology at Emory University in 2022. This fall, she will be leaving Emory University to join a private practice, The Kidney Clinic, LLC, where she will be joining four well established nephrologists serving the Atlanta area. Her outpatient clinic will open in September of 2022 and will be located at Piedmont Atlanta. She will also be covering inpatient services at several hospitals within the Atlanta and surrounding metro region, including Piedmont Atlanta, Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Northside Atlanta, Piedmont Eastside and Piedmont Rockdale.
Nephrology is a specialty of medicine and pediatrics that concerns itself with the kidneys. It is the study of normal kidney function and kidney disease, the preservation of kidney health, and the treatment of kidney disease, from diet and medication to renal replacement therapy. Nephrologists have advanced training in treating kidney disease. They diagnose and treat kidney failure, as well as help patients by prescribing medications, offering special diet advice, and coordinating dialysis care or kidney transplantation when it becomes necessary.
On a more personal note, Dr. Linder has four special people in her life who have inspired her – her mother, who is the strongest and most inspiring woman she has ever met, her brother, who has always been there to push her and lift her up whenever she needed it, her husband, who serves as her source of daily strength and encouragement, and her daughter, who is her daily inspiration and source of resilience. She aspires to accomplish true happiness and satisfaction within her life and her career, while also greatly improving people’s lives and the field of medicine.
