Kidney Specialist Singapore
Your Health Has a Trajectory. We Act Before Problems Become Permanent.
Dr. Francisco Salcido-Ochoa — Nephrologist, Chronic Kidney Disease & Preventive Medicine
Francisco Kidney & Medical Centre
A nephrology clinic focused on preventing chronic disease and preserving healthspan through evidence-based medicine
≈30 years of experience in nephrology, science, and preventive medicine
Dr. Francisco Salcido-Ochoa
MD (Mex), MRCP (UK), MSc (UK), PhD (UK)
"Here we focus not only on treating current problems, but also on prevention."
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Chronic disease doesn't appear overnight. It builds up over years.
Blood pressure rises quietly. Blood sugar creeps upward. Kidney function drops without any symptoms. By the time the numbers look alarming, the damage has already been happening for a long time.
After decades treating kidney failure and transplant patients, it became clear that most organ failure begins decades earlier — through slow metabolic and cardiovascular decline that no one was watching closely enough.
This practice is built on a simple idea: the best medical care happens before the crisis, not during it. Two disciplines make that possible.
Nephrology
Specialist kidney care — diagnosing and managing chronic kidney disease, difficult blood pressure, and the full range of conditions that affect kidney and heart health over time.
Preventive Medicine & Longevity
A structured longevity programme open to everyone — whether you have kidney disease or not. Catching risks early, tracking your health trajectory, and acting before problems become permanent.
Why This Practice Is Different
Most nephrologists treat kidney disease. Dr. Francisco does that — and goes further. His longevity programme applies the same rigorous clinical thinking to anyone who wants to protect their long-term health, whether they have a kidney condition or not.
Nephrology
Your kidneys do much more than filter blood. They reflect the overall health of your body — showing the effects of blood pressure, blood sugar, inflammation, and other conditions that may have started elsewhere.
Kidney disease rarely happens on its own. When it shows up, it usually means something bigger is going on. That's why we don't just treat the kidneys — we look at the full picture and manage it carefully over time.
After decades treating kidney failure and transplant patients, Dr. Francisco recognised that most organ failure begins years earlier through metabolic and cardiovascular decline. This experience shaped a practice that catches problems early, not just manages them late.
Conditions we treat:
- Chronic kidney disease — staging and slowing progression
- Diabetic kidney disease and metabolic nephropathy
- Resistant and difficult-to-control blood pressure
- Proteinuria and glomerular disorders
- Investigation of blood or protein in urine
- Investigation of elevated creatinine / reduced GFR
- Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) and kidney cysts
- CKD diet and lifestyle management
- CKD with hypertension
- Prevention of urinary stones
- IgA nephropathy and other glomerulonephritis
Diagnostic Evaluation & Preventive Kidney Assessment
- Electrolyte and acid-base problems
- Early detection of kidney decline in high-risk patients
- Risk assessment and structured monitoring
Prevention is not a lifestyle trend. It is serious medicine.
The conditions that cause the most suffering — type 2 diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, chronic kidney disease — all share one thing: they develop slowly and silently. By the time they are diagnosed, much of the damage is already done and often cannot be reversed.
After decades treating kidney failure and transplant patients, it became clear that most organ failure begins decades earlier through metabolic and cardiovascular decline. That is why longevity medicine focuses on preventing the conditions that lead to late-stage disease.
This is not an argument against treatment. It is an argument for better, earlier medicine.
What structured preventive care looks like:
- Full health assessment — while your body can still change course
- Risk tracking — understanding not just where you are today, but where your health is heading
- Lifestyle guidance — sleep, nutrition, exercise, and stress — evaluated by a doctor, not a generic plan
- Medical intervention when needed — only when evidence supports it
- Regular reassessment — because your health changes and your plan should too
This is not wellness marketing. It is not supplement culture.
It is real clinical thinking applied to the part of medicine that most practices miss: what happens before you get sick.
Preventive Medicine (Longevity & Healthspan)
"Longevity" has become a crowded space. Much of what goes by that name is not real medicine — it's supplement stacks, trendy biomarker panels, and interventions borrowed from research labs without proof they work in everyday life.
The real medical question is different: how do you stay healthy and functional for as long as possible?
The answer rests on two complementary principles:
The maintenance of physical resilience — preserving strength, adaptability, and functional capacity over time. In practical terms, this means keeping the body and mind robust while minimizing the development and impact of disease.
Compression of morbidity — more years of good health, fewer years of decline. This does not require extreme measures, but rather early action, consistent follow-through, and careful longitudinal monitoring of the right variables.
After decades treating kidney failure and transplant patients, Dr. Francisco saw firsthand that most organ failure begins decades earlier. Longevity medicine therefore focuses on preventing the conditions that lead to late-stage disease — before they become irreversible.
Our longevity medicine covers six key areas:
- Metabolic health — blood sugar control, cholesterol, inflammation markers
- Heart and circulation — blood pressure trends, heart risk, arterial health, fitness
- Kidney protection — the kidneys as both a target and an early warning system
- Strength and mobility — muscle, bone, and joint health — essential for independence as you age
- Brain health — the metabolic and vascular factors that protect your mind
- Daily habits — sleep, stress management, emotional health, and sustainable routines
Preventive longevity medicine works alongside specialist care. It does not replace it.
Olympia Longevity and Healthspan Programme
The Olympia Programme is our structured approach to preventive medicine. It is designed for people who want a clear, ongoing plan for their long-term health — not a one-off check-up.
The name comes from Dr. Francisco's own health journey — the discipline, the setbacks, and the daily commitment to staying strong. The idea is simple: your body is worth protecting for decades, not just repairing when it breaks down.
The programme is based on proven longevity medicine, structured around six key health areas, and delivered through an ongoing relationship with your doctor — not a one-time visit.
Modern medicine is very good at emergency care.
But it is not designed for the long game — the patient who feels fine today, while risk factors quietly build up, and whose health ten years from now matters more than any single blood test right now.
This practice is built around the long game.
We make recommendations based on evidence, not trends.
We intervene only when the data supports it — and at the right scale.
We treat health not as a fixed state, but as a direction that can be understood, measured, and meaningfully changed.
The goal is not to turn everyday life into a medical project. It is to apply careful, evidence-based thinking where it matters most: early, consistently, and over time. — Dr. Francisco Salcido-Ochoa
Dr. Francisco Salcido-Ochoa — MD (Mex), MRCP (UK), MSc (UK), PhD (UK)
Specialist Nephrologist & Physician-Scientist
Medical Director, Francisco Kidney & Medical Centre, Singapore
Dr. Francisco graduated with honours from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). With close to 30 years of experience, he trained in London at the Royal London Hospital and Barts Hospital — two of the UK's most respected teaching hospitals.
He specialised in nephrology at the Singapore General Hospital, where he spent a decade treating kidney disease and kidney transplant patients. It was during this time — seeing patients arrive with advanced disease that could have been caught years earlier — that his focus on prevention took shape.
After decades treating kidney failure and transplant patients, it became clear that most organ failure begins decades earlier through metabolic and cardiovascular decline. This understanding is the foundation of this practice: catching and managing health problems early, before they become irreversible.
His research at Imperial College London (MSc and PhD) on transplant immunology and at Singapore General Hospital gave him a deep understanding of the science behind the diseases he treats every day.
Credentials
MD
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) — With Honours
MRCP (UK)
Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom
MSc (UK) — Distinction
Imperial College London — Thymopoiesis
PhD (UK) — Straight Pass
Imperial College London — Transplantation Tolerance and Immunoregulation
Supervisor: Professor Sir Robert Lechler
Current Positions
Medical Director and Specialist Nephrologist
Longevity Medicine and Healthspan Clinical Strategist
Francisco Kidney and Medical Centre — Singapore
Visiting Nephrologist Consultant
National Kidney Foundation — Singapore
Longevity Without Illusion
There is a lot of advice out there about living longer — and most of it is confusing, contradictory, or driven by people trying to sell you something. It can be hard to know what actually works.
This book cuts through the noise. It gives you a clear, honest framework for understanding how your health changes over time — and what the evidence actually says about what you can do about it.
Longevity Without Illusion is not a self-help guide. It doesn't sell protocols or miracle solutions. It is written for patients who want to think clearly about their long-term health, and for anyone who wants honest answers instead of marketing.
"A rigorous, unsentimental examination of what it truly means to live longer in the age of modern medicine… Longevity Without Illusion rejects hype without abandoning hope."
— Dr Susan Swee-Shan Hue, MBBS, FRCPA, PhD
Senior Consultant Histopathologist, National University Hospital
International Teleconsultation
Our clinic is in Singapore. If you are based overseas, you can book a video teleconsultation with Dr. Francisco from anywhere in the world — giving you access to specialist nephrology and preventive medicine expertise without the need to travel, and the clarity you need to make informed decisions about your care locally.
If you are thinking about travelling to Singapore to see us, a teleconsultation first can help us review your situation and advise whether an in-person visit is needed.
This is the right place if you need a kidney specialist — or want a doctor who takes your long-term health seriously.
We follow the evidence, not trends. We take the long view when short-term fixes would be easier. We track what happens over years, not just individual appointments.
Whether you need expert kidney care or a clear, evidence-based plan for your long-term health — this practice is built for exactly that.
Dr. Francisco Salcido-Ochoa, MD (Mex), MRCP (UK), MSc (UK), PhD (UK) — Specialist Nephrology & Longevity & Healthspan Medicine
Francisco Kidney and Medical Centre
Specialist Nephrology and Longevity & Healthspan Medicine — Singapore
Call / WhatsApp
+65 9755 3667WhatsApp number is for WhatsApp calls/messages only. Text messages are preferred over phone calls.
Fax
+65 6816 0485If you are thinking about travelling to Singapore, consider booking a teleconsultation first. This lets us review your situation and advise whether an in-person visit is needed.
Clinic Address
Francisco Kidney and Medical Centre
at Royal Square Medical Centre
101 Irrawaddy Road, 07-01
Singapore 329565