Message from the Program Director

Dear Prospective Fellow,

The mission of our Fellowship Program in Nephrology is to prepare our fellows for the next decade of nephrology - whether they choose careers in academic or clinical nephrology. The Mount Sinai Health System is an outstanding institution where trainees can accomplish this goal, with a rich clinical history, a beautiful facility on New York's Upper East Side, and a faculty committed to training in all aspects of nephrology.

Our Division boasts nearly 40 full-time faculty members with approximately $14 million in annual National Institutes of Healthy (NIH) funding. The majority of our graduates over the past 10 years now hold full-time academic faculty appointments. Our Division has active programs for both acute and long-term management of the kidney patient, an end-stage kidney disease program that includes a modern outpatient facility with both hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, and an active kidney and pancreas transplantation program. In addition, ongoing clinical and basic research projects study glomerular disease, biomarker discovery, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) associated nephropathy, hypertension, transplantation, dialysis, vascular access, cystic kidney disease, kidney transport, kidney stem cells and development, and genetics of kidney disease. We are committed to providing appropriate training for those interested in pursuing careers as physician-scientists. Our Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences offers 10 Master’s degree programs in biomedical sciences, clinical research, public health, biostatistics and biomedical informatics, or health care practice.

Junior faculty members are supported for additional years of research through access by our Division’s NIH U2C/TL1 multi-institutional training grant (New York Consortium for Interdisciplinary Training in Kidney, Urological and Hematological Research), an institutional immunology NIH T32 training grant, and an institutional Clinical Translational Science Award (CTSA). For those with a specific interest in transplantation, fellows can subspecialize in a one-year American Society of Transplantation accredited training program – one of three such programs in New York City. Additional one-year clinical training opportunities are also available for Critical Care, Home Dialysis, Glomerular Disease/Onconephrology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Medicine.

This is an exciting time to train in nephrology, and Mount Sinai is the ideal place to complete nephrology training. With an improved understanding of the molecular basis for kidney disease, the nephrologist's diagnostic armamentarium is ever increasing. Molecular therapies for chronic kidney disease are currently under investigation and the potential to substantively alter our therapeutic approach to kidney disease exists now more than ever. The Mount Sinai Health System is committed to the development of these technologies to improve patient care and a wealth of scientific support is available in genetics, gene therapy, molecular biology, cell biology, immunology, and physiology.

The Nephrology Fellowship at Mount Sinai provides a real opportunity for the motivated candidate. Fellows who complete our program are well-prepared for a career in clinical practice, academic nephrology, and basic or clinical research. We are committed to our fellows and their success.