Program Curriculum

Our clinical curriculum, based on the American Board of Internal Medicine's nephrology blueprint, is designed to supplement hands on supervised patient experiences in the management of acute kidney injury, end-stage kidney disease, transplantation and critical care nephrology with state-of-the-art lectures and case reviews by key faculty. Educational objectives and expectations for each rotation are reinforced with attendings and fellows each month.

Consult Service
ESKD Service
Transplant Service
Nephrology ICU Service

Yearly Schedule

First-Year

First year fellows will spend the majority of the year on the inpatient consultation services at Mount Sinai Hospital with two rotations at the James J. Peter Bronx Veterans Affair (VA) hospital. This year is dedicated to clinical training and exposure to inpatient general nephrology, kidney replacement therapies, and transplantation. In addition, first year fellows will attend a weekly outpatient nephrology clinic. This rigorous year provides extensive exposure and training to both diagnose and manage a wide spectrum of kidney disease.

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Second-Year

Second year fellows have limited primary inpatient service responsibilities. This year is dedicated to pursuing a scholarly project (for which there is approximately 75% protected time), while gaining more exposure to outpatient nephrology in chronic kidney disease, glomerular disease, and both inpatient and outpatient dialysis clinics. Opportunities are available critical care nephrology, home dialysis modalities, kidney stone disease and interventional nephrology. Additional clinical elective opportunities are available at Mount Sinai Beth Israel.

Fellows interested in the Clinician Educator track have the opportunity to lead small groups of first and second year medical students in Physiology and Kidney Pathophysiology courses, respectively, under the mentorship of Course Directors who are members of the Nephrology Faculty.

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Third-Year

An optional third year is offered to fellows who desire a career as physician-scientists in basic, translational, or clinical research. Greater than 90% of the time is dedicated to research pursuits with minimal clinical exposure designed to enable the fellow to maintain his/her professional skills. In addition, interested fellows may pursue a 3rd year of additional subspecialty training. Opportunities are available in: • Critical Care • Home Dialysis • Transplant Nephrology • Glomerular Diseases/Onconephrology

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Weekly Nephrology Conferences

Clinical Conference

Tuesday, 4pm

Nephrology Case Conference/Core Curriculum

Tuesday, 1pm

Journal Club/Core Curriculum

Monday, 4pm

Board Review/Transplant Didactics/Research Curriculum

Thursday, 1pm

Transplant M&M/Transplant Journal Club

Friday, 8am

Research Conference

Friday, 12pm

Contact Us

Cassidie Derras Program Coordinator Division of Nephrology cassidie.derras@mssm.edu

1 Gustave L. Levy Place Box 1243 New York, NY 10029 (212) 241-0693

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