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.
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.
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.
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.
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
- Palliative Care
- Glomerular Diseases/Onconephrology
Weekly Nephrology Conferences
Journal Club/Core Curriculum
Monday, 4pm
Clinical Conference
Tuesday, 4pm
Nephrology Case Conference/Core Curriculum
Tuesday, 1pm
Board Review/Case Conference/Research Curriculum
Thursday, 1pm
Transplant M&M/Transplant Journal Club
Friday, 8am
Research Conference
Friday, 12pm
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