Nephrology Curriculum

For Nephrology applicants, we offer a two-year ACGME accredited fellowship designed to provide outstanding clinical training in a diverse and supportive learning environment. You will have a balance between inpatient and outpatient duties exposing you to the breadth of Nephrology. For Nephrology/Critical Care applicants, we offer a three-year ACGME accredited fellowship. Your first two years will be focused on Nephrology under the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension while your last year will be focused on Critical Care under the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care.

We have two inpatient consult services that you will rotate through: AKI and ESKD/Transplant. Our ESKD service will also manage any kidney transplant patients that are admitted to the hospital. The inpatient Nephrology service does not admit patients; we are solely a consult service.

Our outpatient experience is quite extensive with participation in various clinics (e.g., Fellow's Clinic, Pre-Transplant Clinic, Post-Transplant Clinic, Onconephrology Clinic, CKD5 Clinic, and Faculty Clinic). You will also be involved with outpatient dialysis management through Comprehensive In-Center Hemodialysis Rounds, Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement Medical Director Meetings, and Home Dialysis Clinics.

To provide a full and enriching transplant experience, all second year fellows will be sent to the University of Texas Southwestern for one month to gain an additional experience in inpatient and outpatient transplant.

Nephrology Rotations:

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PGY4: Nephrology and Nephrology/Critical Care Applicants

4 months	Consult: AKI
4 months	Consult: ESKD/Transplant
3 months	Outpatient
1 month	Research

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PGY5: Nephrology Applicants

3 months	Consult: AKI
2 months	Consult: ESKD/Transplant
4 months	Outpatient
1 month	Research
1 month	University of Texas Southwestern Transplant
1 month	Outpatient or Elective

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PGY5: Nephrology/Critical Care Applicants

3 months	Consult: AKI
2 months	Consult: ESKD/Transplant
4 months	Outpatient
1 month	Research
1 month	University of Texas Southwestern Transplant
1 month	MICU Elective