From the Director

The Nephrology Fellowship Program at NYHQ offers a diverse educational experience. The trainees are taught by a distinguished and committed on-site faculty that have been rated as excellent teachers and clinicians by the medical students and residents of the institution as well as by their internal medicine and nephrology peers. During the two clinical training years the fellows are exposed to a large and diverse patient population that present with diseases that span the entire spectrum of nephrology. The training includes a strong ambulatory, in-patient, dialysis and critical care experience.

The fellows have the opportunity to become adept in all nephrologic procedures, and become expert in dialytic and extra-corporeal treatments The program offers state of the art facilities in dialysis, clinical services and computerized educational programs. The fellows have the opportunity to participate in several local and national conferences per year as well as the exposure to many guest lecturers, which broaden their educational experience. The trainee is given the opportunity to participate in clinical research projects and learn the skills needed to investigate and understand current literature.