Clinical Training & Education

Our goal is to ensure that you have the optimal clinical training and education needed for you to achieve your professional goals in the field of Nephrology. This is accomplished through the following:

Core Inpatient Rotations

There are three core inpatient interdisciplinary consult services that you rotate through during your 2-yr fellowship:

• UC General Nephrology Consult Service
• VA General Nephrology Consult Service
• UC Transplant Nephrology Consult Service

In line with ACGME requirements, you spend a total of 12 months on inpatient service. This allows for the ample remaining time throughout the two years to be spent on Ambulatory, Drake Long-Term Acute Care, and Elective experiences, which are customized based on your interests.

Continuity Clinics

Fellows in this program have the benefit of experiencing one half day clinic in the VA system, as well as their own half day continuity clinic at UCMC.

Didactic Education

Direct didactic instruction by practicing Nephrologists is a critical part of your education and comprises the bulk of your time spent in conference. Conferences are structured to ensure a proper balance between learning and personal time so that comprehension is optimized.

Key Conference Offerings:

• Core Curriculum
• Clinical Case Conference
• Board Review Session Series
• Morbidity & Mortality Conference
• ESRD Management Series
• Special Lecture Series
• GN Case Review Series
• Pathology Lecture Series
• Kidney CARE Grand Rounds
• Journal Club
  

Scholarly Activity

Research and academic pursuit are a key part of the educational values of our program. You have the opportunity to collaborate with nationally recognized Nephrology researchers on a wide variety of clinical outcomes research, such as acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, dialysis, transplantation, and clinical outcomes. We also offer opportunities for basic and translational research on acute and chronic kidney injury, vascular biology, ion-channels and immune regulation, and epithelial transport. 

Local, Regional, and National Conference Attendance

We recognize the importance of local, regional, and national conferences on education and future success. You will attend one national conference per year at the least, with opportunities to attend others of your choice.

Third Year Training Opportunities

Your education at UC can continue through the a third year training pathway. We offer third year training in Research and in Transplant Nephrology. In addition, there is an opportunity to pursue a one year Critical Care Fellowship after completion of 2 years of Nephrology training.

Training Sites

The primary sites for your fellowship training are the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and the Cincinnati VA Medical Center. UCMC is a large primary teaching hospital that allows for exposure to a diverse acute care experience including the Medical ICU (MICU), Cardiovascular ICU (CVICU), Surgical ICU (SICU), Neurosurgical ICU. There are tremendous opportunities for learning dialysis modalities, including CVVH/CVVHD/CVVHDF modalities, inpatient hemodialysis, and peritoneal dialysis. In addition, we have numerous teaching cases requiring Plasmapheresis, which is a nephrology run service within the dialysis unit. Click the link to learn more about UCMC.

The Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center offers you the opportunity to gain unique experience caring for the nation's veterans. Click the link to learn more about the Cincinnati VAMC.

Additional training sites include the Daniel Drake Center for Post-Acute Care and local dialysis units.