Clinical Training
Clinical Training
Fellows receive their clinical training equally dispersed between four hospitals on the Medical Center Campus: University of Louisville Hospital, the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Jewish Hospital, and Norton Hospital.
Weekly outpatient clinics and Kidney Disease Program dialysis rounds complement inpatient rounding.
Our clinical rotations and clinics include substantial transplant experience; treatment of acute and chronic kidney disease; management of chronic dialysis including Incenter Hemodialysis, Peritoneal Dialysis and Home Hemodialysis, apheresis, hypertension; Interventional Nephrology and renal replacement therapy.
A faculty member is always on call to support fellows in patient care.
Weekly didactic lectures and conferences supplement the clinical knowledge gained in the wards.
Fellowship Block Schedule
| Rotation | 1st year | 2nd year | 3rd year (optional) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transplantation (core) | 2 months | 1-2 months | 12 months |
| Outpatient Hemodialysis (core) | 2 months | 2 months | 12 months |
| Inpatient Private (core) | 2 months | 1-2 months | 12 months |
| Inpatient Public (core) | 2 months | 1-2 months | 12 months |
| Interventional (core) | 1 month | variable | |
| Pathology (core) | 1 month | variable | |
| Research (core) | 1 month | variable | 12 months |
| ICU Nephrology (elective) | 1 month | variable | |
| Geriatric Nephrology (elective) | 1 month | variable | |
| Pediatric Nephrology (elective) | 1 month | variable | |
| Ambulatory Nephrology (elective) | 1 month | variable | |
| Glomerular Disease (elective) | 1 month | variable | 12 months |
| Intensive Dialysis (elective) | 1 month | variable | 12 months |
| Interventional (elective) | 1 month | variable | 12 months |
