Up to two fellows are accepted annually after completion of a three-year residency in internal medicine. Fellows participate in a very active consultation service evaluating and treating patients with acute and chronic renal failure, acid-base and electrolyte disorders and hypertension, as well as disorders of mineral metabolism.
Fellows have ample opportunity to acquire expertise in all nephrologic procedures.
Multiple teaching conferences include a monthly renal biopsy conference and clinical journal club. Fellows participate actively in outpatient evaluation of patients with proteinuria, hematuria and renal failure in a supervised clinic setting. Transplantation training rotations are in cooperation with the transplant program at Yale-New Haven Hospital. During the second year, nephrology fellows are expected to pursue a clinical research project under faculty guidance and can instruct on the inpatient nephrology unit. The Department of Radiology offers two cross-sectional imaging fellowships each academic year beginning July 1.