At present, thirty renal transplants are done per year. The hospital has a large tertiary referral practice including a busy heart failure service, cardiac transplant, lung transplant and bone-marrow transplant. It also has the largest emergency room in the city of Philadelphia. At least one-third of consults are for critically ill patients in intensive care unit s. Thus, the patient population we serve makes this fellowship a rich, varied and challenging experience.
Fellows also receive training in out-patient nephrology practice .
We have weekly continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis clinic, transplant clinic and consult clinic as well as a regular nephrology clinic where fellows learn out-patient management. The first year also includes two months spent on electives . The options for elective months include pediatric nephrology, uroradiography, urology and renal pathology. Our renal conference schedule includes weekly grand rounds , research and clinical journal clubs and pathology conferences . There are at least three formal Section teaching conferences per week.