![]() The Hospital of Saint Raphael offers a two-year, post-doctoral fellowship in nephrology leading to board certification. The fellowship is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). 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. Nephrology fellows also help supervise the care of patients with end-stage renal disease in state-of-the-art hemodialysis and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis units. 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. For further information, contact: Stephanie Pane, Department of Medicine, (203) 789-3989 or email: [email protected].
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