Training Sites
All fellows rotate through the major clinical training sites: Harborview Medical Center
Fellows also spend time rounding in the outpatient dialysis units at the Northwest Kidney Centers
Clinical Rotations
Nephrology Inpatient Consultative Services: 7-8 months (first year); 5-6 months (second year)
Kidney Transplantation: 2 months (first year)
Chronic Dialysis: 1 month (first year); 2 months (second year)
Elective Rotation: 1-2 months (first year); 4-5 months (second year)
Ambulatory Clinics
Your ambulatory clinic experience is curated to your special interests. Below are the numerous clinics that are available:
- Diabetes Kidney Clinic
- General Nephrology Continuity Clinics
- Genetic Diseases of the Kidney Clinic
- Glomerular Disease Clinic
- Hemodialysis/Home Hemodialysis/Peritoneal Dialysis
- Hypertension Clinics
- Kidney Heart Clinic
- Kidney Liver Clinic
- Nephrolithiasis Clinic
- Onco-Nephrology Clinic
- Pre & Post Kidney Transplantation Clinic
- Renal Pathology
Conferences
Educational conferences are an integral component of our training program, and run weekly and monthly at each of our hospital sites.
Fellow Tutorials
Year-round tutorials (Monday morning) designed to cover and supplement core components of the ACGME Medical Knowledge and Procedural Competencies.
Summer Lecture Series
- 2-day intensive introduction to clinical and transplant nephrology for first year fellows
- 8-week summer dialysis series for first- and second-year fellows
- Kidney biopsy simulation
- Central venous catheter simulation
- Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
Professor Rounds and Journal Club
Weekly clinical site-based conferences which provide a venue for complex case discussions, journal club, morbidity & mortality, and quality improvement projects.
Nephrology Grand Rounds / Biopsy Conference
Formal scholarly and case-based presentations involving fellows, faculty, and visiting scholars, and attended by the Division of Nephrology, Pediatric Nephrology, and Kidney Pathology.