“3+1” structure for first-year fellows (3 weeks, inpatient; 1 week, outpatient)
6 to 7 on-call weekends/year; 1 in 8 weeknight (home) call
An opportunity to serve North Philadelphia, a community disproportionally burdened by kidney disease and other chronic conditions
Specialty clinics, including glomerular disease, vascular surgery, high-risk OB
Active peritoneal dialysis and home hemodialysis programs
Critical care nephrology exposure, including CRRT, ECMO, ventricular assist device, POCUS, and the opportunity for a critical care elective with Thoracic Medicine/Critical Care Faculty
Palliative care training, including a patient communication course
First-year fellows attend the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meeting
Second-year fellows attend the American Society of Nephrology Annual Meeting
Active clinical trials and other research opportunities, including health services research with resources, such as the Temple Center for Health Justice and Bioethics