Nephrology Fellowship

A 400-bed tertiary care hospital, with multiple ICUs, including MICU, CT-SICU, CCU, Neuro ICU, and SICU.

Large abdominal transplant program, including a nationally recognized renal transplant program equipped with electronic medical records

USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital delivers exceptional, personalized care in 14 key areas of cancer treatment: breast cancer, cancerous brain tumors, gastrointestinal cancer, genetic counseling, gynecologic cancers, head and neck cancers, hematology, lung cancer, melanoma, neuro-oncology, radiation oncology, sarcoma, skin cancer and urologic oncology. Our 60-bed hospital is an integral part of our academic medical center.

Using a multidisciplinary team approach, the world-renowned physicians and scientists of USC Norris treat and prevent cancer by developing new therapies, enhancing existing treatments and providing personalized, precision care that is the most advanced available.

A 600-bed tertiary care hospital, with trauma center, burn unit, CCU, MICU, SICU, and Neuro ICU. Long history of providing care to the community and underserved populations.

Equipped with Electronic Medical Records.

Fellows gain exceptional exposure to the breadth of inpatient consultative critical care nephrology, including continuous renal replacement therapy, acute kidney injury, fluid and electrolyte management and onco-nephrology. Learning is further enhanced by a nationally recognized liver transplant program, cancer center, and Heart Failure and Ventricular Assist Device Program.

To further enhance the fellowship training experience and optimize work-life balance, there is a nurse practitioner nephrology service, which covers additional patients in the hospital directly with a nephroloogist attending to ensure that patient volume for the fellows is not excessive.

Fellows gain crucial experience taking care of renal transplant patients, as a member of a thriving and nationally recognized kidney transplant program.

Learn more about our Kidney Transplant Service here.

Fellows lead a consultative team comprised of internal medicine residents and medical students, which provides an excellent opportunity to teach. As a tertiary care referral center, fellows gain exposure to the full spectrum of nephrology, including glomerulonephritides, complex acid-base and electrolyte disorders, continuous renal replacement therapy modalities and urgent start-peritoneal dialysis. Fellows truly receive exceptional clinical training in this diverse clinical environment.

We are committed to the education and well-being of our fellows. The implementation of a night float call schedule has eliminated the weekday call system to improve fellows’ quality of life, enhance educational experiences and reduce work hours during training.

Fellows rotate on a procedure rotation, which provides additional exposure to interventional nephrology procedures such as tunneled hemodialysis catheter insertion, biopsies, fistulograms, and fistula/graft declotting procedures.