{"id":6805,"date":"2018-01-18T11:00:59","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T16:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/?page_id=6805"},"modified":"2024-09-16T08:11:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T12:11:46","slug":"program-overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/nephrology-fellowship\/program-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Program Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-6805\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-6805-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-6805-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-6805-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>The UConn ACGME-accredited nephrology fellowship program provides an excellent foundation for future nephrologists, whether interested in the practice of clinical nephrology, subsequent training in transplant nephrology or clinical research. The fellowship is characterized by the continuity of clinical experiences, close working relationships with committed faculty and expectations for a scholarly approach to all aspects of work.<\/p>\n<p>The two years of fellowship provide an integrated experience of\u00a0nephrology consultations, renal replacement therapy, therapeutic plasmapheresis, point of care ultrasound (POCUS)\u00a0 and ambulatory experiences. The consultations occur throughout the hospital, which has particularly strong oncology and cardiovascular programs, orthopaedics, high-risk obstetrics and a large coordinated geriatrics program. Renal replacement therapy (including peritoneal dialysis) is an important component of the first year, both for existing ESRD patients as well as those with acute kidney injury and those presenting with uremia.<\/p>\n<p>Ambulatory experiences are embedded throughout the year, including weekly fellows\u2019 continuity clinics both at the university-practice and the Newington campus of VA Connecticut, as well as regular participation with Nephrology faculty physicians at UConn Health.<\/p>\n<p>Transplant nephrology, out-patient dialysis at the Dialysis Clinic, Inc. (DCI) ambulatory dialysis unit, pathology, research and selectives complete the vast nephrology experience during the two year fellowship.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the two years, fellows\u2019 conferences occur weekly, and the Greater Hartford Nephrology Conference (analogous to Renal Grand Rounds) occurs one to two times per month from September through June.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UConn ACGME-accredited nephrology fellowship program provides an excellent foundation for future nephrologists, whether interested in the practice of clinical nephrology, subsequent training in transplant nephrology or clinical research. The fellowship is characterized by the continuity of clinical experiences, close working relationships with committed faculty and expectations for a scholarly approach to all aspects of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"parent":6802,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-01 03:06:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6805"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6805"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33046,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6805\/revisions\/33046"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}