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The goal of the Fellowship Program is to train outstanding nephrologists to be leaders in the field whether they pursue an academic or clinical career. To accomplish this goal, the Division of Nephrology offers two-year programs for the training of nephrologists. Our two-year program is designed to train fellows to be outstanding clinical nephrologists who are well versed in the latest clinical research advances in our field. The diverse community that the program supports provides our fellows with the exposure needed to insure their training. Our affiliation with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine allows us to be one of a few programs in the US to also offer an additional year in Critical Care for those interested in a second certification.
Curriculum
Our clinical curriculum is based on attending-supervised patient experiences in the management of acute kidney injury, end-stage renal disease, glomerular pathology, transplantation and critical care nephrology with state of the art lectures and case reviews by key faculty. Our program uniquely offers a diverse population and its pathology, and an emphasis on critical care. This year we will begin our plasmapheresis program offering trainees an added skill. Educational objectives and expectations for each rotation are reinforced with attendings and fellows each month.
Consult Service
The goal of the Nephrology Consultation rotation is to provide the instruction, clinical experience, and opportunities to acquire expertise in the prevention, evaluation, and management of the following disorders:
Our program will ensure that each fellow has the necessary knowledge and are familiar with the following procedures, including their indications, contraindications, complications, and interpretations of results, as well as their cost-effectiveness and application to patient care:
CLINICS
Transplant/Glomerular Diseases Clinic/General renal clinic
ESRD Service
The goal of the Elmhurst End Stage Renal Disease Service is to ensure that each Fellow is provided with ample clinical experience and supervised involvement in decision making for patients undergoing renal replacement therapies. Specific areas in which Fellows are to receive training and become proficient include:
We will also ensure that Fellows have the necessary knowledge and are familiar with the following procedures, including their indications, contraindications, complications, and interpretations of results, as well as their cost-effectiveness and application to patient care:
Transplant Service
The educational goal of the Transplant Clinic at Elmhurst is for each fellow to receive adequate experience and education to ensure that they will become proficient in the chronic care of outpatient transplant recipients.
The educational goal of the Transplant Nephrology Rotation at Mount Sinai is for each fellow to receive adequate experience and education to ensure that they will become proficient in the following core areas:
Renal ICU Service
During this rotation the fellow will round in the surgical/trauma ICU with one of the 2 renal-critical care attendings from the renal division. The educational goal of the Renal ICU Rotation is for each Fellow to receive adequate experience and education to ensure that they will become proficient in the following core areas:
Training Schedule
1st Year Fellows | |
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ESRD | 3 months |
Mount Sinai Transplant | 1 month |
NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst Consults | 3 months |
Queens Hospital Center Consults | 3 months |
Research/Elective | 1 month |
Vacation | 1 month |
2nd Year Fellows | |
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ESRD | 3 months |
Mount Sinai Transplant | 1 month |
NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst Consults | 3 months |
Queens Hospital Center Consults | 1 month |
Research/Elective | 2 months |
Renal ICU/Research | 1 month |
Vacation | 1 month |
Second year fellows have three months of research/elective of which one includes the ICU. Other possible electives include Urology, Pathology, transplant and Interventional Radiology. All fellows also attend courses in Renal Ultrasonography (Emory) and Glomerular Pathology (Columbia).
Conferences
Monday | Medicine Noon Conference |
Tuesday at 8:30a.m. | Nephrology Case Conference/Biopsy Conference (3rd Tuesday of every month) |
Wednesday at 1:30p.m.-3:30p.m. | Journal Club/Renal Review |
Thursday at 12 noon | Dept. of Medicine Grand Rounds |
Friday | Noon Conference |
About the Nephrology Fellowship Program
The mission of our fellowship training program is to provide each trainee with a broad range of experiences in Nephrology including the preparation necessary for a successful career as an academic leader or a clinical practitioner. This is accomplished by a program that integrates an initial clinical year with a subsequent year or years of formal training in basic or clinical research. The clinical year provides extensive experiences in consultative Nephrology, acute and chronic hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and renal transplantation, management of hypertension and evaluation and treatment of nephrolithiasis. Fellows rotate at Queens Hospital Center and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. These venues provide a diverse and comprehensive exposure to clinical inpatient Nephrology. Fellows also participate in outpatient clinics including a formal outpatient end state renal disease (ESRD) program carried out in Broadway Dialysis Center. Fellows also receive extensive training in renal transplantation and work both in the outpatient and inpatient settings and experience in the management of a diverse population with a wide variety of conditions in an urban setting.
ACGME Competencies
The fellowship program requires the fellows to obtain competencies in the six areas according to ACGME regulations:
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External Rotations
Transplantation-Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York. For information, please click here.
Consultation-Queens Hospital Center
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Didactic Curriculum
The clinical experiences in the ambulatory, inpatient, and acute care settings are complemented by daily didactic sessions. There are more than 500 hours each academic year of morning and afternoon conferences consisting of lectures and activities for the enhancement of knowledge. Each conference is attended by the program director or other faculty attending.
Mentoring Program
All fellows are matched with a faculty physician, who is intended to help the new fellows to adjust to their new roles. The faculty physician meets with them regularly throughout the fellowship to provide formal suggestions and advices regarding annual evaluations, development of a career plan to meet short term professional goals, research projects, and any other personal/professional matter.
Living In New York City
All the knowledge and skills you will gain during your two-year fellowship, will be accompanied with an amazing experience in one of the world’s most vibrant and culturally rich cities. Theaters, concerts, arts, museums, opera, ballet, restaurants, festivals, street fairs, parks, shopping, hotels, and tourist sites give you an experience unlike any other city in the world. Most of our fellows live in Queens, one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse communities in the United States. Queens is a New York City borough across the East River from Manhattan. Flushing Meadows Corona Park, with the Unisphere, a 12-story 1964 World’s Fair globe sculpture, hosts the annual U.S. Open tennis tournament. The park’s Queens Museum is known for the “Panorama,” a building-for-building model of New York City. Nearby Citi Field is the stadium of pro baseball team, the Mets.
Nephrology Fellowship Program Application Process
We accept applications only through ERAS. Our interviews are from September through October. For more information please contact our Program Coordinator:
Leopolda Silvera, MPA
Nephrology Fellowship Program Coordinator
718-334-3930
NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst
79-01 Broadway, C7-10
Elmhurst, NY 11373
Email: silveral@nychhc.org
Requirements
Research
We strongly encourage all the fellows to participate in a research project as part of their fellowship training. When a fellow decides to participate in a research protocol, he/she is matched with a Research Assistant from our Research Department. The Research Assistant assists our faculty and fellows in preparation of proposal, approvals and assistance required to compile materials and information on research studies; reviewing and collecting data in the patient electronic record, among other duties. For more detailed information, please click here.
RESEARCH
ON-GOING
PAPERS
ABSTRACTS
Nephrology Department Staff
GEORGE CORITSIDIS, M.D. is the Chief of Nephrology, and an intensivist with the pulmonary/critical care division at NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst. Academically he is a professor at the Icahn school of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and involved in research projects pertaining to critical care and/or nephrology. He is also the director of the Broadway dialysis unit responsible for over 200 peritoneal and hemodialysis patients. He received his medical degree from the State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse and did his fellowship at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Other responsibilities and involvements include board member at the ESRD network of NY and the NGO “Sights on Health” as well as research mentor of the St. George University Masters in biology.
SAAD A. BHATTI, M.D. is an Attending of the Mount Sinai Health System, board certified in Critical Care and Nephrology.
MARITZA BROWN, M.D. is the Director of In-Patient Hemodialysis and an Assistant Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
JOSEPH J. LIEBER, M.D. is the Director of Medicine, Chief of Medical Consult Service, and Site Director for Internal Medicine Residency and an Assistant Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
ELLENA LINDEN, M.D. is a Nephrology Program Director at NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst and at Broadway Dialysis Unit. She is the head of Transplant Clinic at the hospital. She is also an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Her research interests include access to transplantation for undocumented immigrants. She is also the Director of the Renal Fellowship Training Program.
AARON STERN, M.D. is an Assistant Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is also the Associate Director of the Renal Fellowship Training Program.
ZUINDA FELIZ LEON is an Nephrology Fellowship Coordinator at NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst.
How to apply
The Nephrology Fellowship Program at the Icahn School of Medicine seeks applicants with the dual aspirations of clinical excellence and academic advancement of the field.
All applications are accepted only through The Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). Please access the ERAS website at to apply. Applicants can set up accounts in ERAS beginning in July (One year prior to start of fellowship).
Application Checklist
All applications are processed through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS):
Transcripts
Letters of Recommendation (3)
Personal Statement
Photo
Curriculum Vitae
USMLE scores
The Match
All positions in the Mount Sinai-Elmhurst Nephrology Fellowship Program will be filled via the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). Interviews will occur during the Fall. Please refer to the NRMP Specialties Matching Service website for details regarding the Match process.
Contact
Zuinda Feliz Leon
Nephrology Fellowship Program Coordinator
718-334-3930
NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst
79-01 Broadway, C7-10
Elmhurst, NY 11373
Email: felizlz@nychhc.org
George N. Coritsidis, M.D
Chief of Nephrology
(718) 334-3930
coritsg@nychhc.org
Dr. Ellena Linden
Program Director
(718) 334-3930
lindene@nychhc.org
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