Training and Curriculum

The program is divided into rotations among the 3 principal teaching hospitals, Stanford Hospital and Clinics (SHC), The Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS) and the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC). Weekly Nephrology clinics (9 in all) are held at each of the hospitals, and 3 transplant Nephrology clinics are held each week at Stanford. In addition, the fellow is responsible for supervising and teaching (under close supervision by a faculty member) Stanford medical residents and medical students.

Intersession

We offer a one week "intersession" to improve the education we provide fellows in the first, clinical year.  During this week, first year fellows will be excused from clinical duties to attend teaching sessions with division faculty.   A schedule of informal morning and afternoon didactic presentations together with assigned reading and group review of selected cases and problems is designed to help new fellows understand material (such as use of urea kinetics for dialysis prescription, acid balance in clinical medicine, and the basic statistics used in clinical reports) which is hard to pick up in busy hospital practice.

• Protected time for research endeavors and formal graduate study
• Continuity outpatient clinic experience
• Limited inpatient coverage and call responsibilities (unless planned focus on clinical practice)
• Opportunity to gain additional experience in particular aspect of clinical nephrology (peritoneal dialysis, home hemodialysis, hypertension, glomerular disease, stone disease, bio-design, global health, health policy)

Leadership / Teaching Roles

• Biopsy conference
• VA Teaching Conference
• Stanford Board Review Conference
• Quality Improvement Projects
• Information Technology Management
• Fellowship Engagement