Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship
The Nephrology Fellowship program at UT Health Sciences offers a comprehensive curriculum in all aspects of clinical pediatric nephrology, including hypertension, chronic kidney disease, diabetic nephropathy, congenital anomalies of kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT), hereditary kidney diseases, acute kidney injury, glomerulonephritis, onco-nephrology, tubular diseases, kidney transplant, acute/chronic hemodialysis, plasmapheresis, peritoneal dialysis, and continuous kidney replacement therapy. Our inpatient service covers both Le Bonheur, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and NICU care at Regional One. The pediatric nephrology program at Le Bonheur continues to be nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report.
Our unique subspecialized clinics include the Tuberous Sclerosis Center of Excellence, Sickle Cell Nephropathy clinic, Hypertension Clinic, and Onco-Nephrology Clinics within St. Jude Children’s Research Center. Altogether, the program constitutes a huge clinical exposure as well as focused clinical research opportunities for our fellows. We currently offer 2 clinical tracks, traditional pediatric nephrology and combined med-peds nephrology. Coming soon we will be offering a fast-track clinical pediatric nephrology fellowship and a pediatric onco-nephrology fellowship.
Our program offers many opportunities for research. The program is an active member
of the Pediatric Nephrology Research Consortium (PNRC), Children’s Hospital Neonatal
Consortium (CHNC), Neonatal Kidney Collaborative (NKC), North American Pediatric Renal
Trials and Collaborative Studies (NAPRTCS), Improving Renal Outcomes Collaborative
(IROC). We have active recipient of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding
for studies involving glomerular disease, tuberous sclerosis and innate immunity,
and sickle cell nephropathy. We are also in continuous collaboration with the University
of Memphis and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital which offers our fellows tremendous
research pathways, including in global nephrology. Our fellows are also offered a
unique perspective to provide nephrology clinical care for children attending summer
camp at Camp Okawehna, the only camp for children with kidney disease in the state of Tennessee and one
of the largest such camps in the country.
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