List of Accredited Transplant Nephrology Fellowship Programs

The training year is for one year and the rotations comply with all the AST transplant fellowship requirements. The fellow works rotate through both the inpatient and outpatient settings. They have the opportunity to pursue independent work in either clinical education or research. The fellow presents regularly at our monthly M&M conference and presents clinical cases at our weekly intake meetings. There is no overnight call required but the fellow rounds on inpatients on a few Saturdays during their inpatient rotation.

Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) has the oldest transplant program in the country with the first successful kidney transplant performed in 1954. The BWH’s nephrology training is one of the top-rated programs in the country and the transplant nephrology program provides the best opportunities for training transplant nephrologists since 1956. Many of its graduates became leaders and directors of academic transplant programs in the United States and abroad.

This one-year program is accredited by the American Transplant Society and the American Society of Nephrology. Upon completion of their training, the individual will be UNOS-certified Transplant Nephrologist.

The program is American Society of Transplant (AST) approved. Typically, there is one transplant nephrology fellow, one clinical nephrology fellow, one transplant surgical fellow and a fourth-year surgical resident, a third year surgical resident and an intern on the service. The program is integrated between the surgery and the nephrology fellowship programs in order to benefit from the expertise of all its members. The program thrives from a true multidisciplinary effort.

Staff coverage and supervision in the transplant unit is provided by both a staff transplant surgeon as well as a staff transplant nephrologist at all times. Transplant rounds are held daily with the transplant surgeon and transplant nephrologists, residents, fellows, and other support staff in attendance. Decisions regarding immunosuppression are made with reference to jointly established policy guidelines and protocols. Infectious disease consultants are present on morning rounds and available at all times. A transplant pharmacist is present at morning rounds. There is a weekly transplantation conference, which again brings together members of the different departments working in transplantation-related fields. During these sessions, invited guests both national and international, present different areas in the field of transplantation. The fellow also has the opportunity to present research and clinical reviews at these conferences.