List of Accredited Transplant Nephrology Fellowship Programs

The CUMC Transplant Nephrology Fellowship provides comprehensive clinical training in all aspects of kidney transplantation and is an active "hands-n" experience. Our program is a high volume, academic program, averaging 200 transplants annually, split approximately evenly between live donor and deceased donor transplants. The Transplant Nephrology Fellow spends 6 months on the inpatient Service and 6 months on the outpatient service, working closely with Transplant Nephrologists and Transplant Surgeons on a daily basis. Electives are scheduled during the out-patient months. We perform Paired Kidney Donation, ABO incompatible transplantation as well as transplantation in the presence of anti-donor antibodies, following desensitization if indicated. We accept high KDPI deceased donor kidneys, as well as those with long cold ischemia times.

The Renal Transplant Fellow is a fully active and involved member of the team, working closely with the transplant nephrologists, surgeons and pathologists in all aspects of the patients' care, and has the opportunity to participate in the evaluation process of potential renal transplant recipients as well as potential living kidney donors, in conjunction with and under the supervision of the Transplant Nephrologists. The Fellow participates fully in the weekly selection process for kidney transplant candidates and live kidney donors. On the in-patient service, the Transplant Nephrology Fellow is an integral part of the daily rounds done jointly with the Transplant Nephrology and Transplant Surgery Attendings. He/She will be involved in decisions regarding immunosuppression and in all other decisions regarding the medical management of fresh transplant recipients, and those admitted with complications following transplantation, including the evaluation and management of allograft dysfunction. This will include decisions regarding appropriate tests, and the performance of allograft biopsies when indicated. The Renal Transplant Fellow will confer directly with the Renal Pathologist regarding the interpretation of transplant renal biopsy material. On the out-patient rotation, the Transplant Nephrology Fellow will have his/her own clinic sessions working independently, as well as sessions working closely with the and seeing patients jointly with the Transplant Nephrology Attending.

Our Transplant Nephrology Fellows average nearly 100 bedside realtime ultrasound-guided allograft biopsies over the course of the fellowship. The Fellow will also be trained in the management of Pancreas Transplant Recipients, serve as a consultant to other medical and surgical subspecialty services who have admitted renal transplant recipients, and participate in the care of Heart, Liver and Lung Transplant recipients who are experiencing renal dysfunction. In addition, the Transplant Nephrology Fellow participates in the evaluation and post-operative management of combined Heart-Kidney, Liver-Kidney and occasionally Lung--Kidney recipients. The Transplant Nephrology Fellow is expected to participate in clinical research activities of Transplant Attendings and submit a first-author abstract to the annual TC Meeting. By the completion of the fellowship, he/she will be fully trained to work in the busiest most academically demanding programs in the US.

The Kidney Transplant Center at Montefiore Medical Center – Albert Einstein College of Medicine, initiated in 1967, is one of the oldest continuously operating UNOS approved Kidney Transplant program in the USA. Our transplant nephrology fellowship provides a broad experience in all aspects of kidney transplantation, including inpatient and outpatient kidney-pancreas transplant recipient and immunosuppressive management, performing transplant kidney biopsies and interpretation of the biopsies, consultation services to nonrenal transplant patients, and participation in clinical and translational research. Montefiore/Einstein’s Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Program performs 180-200 kidney transplants each year including combined kidney and pancreas, liver, heart and lung transplants. Our program currently follows over 1,500 kidney transplant recipients providing comprehensive patient care, education and training experiences, and clinical and translational research opportunities. Candidates must be board certified or board eligible in Nephrology.

The Transplant Nephrology Fellowship at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai provides subspecialty training in the science and practice of transplantation medicine. The Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Program of the Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute perform over 250 kidney transplants and 5-10 kidney-pancreas transplants annually. Our program offers a wide array of transplant options, such as our HIV-positive to HIV-positive transplant program, the safe and successful use of organs from hepatitis C positive donors, and kidney paired donation through multiple organizations. Mount Sinai is also one of the leading centers in liver, intestinal, heart, and lung transplants. In 2021, Mount Sinai became the first center in the world to successfully perform a deceased donor tracheal transplant.
Fellows work with expert transplant nephrology faculty, and are involved in the care of recipients of non-renal solid transplants with renal problems or dual organ transplant recipients. The training program follows structured didactic curriculum in core topics, supplemented by regular grand rounds, journal clubs, and clinical conferences. Clinical rotations are designed to optimize the right balance between training in inpatient medicine, outpatient continuity clinic, and research. Trainees obtain attentive mentoring from the faculty, who work closely and collaborate with researchers in the Translational Transplant Research Center.

The kidney transplantation program at NYU Langone Transplant Institute caters to a diverse population of patients from the New York area and across the nation who have chronic kidney disease (CKD). We perform approximately 175 kidney transplants annually and provide comprehensive transplant services to patients who have CKD and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). These services include evaluation for kidney transplant candidacy, preparation for transplant and follow-up care for those on the waiting list, and acute and ambulatory post-transplant care.

Our one-year transplant nephrology fellowship program provides experience and training in all aspects of kidney transplantation. As a fellow, you manage kidney and dual-organ transplant recipients—including liver–kidney, kidney–pancreas, heart–kidney, and lung–kidney—under the supervision of our transplant nephrologists and surgeons, who collaborate to provide outstanding patient care. We accept one candidate each year into the fellowship program.

In our program, you receive in-depth training in transplant immunology, human leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing and cross-match testing, kidney allocation policy, and renal allograft pathology, and become skilled in performing renal allograft biopsies. You also gain experience in the innovative solutions we offer high-risk transplant patients, including ABO-incompatible transplants, HLA-incompatible transplants, and kidney paired donation protocols. This experience helps you build skills and expertise in techniques offered only at a handful of centers across the country.

Additionally, you have the opportunity to contribute to and participate in ongoing clinical research at the Transplant Institute. If you choose, you may also participate in translational and basic science research in immunology and transplantation in the context of the broader NYU Grossman School of Medicine community.

Eligibility: Candidates for this fellowship must have completed or be in the process of completing an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)–accredited nephrology fellowship program.

The State University of New York at Buffalo has capacity for 1-2 fellow positions in ASN/AST certified Transplant Nephrology Fellowship. Candidates must complete accredited general nephrology fellowship program and 3 years accredited internal medicine residency or alternate pathway eligible with medical licensure in the United States. Interested applicants should submit a letter of interest, C.V. and at least 3 letters of recommendations to UBNephr@buffalo.edu. The trainee will be expected to perform at level of Clinical Instructor in Medicine within the department of Medicine. At completion of training, the trainee should satisfy criteria as primary physician for kidney (and) pancreas transplant programs. Salary is based on PG-Y level equivalent. UB is an equal opportunity employer.

The Transplant Nephrology Fellowship Program at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine (NYP-WCM) provides advanced education and training to the future generation of transplant nephrologists. Our kidney transplant program has a long and distinguished history having performed the very first kidney transplant in the New York tri-state region in October 1963. Our Department of Transplantation is comprised of prominent clinicians and scientists committed to training the next generation of physicians. We have an ideal balance of clinical medicine and basic, translational and clinical research. Our faculty consists of 7 transplant nephrologists, 3 kidney transplant surgeons, 2 kidney pathologists, and 6 histocompatibility experts.

Our program is unique in that two of our clinical faculty, Drs. Manikkam Suthanthiran and Darshana Dadhania, have expertise in histocompatibility testing and are New York State licensed Directors of Immunogenetics and Transplantation Laboratory. Our faculty are nationally recognized leaders by societies such as American Society of Transplantation, American Society of Nephrology, American Society of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, The Transplantation Society, and International Society of Nephrology. We have a highly productive research laboratory with continuous NIH funding for the past three decades. Our Gene Expression Profiling (GEM) Laboratory under the leadership of Dr. Suthanthiran has pioneered the development of noninvasive biomarkers to ascertain kidney status and has functioned as the Molecular Core for multi-center NIH sponsored Clinical Trials in Organ Transplantation. Our faculty has active research projects focused on developing mRNA/miRNA profiles predictive of acute rejection in kidney allografts, allograft fibrosis, diagnosis and prognostication of BK virus nephropathy and studies of alterations in the gut microbiome in kidney allograft recipients. Our graduates of transplant nephrology fellowship are academic faculty at prestigious institutions such as University of Michigan, University of Chicago, University of California at San Francisco and NYP/Weill Cornell Medicine and Hamad Medical Corporation/Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar.