Education

The Renal Fellowship at the University of Minnesota is a fully ACGME-accredited two-year program with an option for additional years of training in research. Both clinical and basic science research opportunities are offered in the second year. Our program director is Hassan Ibrahim, MD, MS.

Program Highlights

United States Renal Data System (USRDS)

• http://www.usrds.org/
• home of the Coordinating Center and the Cardiovascular Special Studies Center
• wonderful research opportunities

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

• Based at Hennepin County Medical Center
• Bert Kasiske Editor-in-Chief
• Co-Editors: Mark Rosenberg, Suzanne Swan, Robert Foley, and Blanche Chavers

Masters in Clinical Research

• Based in the world-renowned School of Public Health
• Formal training in clinical investigation leading to Masters degree
• Renal fellows regular participants in this program

NIH Training Grant in Clinical Investigation

• Up to three years of guaranteed support
• Tuition for Masters level degree

Clinical and Basic Science Research

• Molecular biology of renal injury
• Stem cells and the kidney
• Glomerular permeability
• Alports Syndrome
• Apoptosis
• Clinical outcomes
• Preventing chronic allograft nephropathy
• And more

Transplant Nephrology Fellowship

• Optional third year (competitive)
• Certified by the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Nephrology

The program uses three training sites:

1. The University of Minnesota Medical Center, a division of Fairview, is a tertiary care hospital with a diverse patient population which includes both common and unusual diseases. The hospital is a world recognized specialty center for solid organ and bone marrow transplantation. Rotations at the University Hospital include inpatient consultative nephrology and acute dialysis, inpatient and outpatient transplant, outpatient hemo- and peritoneal dialysis, and a continuity outpatient renal clinic.
2. The  Minneapolis VA Hospital is a modern facility serving a large referral veteran population. The hospital is the site for an inpatient consultative nephrology rotation which includes acute dialysis, an outpatient transplant clinic, a continuity outpatient renal clinic, and chronic hemo- and peritoneal dialysis.
3. Hennepin County Medical Center is a pioneering center for dialysis therapy which remains a major emphasis. The hospital serves as a site for an inpatient service which admits chronic hemo-or peritoneal dialysis patients and transplant patients who have developed acute medical illnesses. In addition there is an inpatient renal consult service, a large outpatient chronic hemo- and peritoneal dialysis population and a continuity outpatient renal clinic. Other outpatient clinics include Transplant Clinic, Bone and Mineral Metabolism and Renal Stone Evaluation Clinic, and Pediatric Nephrology Clinic.

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