Preceptor: Judith Benstein, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Course Code: 04-17
Contact: Ysa Wilson
Tel: 212-263-8060

Prerequisites: 2-week rotation: Any One Core Clerkship. 4-week rotation: Medical Clinical Clerkship

Description

Residents and students will participate in all of the academic and clinical activities of the Nephrology Division.  The division cares for patients with kidney disease, electrolyte disorders and hypertension at Bellevue Hospital, NYU Hospital (Tisch/Kimmel) and the NY Harbor VA Hospital.  Participants will evaluate these patients, discuss them with the Nephrology fellows and present them on rounds with the Attending Nephrologist each day.

  
Participants will have the opportunity to rotate on the Transplant Service at NYU. The kidney transplant program performs about 350 transplants per year. In addition, participants will evaluate recipients of liver, heart and lung transplants who develop kidney complications.  

Objective of the Elective

This elective will provide education and experience in: 

• The diagnosis and management of acute and chronic kidney disease
• Glomerular disease, both primary and secondary
• Fluid and electrolyte disorders
• All forms of renal replacement therapy
• Kidney transplantation
• Kidney complications of other organ transplants

Key Responsibilities of the resident/student while on Elective

1. Attend all scheduled nephrology conferences.
2. Attend daily attending rounds.
3. See patients and write consult notes under the supervision of the Nephrology fellow and attending physician.

Didactic Program

Schedules for each week are distributed by email.

• Weekly seminar or journal club
• Clinical case conference
• Pathology conference
• Fellows’ core conference

Method of Evaluation

The attending physician and nephrology fellow will evaluate  participants based on close personal interactions.

Additional Information

Months Offered: 4-week rotation: All Year. 2-week rotation: 2 weeks in March, May, August and October
Report To: The week before contact the Nephrology Fellow for meeting time and location. At Bellevue Hospital, 5th floor fellow's room. At Tisch, contact information for the fellow and attending will be provided the week before the rotation begins.
Students Per Period: 2
Duration: Two or Four Weeks