The following programs are accredited by the Renal Transplant Fellowship Training Accreditation Program:

Alabama

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Vineeta Kumar, MD
Division of Nephrology, Transplant Nephrology Fellowship Program, 1720 Second Avenue South, THT-643
Birmingham, AL 35294-0006
For questions contact: Wilma Marcrum, Coordinator
Phone: (205) 934-1801
Email: wmarcrum@uab.edu
Program Description: Comprehensive and excellent clinical training in a program with over 250 kidney/pancreas transplants per year in the pre, peri and post transplant period with faculty who are dedicated and passionate about transplant medicine and surgery. Exposure to multi-disciplinary care of the kidney/pancreas transplant recipient in the short, intermediate and long term in over 5,500 recipients actively followed at UAB. Achieving expertise in performing and interpreting renal allograft biopsies, role of histocompatibility lab and its applications, work up of renal failure in non renal solid organ transplantation. Collegial, collaborative environment with opportunities for clinical and basic science research and other scholarly activities.
Link to transplant program: http://www.nrtc.uab.edu/index.htm
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1 (2 when NIH sponsored training grant for transplant nephrology)
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 260-280
Program does not accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted January through August of current year for next year's fellowship program.

Arizona

Mayo Clinic Arizona
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Harini Chakkera, MD, MPH
Transplant Nephrology Fellowship, 5777 E Mayo Blvd.
Phoenix, AZ 85054
Phone: (480) 342-2205
Email: chakkera.harini@mayo.edu
Program Description: Mayo Clinic in Arizona transplant program is a high volume transplant center. According to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) data as of September 7, 2012, Mayo Clinic Arizona was ranked #1 nationally for kidney/pancreas and #11 for kidney in 2011 for total number of transplants performed (http://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov). We performed 35 kdiney pancreas transplants and 265 kidney transplants in 2011. The transplant nephrology fellowship offers a comprehensive multidisciplinary clinical trainign including a dedicated renal pathology and transplant immunology laboratory experience. Additionally, there are several research opportunities with dedicated time for research built into the curriculum. Competitive stipend and benefits package include one paid CME trip and registration during the course of the fellowship, two paid presentation trips per year, and 15 days paid vacation per year.
Link to transplant program: http://www.mayo.edu/msgme/residencies-fellowships/internal-medicine-and-subspecialties/renal-transplant-fellowship-arizona/curriculum
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 265
Program accepts J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted August 1st of the year preceeding the start date of the fellowship.

University of Arizona Medical Center
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Bruce Kaplan, MD
1501 N. Campbell Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85724
For questions contact: Deborah Gaines, Program Coordinator
Phone: (520) 626-6371
Email: dgaines@deptofmed.arizona.edu
Program Description: The program will cover comprehensive education in transplant medicine, which includes six months of inpatient clinical service, training in recipient/donor selection, performance of renal transplant biopsies, histocompatibility tissue typing, organ transplant procurement, management of immunosuppressive agents, and evaluation of renal transplant dysfuntion, gaining experience in the immediate and long term care of the transplant recipients. The inpatient clinical service is a joint surgical and medical transplant service, with multidisciplinary daily rounds. The didactic schedule will be incorporated into the general nephrology schedule.
Link to transplant program: http://nephrology.medicine.arizona.edu//index.html
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 100
Program accepts J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted at any time.

California

University of California, Los Angeles
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Edmund Huang, MD
Kidney & Pancreas Transplant Program, 7-155 Factor Bldg., 700 Tiverton Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone: (310) 206-6741
Email: edmundhuang@mednet.ucla.edu
Program Description: The UCLA transplant nephrology fellowship is designed to train outstanding transplant nephrologists and provides comprehensive training in kdiney and pancreas transplantation. Fellows participate in all aspects of transplant care, including the evaluation and management of kidney and pancreas transplant recipients, living kidney donors, multi-organ transplant recipients, desensitization, and incompatible transplantation. Research opportunities in basic, clinical, and translational research are available for interested fellows.
Link to transplant program: http://www.nephrology.med.ucla.edu/
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1-2
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 300
Program does not accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted July 1 - December 30.

University of California, San Diego
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Robert Steiner, MD
Division of Nephrology, 200 W Arbor Dr., MC#8409
San Diego, CA 92103-8409
Phone: (619) 471-0752
Email: kmclaughlin@ucsd.edu
Program Description: The fellow will have major, supervised responsibility for perioperative and long term care of recipients of kidney transplants, with about 20% having received another organ transplant. Experience includes pre-donation issues in living and deceased donors, nephrologic postoperative support of liver recipients, and basic and clinical research opportunities with proven investigators.
Link to transplant program: https://health.ucsd.edu/specialties/surgery/transplant/areas-expertise/kidney-transplant/Pages/default.aspx
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 77
Program does accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted at any time.

University of California, San Francisco
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Stephen Tomlanovich, MD
505 Parnassus Ave., Suite 701
San Francisco, CA 94143-0116
For questions contact: David Wojciechowski, DO
Phone: (415) 514-6037
Email: david.wojciechowski@ucsf.edu
Program Description: The transplant nephrology training program at UCSF is a 1 year clinical fellowship. Fellows will spend a total of 6 months on the inpatient service and 6 months in the outpatient setting. The outpatient experience includes living donor evaluations, post-transplant clinic, recipient evaluation clinic, and a weekly selection conference. Didactic teaching includes a lecture series geared toward the transplant fellows (surgery and nephrology) 2-3 times a month, transplant journal club 2 times per month, daily review of pathology with an attending pathologist and transplant nephrology, weekly renal grand rounds, and a structured HLA course.
Link to transplant program: http://nephrology.ucsf.edu/fellowship/affiliated.html
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 2
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 320
Program does accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted between July and October.

California Pacific Medical Center
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: V. Ram Peddi, MD
Department of Transplantation, 2340 Clay Street, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: (415) 600-1061
Email: peddir@sutterhealth.org
Program Description: The transplant fellowship program at CPMC provides excellent clinical and research experience in kidney and pancreas transplantation. Our fellows are well prepared for a successful career in clinical transplantation.
Link to transplant program: http://www.cpmc.org/professionals/education/fellowships/transplant-nephr...
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 215
Program does not accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted any time.

Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Stanley Jordan, MD
Kidney Transplant Program, 8635 W 3rd Street, Suite 590 W
Los Angeles, CA 90048
For questions contact: Alia Maboud, MPH
Phone: (310) 423-2420
Email: alia.maboud@cshs.org
Program Description: The transplant medicine fellowship program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is designed to provide the trainee with a well-rounded education in clinical kidney transplantation, transplant immunology and in transplant immunology research. At the edn of the one-year program the trainee should be able to function independently in all aspects of clinical kidney transplantation and should be familiar with basic transplant research. The fellowship is primarily clinical. The goals of the fellowship in general transplant nephrology are to provide the transplant nephrology fellwos with the capability and experience to diagnose and manage all transplant related disorders to understand the physiology of allograft rejection and calcineum toxicity to develop special expertise in the normal variations in renal function in the transplant patients, and to be familiar with the unique renal lesions associated with chronic rejection and viral infections in the immunocompromised host.
Link to transplant program: http://www.cedars-sinai.edu/Patients/Programs-and-Services/Kidney-and-Pa...
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 172
Program does accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted between June 1 and November 30.

Stanford University Medical Center
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: John D. Scandling, MD
Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Program, 750 Welch Road, Suite 200
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1509
For questions contact: Lynn Clinton
Phone: (650) 725-6919
Email: azzo@stanford.edu
Program Description: The Stanford transplant nephrology fellowship program started in 2006. The fellowship program provides training in a well-functioning multidisciplinary transplant team. The fellowship is primarily a clinical experience, but there is opportunity for engagement in research.
Link to transplant program:http://stanfordhospital.org/clinicsmedServices/COE/transplant/kidney/
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 100
Program does accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted in the Spring-Summer of year prior to start of fellowship.

Colorado

University of Colorado
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Laurence Chan, MD, PhD
Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, 12700 East Nine Ave., C281
Aurora, CO 80045
For questions contact: Linda McCubbin
Phone: (720) 848-0860
Email: linda.mccubbin@uch.edu
Program Description: At University of Colorado Hospital, we began performing kidney transplants in the early 1960s. Our Kidney Transplant Program was reinvigorated in 1988 by Laurence Chan, M.D., Ph.D. and Igal Kam, M.D. Throughout the years, we have made significant technological advancements that have greatly increased the chances for kidney transplant patients to live normal lives. Our transplant training program was accredited in 1998. Since then, we have more than 10 fellows completed our program.
Link to transplant program: http://www.uch.edu/conditions/transplant-services/kidney-transplant/
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 150
Program does not accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted at any time.

Florida

University of Florida
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Shehzad Rehman, MD
Gainesville, FL 32610-0014
Center is currently under review and cannot accept new transplant fellows.

University of Miami
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Giselle Guerra, MD
1600 NW, 10th Avenue, Room7168
Miami, FL 33136
No further information provided.

University of South Florida/Tampa General Hospital
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Rajendra S. Baliga, MD
12901 Bruce B Downs Blvd., MDC 19
Tampa, FL 33612
For questions contact: Debra Powell
Phone: (813) 971-1469
Email: dpowell@health.usf.edu
Program Description: The Tampa General Hospital and the University of South Florida, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension is a one-year fellowship, which is preceded by a two-year nephrology fellowship and a three-year internal medicine residency.
Link to transplant program: http://health.usf.edu/medicine/internalmedicine/nephrology/index.htm
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 240
Program does accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted April through October.

Georgia

Emory University
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Sudha Tata, MD
Renal Division, WMB RM 338, 1639 Pierce Drive
Atlanta, GA 30322
For questions contact: Vicky Webb
Phone: (404) 712-1820
Email: vwebb@emory.edu
Program Description: Emory Transplant Center Kidney Transplant program ranks as one of the most prestigious programs in the country. The kidney transplant program continues to provide excellent results in patient and graft survival. We have trained 4 renal transplant physicians who are currently placed in academic centers nationally. We provide a well rounded renal transplant fellowship training with emphasis both on clinical and research topics.
Link to transplant program: http://www.transplant.emory.edu
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 220
Program does accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted June to October

Medical College of Georgia
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Muralidharan Jagadeesan, MBBS
Section of Nephrology, 1120 15th St., BA 9413
Augusta, GA 30912-3140
For questions contact: Brandi McCorkle
Phone: (706) 721-2861
Email: bmccorkle@georgiahealth.edu
Program Description: The Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Health Sciences University has a tradition of excellence in training nephrology fellows since 1969. Our faculty physicians have a wealth of experience in renal transplant medicine. Our curriculum ensures competency in evaluation and treatment of kidney and kidney-pancreas recipients, donors and their complications. There is excellent clinical exposure as well as the opportunity for translational and basic research in transplantation.
Link to transplant program: http://www.georgiahealth.edu/medicine/medicine/Nephrology/fellowship.html
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 75
Program does accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted July 1 - October 1.

Illinois

University of Chicago
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Michelle Josephson, MD
5841 South Maryland Ave., MC5100
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: (773) 702-3630
Email: mjosephs@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
Program Description: The University of Chicago fellowship is an established program that features gifted teaching faculty who have a strong and passionate commitment to transplant education. The transplant program is medium sized serving a diverse range of patients. The program has successfully trained one fellow each year since 2001. The fellowship provides a breadth of clinical experience within a scholarly and academic framework, individualizing the program to the interests of the fellow and encouraging the trainee to intellectually grow and flourish as he/she gains clinical skills.
Link to transplant program: http://medicine.uchicago.edu/neph/non_acgme.html
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 70-100
Program does accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted until September.

University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Ignatius Tang, MD, PharmD
Department of Medicine, Section of Nephrology (M/C 796), 820 South Wood Street
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: (312) 413-5732
Email: iystang@uic.edu
Program Description: Our Transplant Nephrology Fellowship program provides in-depth training in all aspects of kidney transplantation in an ethnically diverse population: 43% African American, 32% Hispanic, 23% Caucasian. We performed about 120 kidney transplants (about 60% live donor) per year. We have extensive experience in the management of crossmatch positive, ABO-incompatible and morbidly obese kidney transplant recipients. We also perform 30-40 liver transplants and about 20 pancreas alone or simultaneous kidney pancreas transplants. Fellows will gain experience in the management of these patients as well.
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 120
Program does accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted July to October.

Northwestern University
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Lorenzo Gallon, MD
Renal Transplant Fellowship, 675 North St. Clair Street, 19th Floor, Galter Pavilion
Chicago, IL 60610
For questions contact: Alina Ibrahim, Education Coordinator
Phone: (312) 695-1892
Email: aibrahim@nmh.org
Program Description: Fellows care for patients with a wide range of illnesses and in all stages of illness. Daily teaching rounds, inpatient and outpatient service, and several weekly conferences are an integral part of fellow training. Faculty members from Organ Transplantation and Nephrology divisions serve as mentors and role models in clinical care, professionalism and research. Fellows are evaluated on these qualities at the end of each rotation period.
Link to transplant program: http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/transplant/index.html
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 2
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 250-275
Program does accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted before August 15 of the year prior to desired start date.

Indiana

Indiana University School of Medicine
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Asif Sharfuddin, MD
Division of Nephrology, 950 W Walnut St., R2-202
Indianapolis, IN 46202
For questions contact: Patti Moore
Phone: (317) 274-6374
Email: pliggins@iupui.edu
Program Description: This is a clinical transplant nephrology fellowship program of one year duration. Indiana University performs approximately 160-180 kidney alone transplants each year, along with one of the largest pancreas and intestinal transplant programs in the country. The fellow is trained extensively in managing all aspects of kidney transplantation, and has extensive opportunities for clinical and translational research.
Link to transplant program: http://medicine.iu.edu/nephrology/fellowship/transplant-nephrology-fello...
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1-2
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 160-180
Program does accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted June - September of the prior enrolling year.

Iowa

University of Iowa
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Christie Thomas, MD
Organ Transplant Center, 200 Hawkins Dr., SE 400GH
Iowa City, IA 52242

Louisiana

Tulane University
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Rubin Zhang, MD, FASN
Health Sciences Center, Kidney Transplant Program, 1415 Tulane Ave., Box TW-35
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: (504) 988-1457
Email: rzhang@tulane.edu
Program Description: Tulane abdominal transplant institute is located in the heart of New Orleans. In 1959, the first living donor kidney transplant in New Orleans was performed at Tulane. We offer CRT, LD-KT, PTA, PAK, SPK, SBT, OLTx and SLKT. We also do desensitization and donor exchanges for incompatible transplant. 
Link to transplant program: http://tulanehealthcare.com/tulanetransplantinstitute/
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 90 to 130
Program does accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted at any time.

Maryland

Johns Hopkins University
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Nada Alachkar, MD
Kidney & Pancreas Transplant Program, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 720 Rutland Ave., Ross 965
Baltimore, MD 21205
Phone: (410) 955-5029
Email: nalachk1@jhmi.edu
Program Description:Our transplant nephrology fellowship program is a one-year program that provides a clinical training in the transplant nephrology field. We accept candidates who completed at least two years general nephrology fellowship training. The trainee is also exposed to both clinical and basic research opportunities should they wish to pursue further scholarly work in transplantation research.
Link to transplant program: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/nephrology/education/transplant_fellowship.html
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 200
Program does not accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted July 1 until October 30.

Massachusetts

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Martha Pavlakis, MD
110 Francis St., 7th Floor
Boston, MA 02115
Program is currently under revivew and cannot accept new fellows.

Brigham & Women's Hospital
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Anil Chandraker, MD
55 Fruit Street
Boston, MA 02114
Program is currently under revivew and cannot accept new fellows.

Michigan

Henry Ford Hospital
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Anita Patel, MD
Nephrology Program, 2799 West Grand Blvd., CFP-5
Detroit, MI 48202
For questions contact: Wendy Rushlow
Email: wrushlo1@hfhs.org
Program Description: The transplant fellowship program at the Transplant Institute at Henry Ford Hospital provides an academically sound atmosphere to nephrology for training into excellent transplant physicians. 70% of the fellows who have trained here have gone into practice at academic transplant centers.
Link to transplant program: http://www.henryford.com/body_program.cfm?id=44841
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 100-110
Program does accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted between July - November.

University of Michigan
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Millie Samaniego, MD
1500 E Medical Center Dr., 3914 Taubman Center
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0364
Phone: (734) 232-1701
Email: msamanie@med.umich.edu
Program Description: The University of Michigan Transplant Nephrology Fellowship is a comprehensive clinical and research program in which the trainee will acquire extensive experience in the outpatient and inpatient management of kidney, kidney-pancreas, liver, lung and heart transplant recipients. The trainee is directly involved in the University of Michigan Desensitization and Paired Kidney Exchange Programs, QA and QI programs, and will perform over 50 kidney transplant biopsies over the year of training. The fellow will be exposed to interpretation of histocompatibility data and techniques, matching programs and algorithms, and reporting of program performance metrics. The fellow becomes progressively independent during the year of fellowship, and is expected to complete and publish at least one clinical research project.
Link to transplant program: http://www.med.umich.edu/intmed/nephrology/index.htm
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 200-225
Fellowship applications are only open to US citizens or residents.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted March - September.

St. John Hospital & Medical Center
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Mohamed El-Ghoroury, MD
22201 Moross Road, Suite 150
Detroit, MI 48236
For questions contact: David B. Butcher, MD
Phone: (313) 886-8787
Email: david.butcher@stjohn.org
Program Description: Renal Transplant Fellows evaluate candidates for kidney and kidney/pancreas transplantation.  They diagnose and treat different medical complications associated with kidney transplantation. They are actively involved in research with particular interest in steroid avoidance and polyomavirus-associated nephropathy.
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 55-60
Program does accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted July - September of year prior to start of fellowship.

Minnesota

University of Minnesota Medical Center/Hennepin County Medical Center
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Richard S. Spong, MD, MHA
Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, 717 Delaware Street SE, Ste. 353
Minneapolis, MN 55414
For questions contact: Elizabeth Goldsmith
Phone: (612) 625-6689
Email: egoldsmi@umn.edu
Program Description: The fellow will perform supervised care for kidney transplant recipient patients, inpatient and outpatient, at the University of Minnesota Transplant center, the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview and Hennepin County Medical Center. The fellow will have both inpatient and outpatient management responsibilities. On the inpatient service, the fellow will see all kidney and kidney/pancreas transplant recipients on morning rounds conducted jointly between the surgery and nephrology services, seeing each transplant patient independently before and after morning rounds, with responsibility for writing orders, along with the surgery fellow and residents, in a concurrent care model. On the outpatient side the fellow will have their own transplant clinic weekly, as well as see newly discharged transplant recipients, transplant urgent care patients and perform kidney transplant biopsies.  The fellow will participate in a core, didactic, kidney transplantation curriculum, and participate in clinical research to include both a prospective research project and case studies, under the guidance of the Nephrology transplant faculty.
Link to transplant program: https://sites.google.com/a/umn.edu/umn-transplant-fellowships/home
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 200
Program does accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted July 1 - October 30.

Missouri

Washington University
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Christina Klein, MD
Transplant Nephrology, One Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza, Queeny Tower, Suite 4101
St. Louis, MO 63110
For questions contact: Kimberly Knolhoff
Phone: (314) 362-8351
Email: knolhoffk@wudosis.wustl.edu
Program Description: The Transplant Nephrology Fellowship involves multidisciplinary training in all aspects of Transplant Nephrology and Kidney-Pancreas transplantation.  There is close collaboration including shared office space between transplant nephrology and transplant surgery and rounds are made together daily. The Transplant Nephrology team is the primary nephrologic consultants for the other solid organ transplants (SOT): liver, lung, and heart and we do combined SOT-kidney transplants. The program is busy enough that the fellow will receive excellent training but not so busy that the fellow will not have time to read and do research.
Link to transplant program: http://renal.wustl.edu/
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 2
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 240
Program does not accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted at any time.

New York

Columbia UniversityMedical Center
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: David J. Cohen, MD
622 West 168th Street, Room PH4-124
New York, NY 10032
For questions contact: Bessie Craig
Phone: (212) 305-5016
Email: bnc2101@mail.cumc.columbia.edu
Program Description: The Columbia University Medical Center Renal Transplant program is one of the 10 busiest programs in the US. We regularly perform approximately 240-250 kidney transplants annually, including over 100 live donor transplants, including paired kidney exchanges, incompatible transplants requiring desensitization. We also perform 10-15 pancreas transplants annually, and there is active interaction with the liver, lung and heart transplant programs. We have an activist philosophy of maximizing access to kidney transplantation for our ESRD patients. The Renal Transplant Program is jointly run by Transplant Nephrology and Transplant Surgery, and the Transplant Nephrology Fellow is fully integrated into all aspects of the program.
Link to transplant program: http://www.columbiakidneytransplant.org/
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 2
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 250
Program does not accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted August-December.

Erie County Medical Center
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Oleh Pankewycz, MD & Rocco Venuto, MD
Nephrology Dept., 462 Grider St.
Buffalo, NY 14215
Phone: (716) 898-3337
Program Description: The Transplant Program is designed to provide the Fellow the opportunity for clinical experience that meets the guidelines for accreditation as a renal transplant physician. This includes exposure to both inpatient and outpatient transplant experience. The Fellow will be assigned to at least one continuity clinic which he/ she will attend throughout the entire one year transplant program. The Fellow will be assigned to the inpatient transplant service for approximately 5 months, during which time he will be part of the transplant team taking responsibility of acute recipient assessment immediately prior to transplant, manage hospitalized transplant patients in the immediate post transplant period and remotely from transplant. Finally, there is a research curriculum that includes core block of educational lecture that teach the fundamentals of clinical research and a research mentor is an integral part of the program.
Link to transplant program: http://www.ecmc.edu
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 75 kidney; 4-5 pancreas
Program does not accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted in the fall of the year procceding July 1st.

Montefiore Medical Center
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Enver Akalin, MD
111 East 210th Street
Bronx, NY 10467
Phone: (718) 920-4815
Email: eakalin@motefiore.org
Program Description: The Kidney Transplant Center at Montefiore Medical Center – Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, initiated in 1967, is one of the oldest continuously operating UNOS approved Kidney Transplant program in the USA. 110-120 kidney transplants are performed each year. There are currently 900 patients on the waiting list for kidney transplantation and more than 1,400 kidney transplant recipients are currently followed-up at our center. Each year 5-10 patients receive combined organ transplantation including kidney/pancreas, kidney/liver and kidney/heart transplantation. 150-200 kidney transplant biopsies are performed each year by transplant nephrology attendings along with renal and transplant nephrology fellows. Renal Transplant Fellowship Program is a 1 year (12 continuous months) clinical program. Fellows are at the inpatient clinical service for six months and at outpatient service continuously through out the year. The fellows rotate at Montefiore Tissue Typing Laboratory for 2 weeks during their fellowship. Fellows involve in clinical and basic research projects associated with transplantation during their 6 months while they are not at inpatient service..
Link to transplant program:http://www.montefiore.org/documents/transplant/KidneyPancreasTransplantationProgram.pdf
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 120
Program does accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted August-October.

Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Vinay Nair, DO
One Gustave L Levy Place, Division of Nephrology, Box 1243
New York, NY 10029-6574
Phone: (212) 659-8238
Email: vinay.nair@mountsinai.org
Program Description: The transplant nephrology fellowship at Mount Sinai School of Medicine provides a broad experience in all clinical aspects of kidney and pancreas transplantation, including inpatient and outpatient transplant services, transplant kidney biopsies, consultation services to non-renal transplant patients, and participation in clinical and translational research.  The kidney and pancreas transplant program is part of a large multidisciplinary transplantation Institute, performing over 350 solid organ transplants each year, providing comprehensive patient care, education and training experiences, and clinical and translational research opportunities. Currently, 190-215 kidney transplants and 10-15 pancreas transplants are performed each year.
Link to transplant program:http://www.mountsinai.org/patient-care/service-areas/organ-transplants
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 200
Program does accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted July to November.

New York Medical College/Westchester Medical Center
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Daniel Glicklich, MD
95 Grasslands Rd.
Valhalla, NY 10595
Program is currently under revivew and cannot accept new fellows.

SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Mariana Markell, MD
Division of Renal Diseases, 450 Clarkson Ave., Box 52
Brooklyn, NY 11203
Program is currently under revivew and cannot accept new fellows.

North Carolina

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Randal Detwiler, MD
101 Manning Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
For questions contact: Rochelle Moser
Phone: (919) 966-2561 x. 230
Email: rochelle_moser@med.unc.edu
Program Description: The Allen Brewster transplant nephrology fellowship at the University of North Carolina is a one year fellowship designed to provide a comprehensive educational experience in all clinical aspects of kidney transplantation.  The program’s objective is to train future leaders in the field of academic transplant nephrology.  Research opportunities are abundant with protected time incorporated into the fellowship to foster pursuit of transplant scholarship.  Selected candidates may also qualify for inclusion in an NIH sponsored training grant allowing pursuit of an MPH degree prior to or after completion of the fellowship.  
Link to transplant program: www.unckidneycenter.org
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 80
Program does not accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted through November.

Ohio

University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Joshua Augustine, MD
11100 Euclid Ave., Room 8124, Lakeside Building
Cleveland, OH 44106
Email: josh.augustine@uhhospitals.org
Program Description: An additional year of training is offered for board eligible nephrologists interested in pursing a career in kidney transplantation.
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 86

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Amit Govil, MD
Division of Nephrology, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Room G-253 MSB
Cincinnati, OH 45267-0585
For questions contact: Chris Salyers
Phone: (513) 558-0668
Email: salyerca@ucmail.uc.edu
Program Description: Very active clinical kidney and pancreas transplant program sponsored by “cutting edge” clinical research  and “state of the art” immunology lab with active participation in pre- and post kidney transplant management, desensitization protocols and  innovative  rejection treatment protocols.  
Link to transplant program: http://universityhospital.uchealth.com/services/transplant/
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 70
Program does accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted within 1 year from start date.

Oregon

Oregon Health Sciences University
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Anuja Mittalhenkle, MD, MPH
3181 SW Sam Jackson Road, M/C MQ 360
Portland, OR 97201
For questions contact: Lynn Cox
Phone: (503) 494-9840
Email: nhfellow@ohsu.edu
Program Description: A minimum of six months is spent on the kidney transplant inpatient service and twelve months in the kidney transplant outpatient clinic. Fellows gain experience in all clinical aspects of kidney transplant including Immunosuppression management, renal biopsies and renal pathology.
Link to transplant program: http://www.ohsu.edu/nephrology/fellowship/transplant.cfm
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 120
Program does accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted 12-18 months prior to start date.

Pennsylvania

Albert Einstein Medical Center
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Shiang-Cheng Kung, MD
5501 Old York Road, Klein 505
Philadelphia, PA 19141
Phone: (215) 456-6970
Email: kungsh@einstein.edu
Program Description: The transplant program has been in contiuous existence since 1964.  Hospital is situated in the city limits and serves predominantly inner city population. Has robust referral pattern from the Tri-state region. Very active program, with the second largest wait-list in the region. Has on-site HLA laboratory and opportunities for clinical and basic research.
Link to transplant program: http://www.einstein.edu/education/transplant-surgery-kidney/
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 100-120
Program does accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted August to March.

Drexel University
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Karthik Ranganna, MD
Hahnemann University Hospital, 216 N. Broad, 5th Floor, Feinstein Bldg.
Philadelphia, PA 19141
Program is currently under revivew and cannot accept new fellows.

Thomas Jefferson University
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: George Francos
833 Chestnut St., Suite 610
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: (215) 955-6550
Email: george.francos@jefferson.edu
Program Description: Moderate size program with unusual degree of nephrology influence. Solid organs are kidney, pancreas, liver, heart. Fellowship in transplant medicine is clinically weighted, yet research activity required. Patients are followed for life of allograft, providing opportunities for management of diverse transplant complications. Approximately 75 outpatients seen weekly.
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 75-80
Program does accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted September to December.

University of Pennsylvania
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Roy D. Bloom, MD
3400 Spruce Street, 1 Founders
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Program Description: The Penn Renal Transplant Fellowship offers an exceptional training environment, encompassing a large, diverse clinical practice and an innovative research program with high-impact potential. Fellows are exposed to both the broad spectrum of issues that arise in the pre-and post-transplant management of kidney transplant patients, as well as the myriad of kidney-related issues that occur in the non-renal organ transplant setting. Under the mentorship of an experienced and education-focused faculty, trainees are afforded the opportunity to expand their knowledge base and procedural expertise, in addition to enhancing their scholarly, interpersonal, communication and teaching skills. By capitalizing on these programmatic strengths, fellows will have the chance to follow in the footsteps of their predecessors, over 60% of who have launched successful careers in an academic transplant environment.
Link to transplant program: http://www.pennmedicine.org/transplant/patient-care/transplant-programs/...
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1-2
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 180 kidney; 10 pancreas-kidney
J1 Visas are only accepted if fellows have a guaranteed funding mechanism in place prior to commencing their training to support themselves.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted 1-2 years prior to anticipated start date.

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Sundaram Hariharan, MD
Thomas E. Starzl Transplant Institute, 3459 Fifth Ave., UPMC Montefiore, 7th Floor, N 755
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

South Carolina

Medical University of South Carolina
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Beje Thomas, MD
96 Jonathan Lucas Street, MSC 629, CSB 829
Charleston, SC 29425
For questions contact: Tammy Hill
Phone: (843) 792-9188
Email: hillt@musc.edu
Program Description: Our program provides an extensive inpatient and outpatient experience with over 200 kdiney transplants annually. The fellows are involved in all aspects of care including evaluation for candidacy as a donor and recipient, and post-transplant care of the patient. There is emphasis placed on academic ventures during the year resulting in publications and presenting abstracts at various meetings. Our fellows upon graduation should be both an exceptional clinician able to direct and lead a transplant program as well as take on academic endeavors.
Link to transplant program: http://clinicaldepartments.musc.edu/medicine/divisions/nephrology/fellowship/transplant.htm
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 2
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 200
Program does accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted July 1 - September 30.

Tennessee

University of Tennessee
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Vinay Rao, MD
Health Science Center, Memphis, Transplant Institute, 1265 Union Ave.
Memphis, TN 38104
Program is currently under revivew and cannot accept new fellows.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Hal Helderman, MD
Transplant Fellowship Program, 1161 21st Avenue South, S-3223 MCN
Nashville, TN 37232
For questions contact: Linda Armstrong
Phone: (615) 322-6976
Email: linda.armstrong@vanderbilt.edu, hal.helderman@vanderbilt.edu
Program Description: This is a one year training experience that begins at the time a candidate is board eligible or certified for the subspecialty of nephrology. The training program includes a six-month clinical experience in which the trainee will manage at least 30 renal transplant recipients as the primary care giver in both in- and outpatient settings, donor evaluation, pretransplant and recipient evaluation, and all prominent features for the clinical experience. The trainee is expected to manage immunosuppression, fluid-electrolyte balance, acid base balance, blood pressure and glucose controle, and anti-infective prophylaxis for all newly engrafted recipients. There is also an additional six-months of elective time including rotations through transplant pathology, tissue typing, organ bank activities, transplant of other organs, pediatric renal transplantation, and research. Each trainee is expected to be a participant in a clinical and/or basic transplant research project during the year with the expectation that publishable data will be obtained by the trainee. In addition to these clinical and research activities, the training program includes a journal club, weekly transplant research conference, weekly transplant patient conference, monthly renal transplant biopsy conference, as well as other didactic activities in the Division of Nephrology.
Link to transplant program: https://medicine.mc.vanderbilt.edu/nephrol_renalfellowship
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 200
Program does accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted January - September for the following fellowship year.

Virginia

Virginia Commonwealth University/MCV
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Anne King, MD
Hume Lee Transplant Center, P.O. Box 980274
Richmond, VA 23298
For questions contact: Gaurav Gupta, MD or Lessie Jordan
Phone: (804) 828-1855 or (804) 828-9683
Email: ggupta@mcvh-vcu.edu or ljordan@mcvh-vcu.edu
Program Description: This is a comprehensive fellowship in transplant nephrology with exposure to the pretransplant selection process, the inpatient management and the post transplant follow up care of the kidney and pancreas transplant recipient. There is exposure to both ABO incompatible and HLA incompatible living donor recipient pairs. The fellows are expected to spend some time in the HLA lab as well as in the operating room where they will observe both the organ retrieval as well as the recipient surgery. Management of immunosuppressive protocols and treatment of both acute cellular rejection and antibody mediated rejection are emphasized.
Link to transplant program: www.vcuhealth.org/transplant
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1-2
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 125-150
Program does accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted from July 1 through October 1 of the year before the fellowship begins.

University of Virginia Medical Center
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Douglas Keith, MD
Renal Division, Box 800133
Charlottesville, VA 22908-0133
Program is currently under revivew and cannot accept new fellows.

Washington

University of Washington Medical Center
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Nicolae Leca, MD
1959 NE Pacific Street, Box 356174
Seattle, WA 98195
For questions contact: Suzanne Patterson
Phone: (206) 543-2570
Email: spatters@uw.edu
Program Description: The goal of the University of Washington transplant nephrology program is to provide in-depth experience in transplant patient care associated with a comprehensive didactic program. Inpatient and outpatient care will include post-operative management of kidney and kidney/pancreas recipients, participation in liver, lung and heart transplant consultation and outpatient evaluation of post-transplant recipients, living donors and recipient candidates.
Link to transplant program: http://depts.washington.edu/nephron/fellowships/transplant/index.html
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 100+
Program does accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted throughout the year.

Wisconsin

Medical College of Wisconsin
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Brahm Vasudev, MD
Division of Nephrology, 9200 W Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53226
For questions contact: Tonya Walker
Phone: (414) 805-9077
Email: twalker@mcw.edu
Program Description: This training involves exposure in clinical transplantation as an outpatient and inpatient setting and covers management of renal and pancreas transplant recipients, including understanding and management of immunosuppressive therapy, medical and surgical complications early after transplantation as well as long-term complications of renal transplant recipients. This program includes formal exposure and training in donor-recipient evaluation, renal biopsy, nephropathology, non-renal solid organ transplantation, living and cadaver kidney harvesting, blood banking, HLA laboratories as well as clinical and basic science research in transplantation.
Link to transplant program: www.mcw.edu/Nephrology/Fellowship.htm
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 80
Program does accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted throughout the year.

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: John Pirsch, MD / Maha Mohamed, MD
Dept. of Surgery, 600 Highland Ave., H4/772 Clinical Science Center
Madison, WI 53792-7375
For questions contact: Krista Lund
Phone: (608) 263-2527
Email: lundkr@surgery.wisc.edu
Program Description: In conjunction with the Department of Medicine Section of Nephrology, the Division of Transplantation offers a one-year transplant medicine fellowship annually. Transplant medicine fellows at the University of Wisconsin will gain in-depth exposure to the medical management of kidney and pancreas transplant recipients in the inpatient and outpatient setting. The transplant medicine fellow will gain experience in renal transplant biopsies as well as managing immunosuppression for kidney and pancreas recipients. As part of the educational program, the transplant medicine fellow rounds daily, attends weekly educational conferences, patient section, and morbidity and mortality conferences.
Link to transplant program: http://www.surgery.wisc.edu/education-training/fellowships/transplantation-medicine-fellowship/
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 280
Program does not accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications are accepted year round.

Canada

Alberta

University of Alberta
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Sita Gourishankar
11-107 CSB, 8440 112 St.
Edmonton, AB T6G 2G3, Canada
Phone: (780) 407-7579
Email: sitag@ualberta.ca
Program Description: It is a one-year clinical training program in kidney transplantation with both inpatient and outpaitent responsibilities in a quaternary care center in Edmonton, Alberta. The fellow will participate in all aspects of care of kidney and kidney-pancreas transplant recipients.
Link to transplant program: www.medicine.med.ualberta.ca
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 70-80
J1 Visas are not normally required, but work permits are required for foreign trainees.
Program is on an Academic year cycle and transplant fellowship applications are continually accepted.

British Columbia

University of British Columbia
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Olwyn Johnston, MD
Division of Nephrology, 5th Floor, Diamond Health Care Centre, 2775 Laurel St.
Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, Canada
For questions contact: Lori Clements
Phone: (604) 875-5950
Email: lori.clements@vch.ca
Program Description: UBC Kidney Transplant Program has an active transplant fellowship education program, which includes both an officially accredited one year Transplant Nephrology Clinical Fellowship under the direction. In addition there is a transplant research program. This training may be combined with formal graduate course work leading to Masters or Doctoral degress in Experimental Medicine, Health Care and Epidemiology or related disciplines through the Faculty of Graduate Studies.
Link to transplant program: http://nephrology.medicine.ubc.ca
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1-2
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 200
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and fellows are accepted August-September prior to the start year.

Nova Scotia

Dalhousie University
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Tammy Keough-Ryan, MD
Multi-Organ Transplant Program, 6-291 Victoria Building, 1276 South Park St.
Halifax, NS, B3H 2Y9, Canada

Ontario

London Health Sciences Center University Hospital
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: John Johnson, BSc, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Renal Transplant Fellowship Program, 339 Windermere Rd.
London, ON N6A 5A5, Canada
Phone: (519) 663-3319
Email: john.johnson@lhsc.on.ca
Program Description: Over the course of twelve months the transplant fellow completes the following rotations: six months of in-patient care/clinics (including follow-up clinics and potential recipient/donor clinics), two months of clinics only, one month of renal pathology, one month of tissue typing lab, and two months of research (either clinical or basic). Scheduled didactic teaching is provided in monthly academic half-days, where pre-set topics are reviewed/discussed between the fellow and a nephrology consultant. The topics of the didactic sessions range from basic immunology to common clinical scenarios. Also didactic teaching occurs between the fellow and attending nephrologist during in-patient rounds (conducted at least thrice weekly by the consultant) and out-patient clinics.
Link to transplant program: uwonephrology.ca
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 2
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 80
The program does accept J1 Visas.
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and fellows are accepted six months prior to the start date.

University of Ottawa
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Stephanie Hoar, MD
Renal Transplant Program, 1967 Riverside Dr., Room 5-26
Ottawa, ON K1H 7W9, Canada
For questions contact: Celine Dery, Program Coordinator
Phone: (613) 738-8400 x. 82509
Email: celine.dery@toh.on.ca
Program Description: The University of Ottawa offers a 12 month fellowship in renal transplantation. This fellowship is geared for those individuals who have completed nephrology training but would like to extend and expand their expertise in renal transplantation. The training program includes a minimum of 6 month core clinical experience in the inpatient and outpatient setting as well as two months of laboratory transplantation in the tissue typing lab and pathology. Four months are set aside for possible elective experiences depending on the fellow's research and/or clinical interests.
Link to transplant program: http://thinkottawamedicine.ca/divisions/division-of-nephrology/nephrology-postgraduate-program/
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1-2
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 60-70
Program is on an Academic year calendar, and applications for the following year are due Oct. 16, and decisions are made mid November.

University of Toronto
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Jeffrey Schiff, MD
Toronto General Hospital, 585 University Ave., NCSB 11C-1262
Toronto, ON, M5G 2N2, Canada
Phone: (416) 340-3840
Email: jeffrey.schiff@uhn.ca
Program Description: The program includes six months on a dedicated renal transplant inpatient service attended by a transplant nephrologist. Patients are admitted under the transplant nephrologist and include deceased and living-donor renal transplants, expanded criteria and donation after cardiac death donors, an active desensitization program, as well as management of a wide variety of post-transplant problems. Electives include Transplant Infectious Disease, HLA Lab, Transplant Pathology, Pediatric transplant, and research. There are a large number of outpatient clinics including pre-transplant assessment and post-transplant care, and a comprehensive set of formal teaching activities.
Link to transplant program: http://www.uhn.ca/Focus_of_Care/MOT/Kidney/index.asp
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 3
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 160 kidney; 30 simultaneous kidney-pancreas and pancreas after kidney
Program is on an Academic year calendar (but flexible), and applications are accepted at any time.

Quebec

McGill University
Transplant Program Fellowship Director: Marcelo Cantarovich, MD
Kidney Transplant Program, 687 Pine Avenue West
Montreal, QC, H3A 1A1, Canada
Phone: (514) 934-1934 x. 36223
Email: marcelo.cantarovich@muhc.mcgill.ca
Program Description: The objective of this one year fellowship is to provide advanced training in kidney and kidney-pancreas transplantation. The fellowship is intended for a nephrology resident who has completed tow years of core nephrology training. The candidates will be responsible for securing salary support for his/her fellowship training.
Link to transplant program: http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/postgrad/fellowship_programs.htm#nephro
Number of Transplant Fellows accepted annually: 1
Number of Kidney Transplants performed annually: 70
Program is on an Academic year calendar (but flexible), and applications are accepted July 1 until June 30.

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