Nephrology Fellowship
Mission & Vision
The goal of the Nephrology Fellowship Program is to provide advanced education and experience to enable fellows to deliver compassionate, thorough and evidence-based care to a medically and socially diverse population of patients. This includes inpatient and outpatient consultation; acute and chronic dialysis, including continuous modalities and outpatient consultation and chronic kidney disease care, including the care for renal allograft recipients. The fellow will be provided with educational opportunities required for acquiring board certification in the subspecialty of nephrology and has the opportunity to be mentored toward an academic clinical or basic science research career.
The philosophy of the program is to develop a commitment and dedication to scholarly excellence in patient care, teaching and research in an environment of professionalism.
Mission & Vision
The goal of the Nephrology Fellowship Program is to provide advanced education and experience to enable fellows to deliver compassionate, thorough and evidence-based care to a medically and socially diverse population of patients. This includes inpatient and outpatient consultation; acute and chronic dialysis, including continuous modalities and outpatient consultation and chronic kidney disease care, including the care for renal allograft recipients. The fellow will be provided with educational opportunities required for acquiring board certification in the subspecialty of nephrology and has the opportunity to be mentored toward an academic clinical or basic science research career.
The philosophy of the program is to develop a commitment and dedication to scholarly excellence in patient care, teaching and research in an environment of professionalism.
Program Director’s Welcome
Welcome to the University of Miami/Jackson Health System Nephrology Fellowship Program! As the program director, I welcome you to explore this website and learn more about all of the exciting possibilities our program has to offer. Our goal is to provide advanced education and training in a way that is exciting and challenging so that our graduates acquire the skill and expertise to have successful careers in nephrology.
We offer a novel and creative two-year program that delivers outstanding training in all aspects of clinical nephrology, while also allowing the fellow to tailor their education to their own interests. In addition, the fellow can apply for an optional third training year in our American Society of Nephrology- and American Society of Transplant Surgeons-approved transplantation fellowship at the time of applying for the two-year program.
I hope you take the opportunity to visit Miami and see the exciting career pathways our program can offer you.
-Oliver Lenz, MD, MBA
Program Director’s Welcome
Welcome to the University of Miami/Jackson Health System Nephrology Fellowship Program! As the program director, I welcome you to explore this website and learn more about all of the exciting possibilities our program has to offer. Our goal is to provide advanced education and training in a way that is exciting and challenging so that our graduates acquire the skill and expertise to have successful careers in nephrology.
We offer a novel and creative two-year program that delivers outstanding training in all aspects of clinical nephrology, while also allowing the fellow to tailor their education to their own interests. In addition, the fellow can apply for an optional third training year in our American Society of Nephrology- and American Society of Transplant Surgeons-approved transplantation fellowship at the time of applying for the two-year program.
I hope you take the opportunity to visit Miami and see the exciting career pathways our program can offer you.
-Oliver Lenz, MD, MBA
Fast Facts
Accreditation
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
Number of Fellows per Year?
5
Duration of Fellowship?
2 years
(with optional third year)
Clinical Experience
Overview
Consults at Jackson Memorial Hospital/VA/UMH
Elective
- procedure service
- Research
- Outpatient Dialysis
- Clinics
- ICUs
Transplant
Vacation – 4 weeks
Clinical Track
Two-year clinical pathway:
With the option of tailoring the second year to the fellow’s specific area of interest: Glomerulonephritis focus, transplant focus (does not count as transplant fellowship), in-center and home dialysis focus.
Three-year clinical pathway:
Transplant Nephrology – two years general nephrology and one year transplantation.
Four-year clinical pathway:
ICU-Nephrology – two years nephrology and two years critical care
Research Track
Six-year physician scientist ABIM pathway:
Two years internal medicine, three years research and one year nephrology.
Your Faculty
Hassan Al-Ali, PhD
Assistant Professor, Research
Marco A. Ladino Avellaneda, MD
Associate Professor, Clinical Medicine
Gabriel Contreras, MD, MPH
Director, Clinical Research
Professor, Clinical Medicine
Yelena Drexler, MD
Assistant Professor, Clinical Medicine
Alessia Fornoni, MD, PhD
Chief, Katz Family Division of Nephrology & Hypertension
Director, Katz Family Drug Discovery Center
Professor, Medicine
Ivonne Hernandez Schulman, MD
Voluntary Professor
Warren Kupin, MD
Professor, Clinical Medicine
Oliver Lenz, MD, MBA
Director, Nephrology Fellowship Program
Professor, Clinical Medicine
Adela Mattiazzi, MD
Assistant Professor, Clinical Medicine
Lumen Mendez-Castaner, MD
Assistant Professor, Clinical Medicine
Sandra Merscher, PhD
Associate Professor, Research
Zain Mithani, MD
Assistant Professor, Clinical Medicine
Jair Munoz-Mendoza, MD
Associate Professor, Clinical Medicine
Mariella Ortigosa-Goggins, MD
Associate Professor, Clinical Medicine, Miami Transplant Institute
Javier Pagan, MD
Assistant Professor, Clinical Medicine
Alan Rose, MD
Voluntary Associate Professor
David Roth, MD
Professor, Medicine
Marie A. Sosa, MD
Assistant Professor, Clinical Medicine
Vasuki Venkat, MD
Voluntary Faculty
Alumni Placements Include:
Emory University
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee VA Medical Center
University of Miami Health System
Alumni Placements Include:
Emory University
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee VA Medical Center
University of Miami Health System
Notable Alumni
Pooja Amarapurkar, MD
2018
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Emory University
Bianca Madrid, MD
2018
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin
Lumen A. Mendez Castaner, MD
2018
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Miami Health System
Javier Pagan, MD
2017
Assistant Professor, University of Miami Health System
Pooja Amarapurkar, MD
2018
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Emory University
Bianca Madrid, MD
2018
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin
Lumen A. Mendez Castaner, MD
2018
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Miami Health System
Javier Pagan, MD
2017
Assistant Professor, University of Miami Health System