The region's top level-one trauma and quaternary referral center in Florida. Here, our fellows provide excellent care to patients with complex renal diseases, as well as kidney transplant patients. The trainee sees all inpatient consultations in Nephrology and Hypertension at Tampa General Hospital.  Daily consultations and follow up visits are provided by the nephrology trainees under the supervision of an attending physician. The trainee also performs the full range of procedures and has daily supervision of the attending physician. The renal team includes the trainee, an attending physician, and a second- or third-year Internal Medicine fellow.  

The hospital serves as one of four polytrauma centers nationwide that care for service men and women who have sustained significant combat casualties and has set the national precedent for quality of care and allows us to serve our veterans with multiple complex comorbidities. The service of nephrology, which maintains daily inpatient consults census averaging 15-20 patients, is a referral center serving the area of southwest Florida.  The nephrology division also provides inpatient consultation services for a wide variety of acute and chronic renal disorders.  The trainee sees all nephrology consultations, and performs percutaneous renal biopsies, placement of intravenous catheters for acute hemodialysis and, when indicated, abdominal catheters for acute peritoneal dialysis with appropriate supervision. The advanced nephrology subspecialty fellows on this rotation attend all weekly nephrology clinics.  In addition, the trainee rounds on the in-center dialysis unit and assists with the management of all patients receiving dialysis therapy for ERSD.  The renal team includes the advanced nephrology subspecialty fellow, the attending physician, a first, second or third-year fellow, a renal dietitian, a social worker and the nurse manager of the Dialysis Unit.  Daily teaching rounds standard. 

Founded in 1986, the Moffitt Cancer Center has rapidly grown into one of the premier cancer treatment facilities in the country. A National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center that has been named one of the top ten cancer centers in the United States, Moffitt is on the cutting edge of cancer research and treatment. Boasting a diverse patient population, world-renowned faculty and superb clinical and research facilities, Moffitt offers a truly unique training environment, providing our fellows with exposure to most cancer and chemotherapy-related renal diseases. The trainee will rotate through the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and see all nephrology inpatient consultations and daily follow-ups. The Division of Nephrology provides consultation services for a wide variety of acute and chronic renal disorders, including acid-base and electrolyte disorders and provides the full range of nephrology procedures such as acute/chronic inpatient dialysis, including continuous renal replacement therapy (CVVH/D). The renal team includes the trainee and an attending physician who conducts daily teaching rounds. Each consult is staffed by an attending physician who cosigns all consults and follow-up notes.

USF Health Morsani Center for Advanced Healthcare & USF Health South Tampa Center (STC) for Advanced Healthcare – USF Health’s outpatient centers provide world-class health care involving multiple specialties. Nephrology provides comprehensive care of adults with renal disorders including kidney disease and types of hypertension. Each nephrology trainee is assigned to one, or the other of our two USF Nephrology/Hypertension Continuity Clinics.  In this weekly half-day clinic, the fellow follows, for his/her entire two years of training, the same set of nephrology patients specifically assigned to him/her by name. The fellow is fully responsible for these patients under the guidance of USF staff Nephrology attending physicians. The fellows will be exposed to a variety of renal disorders including CKD, AKI, ESRD, Renal transplant patients, Nephrolithiasis, Renal cystic and hereditary diseases, GN, SLE, resistant HTN, fluid and electrolyte disorders. The trainee is expected to gain an understanding of the progressive nature of chronic kidney disease (CKD), which leads eventually to End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). The trainee is expected to learn how to design a meaningful “clinical action plan”, treat and prevent metabolic bone disease and the cardiovascular complications of CKD, including anemia management.  He/she will learn how to prepare his/her patient for vascular or peritoneal dialysis access, dialysis training, and eventually dialysis and/or transplantation.  The trainee will gain an understanding of how to utilize the current resources available for his/her CKP in view of dialysis and/or transplantation.