Nephrology Fellowship Application Guide
The general application process for Nephrology Fellowship involves completing an on-line application in the ERAS system. Information regarding registration, policies and procedures may be found on the ERAS website (www.aamc.org/audienceeras.htm). The New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell program has 8 fellows, and our program is a 2-year fellowship. We recruit 4 fellows each year. There may be opportunities for interested fellows to complete an additional third year of fellowship in Transplantation or Hypertension.
Timeline for applications for training beginning on July 1, 2011
Mid June 2009: MyERAS User Guide available.
July 1, 2009: MyERAS website opens to applicants to begin working on their applications.
November 15, 2009: Applicants may submit applications via the ERAS system.
December 1, 2009: ERAS applications are downloaded by the individual Nephrology Programs for positions starting 18 months later.
January through May 2010: Selected applicants are invited for interviews.
First week in June 2010: Match day. Most programs, including our own, recruit entirely through the match. A very small percentage of programs may recruit fellows outside of the match.
General Advice
Nephrology is a tremendously exciting subspecialty with a myriad of diverse job opportunities. The Weill Cornell Program is world-renowned in the areas of Transplantation, Dialysis and Hypertension. Our fellows rotate at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and obtain invaluable exposure to renal complications associated with cancer. The Transplantation Immunobiology Laboratory at Weill Cornell has a robust, NIH funded research portfolio and has made seminal contributions to the field of transplantation, cancer research and diabetes. Exposure to nephrology during residency may not encompass all of the exciting opportunities in this subspecialty. Residents who are interested are encouraged to meet with the Program Director, Dr. Phyllis August; the Division Chief, Dr. Manikkam Suthanthiran, and any of the key clinical faculty including Dr. Jeffrey Silberzweig (Rogosin Institute), and Dr. Ilya Glezerman (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center).Residents who are interested in Nephrology should take advantage of the wonderful opportunity to attend the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Annual Meeting, which usually takes place the last week of October. The ASN has a sponsored resident’s program and will reimburse the costs of residents attending the meeting. Please contact Sue Campus in the Division of Nephrology (212-746-4430) as early in the year as possible if you are interested in attending.
Contacts
Phyllis August, MD, MPH
Nephrology Fellowship Program Director
Tel: 212-746-2210
Manikkam Suthanthiran, MD
Chief, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Tel: 212-746-4498
Fran Gillen
Fellowship Administrator
Tel: 212-746-0822
