Nephrology Fellowship Program

Located in the geographic center of Brooklyn - New York City's largest borough - this university based teaching program aims to prepare both practitioners and investigators to enter the exciting and fast evolving field of kidney disease and its management. Brooklyn is the home of Walt Whitman, Thomas Wolf, Arthur Miller, Barbara Streisand, Danny Kaye, Jackie Robinson, Austin Flint, Jean Redman Oliver, Barry M. Brenner, the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Brooklyn Museum, the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, Coney Island, Sheepshead Bay, and Peter Luger's Steak House - number one in the United States. Brooklyn scintillates with creative talent in the arts and sciences and has produced more medical department chairpersons than any other region of the country.

An unusual aspect of this program is the fellow's exposure to Federal [Brooklyn Veterans Administration Hospital (907 beds + 3 ICUs], State [University Hospital of Brooklyn (376 beds + 3 ICUs)], municipal (City) [Kings County Hospital Center (600 beds + 5 ICUs)] and Staten Island University Hospital (813 beds + 3 ICUs). Program graduates now direct renal programs in Asia, South America, Europe, Africa, and throughout the United States.

A total of 23 nephrologists are directly involved in the nephrology training program. Additional basic science and clinical faculty participate in fellow instruction through collaborative research projects. Moro O. Salifu, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, serves as a supervisor of fellowship affairs to blend the multiple facets of rotations, training, investigation, and meeting attendance into an effective program. Nephrologists and their areas of interest are:

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Name	Title	Area of Interest	Primary Appointment
Eli A. Friedman, MD, MACP elifriedmn@aol.com (718) 270-1584 Box # 52	Distinguished Teaching Professor of MedicineChief, Division of Nephrology, SUNY Downstate	Diabetic Nephropathy, Uremia	Medicine - Renal Div.
Edmund J. Bourke, MD edmund.bourke@downstate.edu (718) 270-2030 Box # 50	Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine, SUNY Downstate	Acid-base	Chair, Dept. of Medicine
Barbara G. Delano, MD, MPH bgdelan@pol.net (718) 270-2425 Box # 52	Professor of Medicine,Deputy Chief of NephrologyDirector, Home Dialysis, SUNY Downstate	Home Hemoialysis, CAPD, Epidemiology	Medicine - Renal Div.
Moro O. Salifu, MD, MPH moro.salifu@downstate.edu (718) 270-1584 Box # 52	Assistant Professor of Medicine,Director, Nephrology Fellowship Program, SUNY Downstate	Renal Transplant Outcomes, Allograft Dysfunction, Glomerular Diseases	Medicine - Renal Div
Mariana S. Markell, MD myohomom@aol.com (718) 270-1584 Box # 52	Associate Professor of Medicine,Director, Transplant nephrology, SUNY Downstate	Post-transplant Metabolic Diseases	Medicine - Renal Div.
Clinton D. Brown, MD crownbrown@aol.com (718) 270-1729 Box # 52	Assistant Professor of Medicine,Director, Parkside Ambulatory Dialysis Center, SUNY Downstate	Lipid Metabolism	Medicine - Renal Div.
Yalem Woredekal, MD yworedekal @aol.com (718) 270-1584 Box # 52	Assistant Professor of Medicine,Director, of hemodialysis center, Kings County Hospital Center	Hemodialysis	Medicine - Renal Div.
Jeanne Macrae, MD Jeanne.macrae@downstate.edu (718) 270-1566 Box # 50	Assistant Professor of Medicine,Director, Internal medicine residency Program	Clinical Nephrology	Medicine
Frieda Wolf wolffrieda@yahoo.com (718) 270-10454 Box # 52	Assistant Professor of Medicine,Director, CME Activities, SUNY Downstate	Chronic Allograft Dysfunction	Medicine - Renal Div.
Anthony J. Joseph, MD Anjjoseph@netscape.net (718) 270-2198 Box # 52	Assistant Professor of Medicine,Director, Inpatient Dialysis Services, SUNY Downstate	Clinical Nephrology and Hemodialysis	Medicine - Renal Div.
Henry R. Paul, MD henry.paul@downstate.edu (718) 270-1584 Box # 52	Assistant Professor of Medicine,Attending Nephrologist, SUNY Downstate	Clinical Nephrology and Hemodialysis	Medicine - Renal Div.
Carline Guirand, MD (718) 245-8157 Box # 52	Attending Nephrologist, Kings County Hospital Center	Clinical Nephrology	Medicine - Renal Div.
Halim S. Ghali, MD hghali@hotmail.com (718) 270-1584 Box # 52	Attending Nephrologist, Kings County Hospital Center	Clinical Nephrology	Medicine - Renal Div.
Man S. Oh, MD Man.oh@downstate.edu (718) 270-1565 Box # 21	Professor of MedicineDirector, Fluid and Electrolytes, SUNY Downstate	Fluid and Electrolytes	Medicine - Renal Div.
Hugh J. Carroll, MD Hugh.carroll@downstate.edu (718) 270-1564 Box # 21	Professor of Medicine,Director Emeritus, Fluid and Electrolytes, SUNY Downstate	Fluid and Electrolytes	Medicine - Renal Div.
Robert H. Barth, MD Robert.barth@med.va.gov (718) 836-3762	Associate Professor of MedicineChief of Dialysis & Affiliate Program Director, VA Medical Center	Hemodialysis, Infections, Nutrition, Bone Disease	Medicine - Renal Div
Phillip Goldwasser Phillip.goldwasser@med.va.gov (718) 836-3762	Assistant Professor of MedicineDirector of CAPD, VA Medical Center	Peritoneal Dialysis	Medicine - Renal Div
Morton J. Kleiner, MD	Chief of Nephrology and affiliate Program Director, Staten Island University Hospital	Clinical and Interventional Nephrology	Medicine - Renal Div
Saggi Subodh, MD sjsaggi@aol.com (718) 987-5942	Attending Nephrologist, Staten Island University Hospital	Clinical and Interventional Nephrology	Medicine - Renal Div
SUNY Office Phone	.	.	270-1584
SUNY Acute Dialysis	.	.	270-2511 270-2510
SUNY Chronic Dialysis	.	.	703-5920
KCH Acute Dialysis	.	.	613-8175
KCH Chronic Dialysis	.	.	613-8151
VA Office Phone	.	.	836-6600 X3762

Description of Training Program:

The First year focuses on clinical consultation and primary patient supervision with emphasis on ambulatory care and total patient supervision. The Second year includes four months of research and rotations through clinical and kidney/pancreas transplant services. A Third year devoted to investigation is optional for select, highly motivated individuals having successfully completed the first 2 fellowship years. Emphasis is placed on preparing the fellow to present scientific information at national and international meetings as well as at on site research and grand rounds conferences.

Critical thinking, renal biopsy interpretation,and literature review are emphasized throughout the program.

Clinical Rotations:

Kings County Hospital consultations - 3 months

University Hospital consultations - 2 months

Veterans Administration -6 months

Staten Island University Hospital - 2 months

— Renal Transplantation - 3 months

— Research and Elective - 5 months

— Ambulatory-3 months

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Sample of weekly activities for fellows

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Outpatient Experiences:

— Weekly to biweekly Clinic - 22 months

Applications/Information:

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Dr. Eli A. Friedman
Chief, Division of Renal Disease

Dr. Moro O. Salifu
Fellowship Director

SUNY-Health Science Center
450 Clarkson Avenue Box 52
Brooklyn, New York 11203
Phone: (718) 270-1584
FAX: (718) 270-3327
For more information contact: jcolumbo@netmail.hscbklyn.edu

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Other Nephrology Resources:

— The RENALNET Information Service

— NIDDK