Fellowship Training Program

INTRODUCTION

Emory University is located just east of the Atlanta city limits and close to the city of Decatur. There are about 5 million people living in Atlanta. There is a large Ford factory and other heavy industries but Atlanta is primarily a financial center and the home of Coca- Cola and Delta Airlines. Atlanta is a vibrant, exciting, international city and a great place to live! The Wood-ruff Arts Center is the cultural hub of Atlanta. It is "home" to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Alliance Theater, and the High Museum of Art. The Atlanta Ballet performs at the Atlanta Civic Center, and Broadway plays can be seen at the historical Fox Theater. Other attractions include Underground Atlanta, the Atlanta Zoo, Centennial Olympic Park, the Carter Presidential Library, and the Dr. Martin Luther King National Historical Site. In addition to hosting the 1994 and 2000 Super Bowls, the 2000 All-Star Game, and the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games, Atlanta has professional teams in baseball, football, basketball, and hockey. In addition local universities have national caliber teams in many sports, including the Georgia Bulldogs and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Recreational sports are available, including: outdoor tennis year-round; boating at Lake Lanier; and camping at Stone Mountain Park. The Blue Ridge Mountains are only an hour and a half away with beautiful lakes, hiking, camping, whitewater canoing, and foliage.

The Department of Medicine Chairman is Dr. R. Wayne Alexander, the Director of the Renal Division is Dr. Jeff M. Sands, and the Director of the Renal Fellowship Training Program is Dr. James L. Bailey. The Renal Division provides care for patients with hypertension or kidney disease at Emory University Hospital, the Atlanta VA Medical Center, Grady Memorial Hospital, Crawford W. Long Hospital, and Wesley Woods Geriatric Hospital. There is an hourly shuttle bus that runs between the Emory campus and Grady and Crawford Long hospitals. The VA Hospital and Wesley Woods are adjacent to the Emory campus and can be reached by a brief car ride or walk. The Division staffs several outpatient dialysis units, the only one of which fellows staff is the Gambro unit near Grady Hospital. Georgia Institute of Technology (Ga. Tech) is located in midtown Atlanta, approximately a 15-20 minute car ride. There is extensive research collaboration between Emory and Ga. Tech. The Centers for Disease Control and the American Cancer Society headquarters are both within walking distance. Laboratories of the Division are located on the Emory University campus in the Woodruff Memorial Research Building. Our location provides easy access to the medical library, all the basic science departments in the Medical School as well as the College, and Emory University Hospital and Clinic. Housestaff have access to the wide range of activities on the Emory campus, including extensive athletic facilities that are a brief walk from the Renal Division office.

The goal of the fellowship training program in Nephrology at Emory University School of Medicine is to prepare the candidate for a career in academic nephrology (3 years) or clinical practice (2 years). Our approach is to integrate all facets of academic nephrology (patient care, teaching, and research) into a unified training experience. One year is devoted entirely to clinical nephrology. In the research track, an additional 2-3 years are devoted to research with very limited clinical responsibilities. In the clinical track, the second year is devoted primarily to clinical training with a period of required clinical research. Additional clinical years are available for training in transplantation nephrology and interventional nephrology.
RESEARCH TRAINING