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About Christiana Care
With hospitals in
Wilmington and Newark, more than 1,100 patient beds, a home health
service, preventive medicine, rehabilitation services and an extensive
network of primary care physicians and outpatient services, Christiana
Care Health System is one of the region's largest health care providers,
serving Delaware and neighboring areas in Maryland, Pennsylvania and New
Jersey. A not-for-profit teaching hospital, Christiana Care is recognized
as a regional center for excellence in cardiology, cancer, orthopaedics
and women's health services. Christiana Hospital is the only Level I
trauma center between Philadelphia and Baltimore and the only Level 3
neonatal intensive care unit in Delaware. With more than 10,000 employees,
Christiana Care is the largest private employer in Delaware and the 10th
largest employer in the Philadelphia region.
About the Fellowship
Christiana Care's two-year
fellowship in nephrology enrolled its first candidate in July 2009. The
program provides superior, hands-on training-including experience in
Delaware's only adult transplant program-for talented physicians who wish
to become skilled nephrologists. Fellows will work with an expert team of
nephrologists, recognized in 2008 by the national Renal Physicians
Association with the Exemplary Practice Award.
Drawing from a wide range of patient care experiences, our broad-based
curriculum incorporates the latest advances in renal medicine. Fellows
will be trained in all facets of patient management, including invasive
and non-invasive diagnostic and therapeutic modalities.
Christiana Care Health System is the largest
teaching affiliate of Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA. The
fellowship offers ample opportunity to teach residents and medical
students in a variety of settings. Over the course of the two-year
fellowship, six months will be devoted to research.
Since Christiana Care is both the tertiary care center for all of
Delaware and surrounding areas in MD, NJ, and PA, and provides primary
care for patients in Newcastle County, nephrology fellows will have
extensive exposure to and experience with patients with usual and unusual
renal disorders. Patient volumes and clinical data are listed below:
| Patient volumes and clinical
data: |
| Renal biopsies |
65 |
| Inpatient hemodialysis treatments |
6,989 |
| Inpatient consultations |
>2000 |
| Outpatient hemodialysis treatments |
3,346 |
| Continuous renal replacement
treatments in an ICU setting |
231 |
| Inpatient peritoneal dialysis
treatments |
391 |
| Renal transplants (rolling twelve
month total) |
30 |
Our aim is to train clinical nephrologists to provide state-of-the-art
renal care, and to instill in our fellows a sense of compassion and
understanding that recognizes the needs of patients, their families and
loved ones. Our philosophy in educating physicians now and for the future
combines excellence in patient care with excellence in scholarship.
Qualified physicians with a demonstrated commitment to
excellence are encouraged to apply by Jan. 31, 2010. |
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Fellowship overview
