Overview of East Carolina University Nephrology .Overview of East Carolina University Nephrology

Overview of East Carolina University

Nephrology Fellowship Program

Our office, ECU Nephrology and Hypertension

Our hospital, Vidant Medical Center

Current breakdown of RotationsRotation 1st year 2nd year

Consults 3 3

ESRD Service 2 2

Outpatient 2 2

Dialysis 1 --

Transplant 1 1

Independent Study -- 1

Procedural/Float 1 --

Research 1 2

Elective 1 1

2013-2014 block schedule (our transition year from 4 to 6 fellows)

Educational Conferences

Case Conference weekly

Journal Club monthly

Nephrology Grand Rounds monthly

Fellow Lecture Series weekly Including orientation and board review series

Fellows Didactic Pathology Conference monthly

Renal Biopsy Conference monthly

Research Conference monthly

Ambulatory Clinics Continuity clinic day per week (includes day of GN clinic

once a month when assigned to AM continuity clinic) Acute transplant clinic day per week

4 months per year

Chronic transplant clinic day per week 4 months per year See fellow cohort only unless on transplant rotation

Outpatient Hemodialysis shift 2 months per year on outpatient block See fellow cohort (1st yr = 5 patients; 2nd yr = 10 patients) Fellows get to select their dialysis teaching attending

Home Hemodialysis Clinic with Dr. Christiano during outpatient block (2 months each year)

PD clinic Monthly throughout fellowship (2 patients per fellow)

FacultyCynthia Christiano, MD

Division Chief of Nephrology & Hypertension

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Medical Director ECU Dialysis

Medical Director Dare County Dialysis

Interests: Dialysis, Advanced CKD, Dialysis Water Treatment, Quality Improvement and Safety

MJ Barchman, MD

Professor of Medicine

Director of Apheresis

Director of CRRT

Interests: Critical Care Nephrology, CRRT, Acute Kidney Injury, Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disorders, Glomerular Diesease, Apheresis, Medical Education

Paul Bolin, Jr., MD

Professor and Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine

Interests: Kidney Transplantation, Hypertension, Apheresis

Tejas Desai, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Associate Director Internal Medicine Residency Program

Founder and Editor-In-Chief , Nephrology On-Demand

Interests: Web-based teaching, Electrolytes and Acid-Base Disorders

Melanie Hames, DO

Fellowship Program Director

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Interests: Early CKD, Prevention/slowing progression of CKD, Dialysis, Fellow Education

Hsiao Lai, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics

Interests: Renal Development, Hypertension, CKD prevention, transition of care from pediatrics to adult

Reggie Obi, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Interests: Glomerulonephritis

Pankaj Jawa, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine (as of late 2013)

Interests: Kidney Transplantation, Acute Kidney Injury, Electrolytes and Acid-Base Disorders

Current Fellows

Hiren Joshi, MD Aman Bilal, MD Ananda Gurram, MD

Satcha Borgella, MD Marjan Vandevar, DO

1st year fellows

2nd year fellows

Program statistics ACGME accredited

As of 2/2012, achieved a 10 year accreditation status

100% first-time takers board pass rate since 2005 91% board pass rate since inception of fellowship

Significant growth in multiple areas: Kidney transplant program

37 kidney transplants 2009 up to 90 in 2012

Paperwork submitted to begin pancreas program

Growing faculty with ongoing recruitment in anticipation of further growth

Fellows (from 4 to 6 fellows effective 7/1/14)

Benefits For details see VMC GME website

http://www.ecu.edu/gme/office.cfm

Salary 2013-14: PGYIV $55,216

PGYV $56,988

15 days per year vacation

12 days per year sick leave

http://www.ecu.edu/gme/office.cfm

Benefits

10 days per year professional/meeting attendance

5 days per fellowship for visa/interviews/admin

$1500.00 book and travel per 2 year fellowship

Additional $500.00 + 3 days extra travel for any poster or oral presentation accepted at ASN, ASH, AST

$1500.00 support towards Board Review DVD purchase or towards registration to attend board review course (ASN or Brigham/Harvard)

$100.00 per month meal allowance

About Vidant Health Serves 1.4 million people from 29 counties in Eastern NC 10 hospitals, also physician offices, home health, hospice

and wellness centers Affiliated with the Brody School of Medicine at East

Carolina University

About Vidant Medical Center

One of 4 academic medical centers in NC

850 bed Tertiary referral center and level 1 trauma center

Over 500 physicans and 1200 nurses on staff

Average 44,000 admissions per year, 111,000 emergency room visits and 266,000 outpatient visits per year

Largest employer in NC east of Raleigh

About Greenville

Population 86,000 (135,000 Pitt Co), located on the south bank of the Tar River, 85 miles east of Raleigh. Modest cost of living.

Home of East Carolina University, 2nd largest University and fastest growing campus in the UNC system

In 2012, ranked in the top ten of the nations Best Small Places for Business and Careers by Forbes Magazine

13 elementary schools, 5 middle schools, 4 high schools; also 10 private schools

About Greenville / Pitt County Numerous parks and fitness centers including

ECU Student Recreation Center (SRC) and VidantWellness Center

Variety of restaurants, Pitt County Farmers Market, Umbrella Market downtown

Lot of local festivals and celebrations: Farmville Dogwood Festival, Great Pirate Purple/Gold Pigskin Pigout Party, Pirate Fest, Winterville Watermelon Festival, Ayden Collard Festival, Pitt County Fair, Washington Music in the Streets

BMX Pro Town USA

About Eastern North Carolina Numerous state parks, rivers and beaches

Opportunities for hiking, kayaking, canoeing, waterskiing, golf, camping, fishing, biking, running

9 lighthouses in NC, many of which you can still climb

The Outer Banks Manteo Roanoke Island summer production The Lost Colony

Ocracoke Island

Beaufort - waterfront town with great restaurants Shackleford Banks for the wild ponies

Family beaches including Emerald Isle, Atlantic Beach and the Beaches of the Outer Banks

About Eastern North Carolina New Bern home of Pepsi Cola and great restaurants,

Tryon Palace and more Aurora Fossil Museum Historic Bath, home of Blackbeard the Pirate Sailing in Oriental (village of 875 people and 2700

boats) Fort Macon State Park near Atlantic Beach The Duplin Winery in Rose Hill Wright Brothers Monument in Kill Devil Hills 1st in

flight NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll shores Not far away is Raleigh, Cary, Norfolk, historic

Williamsburg. A little farther the NC Zoo in Asheboro.

And a couple of pages from our photo album.

Music in the Streets -Washington, NC Pee Dee the Pirate

ECU Mascot

ECU Pirate Football Purple Pride!

Morning of the kayakalon

Life in Eastern North Carolina

And our wonderful coordinator Elaine - her family enjoying a day of boating on the river!

Contact information

Melanie Hames, DO

Program Director

Office (main #) 252-744-2545

hamesm@ecu.edu

Elaine Briley

Fellowship Coordinator

Office 252-744-3865

brileye@ecu.edu

Other Nephrology Info: Meetings

Annual Renal Disease and Electrolyte Disorders Aspen July 22 - 26, 2013

AST Fellows Symposium Grapevine TX Sept 20-22, 2013

ASN Board Review course Chicago Aug 10-16, 2013

Renal Biopsy in Medical Disease of Kidney NY Jul 17-20, 2013

ASN Annual Meeting Atlanta Nov 5-10, 2013

International Conference on CRRT - San Diego Mar 4-7, 2014

National Kidney Foundation - Las Vegas Apr 22-26, 2014

American Society of Hypertension (ASH) - New York May 17-20, 2014

American Society of Transplantation - San Fran July 26-31, 2014

NKF abstract deadline ~December 2013

ASN abstract deadline ~June 2014

Other Nephrology Info: Websites

American Society of Nephrology www.asn-online.org International Society of Nephrology http://www.isn-online.org/ Renal Physicians Association (RPA) http://www.renalmd.org/ National Kidney Foundation (NKF) www.kidney.org American Society of Hypertension (ASH) www.ash-us.org American Society of Transplantation (AST) www.a-s-t.org American Society for Apheresis http://www.apheresis.org/ Renal Research Institute (RRI) www.renalresearch.com The Nephron Information Center http://nephron.com/index.shtml Nat. Institute of Diabetic, Digestive, Kidney Dzs http://www.niddk.nih.gov/ Renal Fellows Blog http://renalfellow.blogspot.com/ ECU Nephrology On Demand (NOD) http://www.nephrologyondemand.org/

http://www.asn-online.org/http://www.isn-online.org/http://www.renalmd.org/http://www.kidney.org/http://www.ash-us.org/http://www.a-s-t.org/http://www.apheresis.org/http://www.renalresearch.com/http://nephron.com/index.shtmlhttp://www.niddk.nih.gov/http://renalfellow.blogspot.com/http://www.nephrologyondemand.org/

Other Nephrology Info: Websites

Other educational websites HTN, Dialysis and Clinical Nephrology www.hdcn.com Schrier Atlas of