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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