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Kaiser Permanente Southern California (Los Angeles) Nephrology

Fellowship · Los Angeles, CA

Sponsored by Kaiser Permanente Southern California · Directors Jun Shoji and Marcelo Sampaio

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Class size
4
Visas
None
PGY-4 salary
$100k2026 to 2027

Red flags

  • Seats left open in the Match. In 1 of the last 5 Matches, too few applicants ranked it to fill its seats.
  • No visa sponsorship. Only applicants who need no visa can train here.
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Getting in

The Match, seats filled

20224/4
20234/4
20241/4
20254/4
20264/4

Who started, by class

Started 20264 on record of 4 seats · 1 published before starting
  • Ashley TangHCA Healthcare Riverside2 papers
  • Dustin NguyenHCA Healthcare Riverside
  • Henry KimKaiser Inland Empire Internal Medicine Residency
  • Kirkland BradshawHCA Florida Northside Hospital
Started 20255 on record of 4 seats · 3 published before starting
  • Sophia TaikRichmond University Medical Center6 papers · 1 first author · 4 case reports · 1 review
  • Priscilla VuAdventist Health White Memorial2 papers · 1 first author · 1 case report
  • Marvi HussainKPC Global Medical Centers, Inc.1 paper · 1 first author
  • Bhoomi ShahSoutheast Health
  • Huy TruongEmanate Health
Started 20243 on record of 4 seats · 3 published before starting
  • Tiffany TruongCedars-Sinai Medical Center2 papers · 1 first author · 2 reviews
  • Carolyn KimDavid Geffen Sch of Med at UCLA1 paper · 1 review
  • Rachel RoanSouthwest Healthcare Medical Education Consortium1 paper

Training

3 training sites.

Months at each site

  • Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center18 mo
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center7 mo

Where graduates went next

  • Complex Family Planning Fellowship1
  • Fellowship1
  • Nephrology Fellowship1
  • Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship1

Where graduates work now

  • Kaiser Permanente Southern California16
  • National Nephrology Alliance4
  • Kaiser Foundation Hospital3
  • UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center3
  • California Kidney Specialists2
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center2

Research

38% of current fellows have a paper since 2023

3 of 8, 7 papers between them

  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
  • Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies

People

Leadership

  • Jun ShojiNephrology Program Director, Cedars Sinai; Transplant Nephrology Fellowship Director, Cedars Sinai
  • Marcelo SampaioProgram Director
  • Alice PengAssociate Program Director, Cedars-Sinai
  • Joseph KahwajiAssociate Program Director

Find someone

Faculty, fellows, graduates and the people fellows publish with.

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  • Internal MedicinePositions: 30
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  • Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care MedicinePositions: 6

Place

Summers reach 85°, winters fall to 49°.

Weather by month

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Commute

2.5M people live within 20 minutes of Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $2,200 a month within 10 miles of Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center.

Hazards

  • Earthquakes
  • River flooding
  • Wildfire
  • Lightning