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New Jersey Medical School Nephrology

Fellowship · Newark, NJ

Sponsored by Rutgers Health · Directors Heather Lefkowitz and Smita Mahendrakar

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Class size
3
Visas
J-1
PGY-4 salary
$85k2025 to 2026

Red flags

  • Seats left open in the Match. In 5 of the last 5 Matches, too few applicants ranked it to fill its seats.
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Getting in

The Match, seats filled

20220/5
20231/5
20240/4
20251/5
20261/3

Who started, by class

Started 20261 on record of 3 seats · 1 published before starting
  • Alexander PerezUnity Health Hospital1 paper · 1 first author · 1 case report
Started 20252 on record of 5 seats · 2 published before starting
  • Danial MalikWCMC-Unity Health5 papers
  • Usman KaziHCA Florida Citrus Hospital4 papers · 2 case reports · 1 review

Training

5 training sites. Most graduates on record went on to nephrology.

Months at each site

  • University Hospital12 mo
  • Newark Beth Israel Medical Center4 mo
  • Veterans Affairs New Jersey Health Care System - East Orange4 mo
  • Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center4 mo

Where graduates went next

  • Nephrology Fellowship1

Where graduates work now

  • Rutgers Health3
  • Dallas Nephrology Associates2
  • Northeast Kidney Care LLC2
  • Brown University Health1
  • Catholic Health1
  • Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital1

Research

100% of current fellows have a paper since 2023

3 of 3, 8 papers between them

  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention

People

Leadership

  • Heather LefkowitzProgram Director, Nephrology Fellowship
  • Smita MahendrakarProgram Director
  • Julius GardinDirector (Interim), Division of Nephrology

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

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  • Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant CardiologyPositions: 2
  • Cardiovascular DiseasePositions: 15
  • Cardiovascular DiseasePositions: 15
  • Cardiovascular DiseasePositions: 19
  • Clinical Cardiac ElectrophysiologyPositions: 1
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes, and MetabolismPositions: 6
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes, and MetabolismPositions: 3
  • GastroenterologyPositions: 9
  • GastroenterologyPositions: 9
  • GastroenterologyPositions: 3
  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine)Positions: 3
  • Hematology and Medical OncologyPositions: 19
  • Infectious DiseasePositions: 4
  • Infectious DiseasePositions: 2
  • Infectious DiseasePositions: 8
  • Internal MedicinePositions: 60
  • Internal MedicinePositions: 40
  • Internal MedicinePositions: 119
  • Internal MedicinePositions: 39
  • Internal MedicinePositions: 39
  • Internal MedicinePositions: 54
  • Internal MedicinePositions: 78
  • Internal MedicinePositions: 42
  • Interventional CardiologyPositions: 1
  • Interventional CardiologyPositions: 2
  • NephrologyPositions: 4
  • Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care MedicinePositions: 14
  • Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care MedicinePositions: 12
  • Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care MedicinePositions: 6
  • Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care MedicinePositions: 17
  • RheumatologyPositions: 2
  • RheumatologyPositions: 2
  • RheumatologyPositions: 2
  • Transplant HepatologyPositions: 2

Place

Summers reach 88°, winters fall to 26°. About 29 inches of snow a year.

Weather by month

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Commute

2.2M people live within 20 minutes of University Hospital by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $2,120 a month within 10 miles of University Hospital.

Hazards

  • Strong wind
  • Winter storms
  • Heat waves
  • River flooding