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UPMC Medical Education Nephrology

Fellowship · Pittsburgh, PA

Sponsored by UPMC Medical Education · Director Helbert Rondon

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Class size
6
Visas
J-1, H-1BH-1B for some
PGY-4 salary
$82k2027 to 2028

Red flags

  • Seats left open in the Match. In 2 of the last 5 Matches, too few applicants ranked it to fill its seats.
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Getting in

The Match, seats filled

20226/6
20236/6
20242/6
20256/6
20263/6

Who started, by class

Started 20251 on record of 6 seats
  • Muhammad AyubKhyber Med Coll
Started 20247 on record of 6 seats · 5 published before starting
  • Nimit DalalNorthside Medical Center / Western Reserve Health6 papers · 2 first author · 5 case reports
  • Deeptanshu JainRochester Regional Health3 papers · 2 case reports
  • Michelle KeyserHillcrest Medical Center at University of California San Diego Health2 papers · 1 first author · 1 case report · 1 review
  • Caoimhe DowlingRochester Regional Health1 paper · 1 case report
  • George ViriyaSUNY Downstate Health Sciences University1 paper · 1 case report
  • Hussein TahanulqiwaWayne State University School of Medicine
  • Shashwat SinghFrank H Netter MD Sch of Med at Quinnipiac Univ

Training

5 training sites.

Months at each site

  • UPMC Presbyterian18 mo
  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Pittsburgh)3 mo
  • Dialysis Clinic, Inc. (Oakland)2 mo
  • UPMC Magee - Womens Hospital2 mo

Where graduates went next

  • Fellowship3
  • Transplant Nephrology Fellowship3
  • Critical Care Medicine Fellowship2
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes, And Metabolism Fellowship1
  • Med-Peds Nephrology Fellowship1
  • Onco-Nephrology Fellowship1

Where graduates work now

  • Upmc7
  • UPMC Medical Education3
  • Geisinger2
  • George Washington University Medical School2
  • Otto Roza MD Pa2
  • Tidewater Kidney Specialists Inc2

Research

20% of current fellows have a paper since 2023

1 of 5, 2 papers between them

  • Acute Kidney Injury Research
  • Ion Transport and Channel Regulation
  • Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
  • Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments

People

Leadership

  • Helbert RondonProgram Director
  • Amar BansalAssociate Director, Nephrology Fellowship Training Program
  • Thomas KleymanDivision Chief, Renal-Electrolyte
  • Vinay Krishna PulusuChief Nephrology Fellow

Find someone

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

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  • Sleep Medicine (Multidisciplinary)Positions: 3
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Place

Summers reach 83°, winters fall to 22°. About 42 inches of snow a year.

Weather by month

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Commute

695k people live within 20 minutes of UPMC Presbyterian by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $1,140 a month within 10 miles of UPMC Presbyterian.

Hazards

  • River flooding
  • Cold waves
  • Ice storms
  • Strong wind