Introduction

Nephrology is a broad field with many subspecialties. Although you may not spend time on a dedicated nephrology service, you will encounter different types of kidney disease in each of your rotations — for example, patients with end-stage kidney disease on dialysis, those in septic shock with acute kidney injury, and those with a kidney transplant admitted for infection or other problems.

This rotation guide covers the following topics:

Additional topics are covered in the following rotation guides:

Acid/Base Disorders (Critical Care)
Hypertension (Ambulatory Care)
Urinary Tract Infection, Opportunistic Infections in Transplant (Infectious Diseases)
Abdominopelvic Emergencies (Emergency Medicine)

Julie R. Ingelfinger, MD, is Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, Senior consultant in Pediatric Nephrology at MassGeneral Hospital for Children at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Deputy Editor of the New England Journal of Medicine.

This rotation guide was developed by a collaborative team of contributors, including:
Writers: Jehan Chowdhury, DO; Ken Wu, MBBS, MRCPCH; Ramya Ramaswami MBBS, MRCP, MPH; Andrea Merrill, MD (NEJM Fellows)
Peer Reviewers: Kassam Safa, MD; Charbel Khoury, MD; Jessica Tangren, MD; Timothy Sutton, MD; and Nupur Gupta, MD
Section Expert: Julie Ingelfinger, MD
Senior Editor: Ole-Petter Hamnvik, MB BCh BAO, MMSc
Last Updated: May 2024 by Clement Lee, MD, MSc