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Welcome to the Nephrology Division
at Elmhurst

The Nephrology Fellowship at Elmhurst equips trainees for a successful career as an academic leader or a clinical practitioner. We provide a diverse and comprehensive nephrology experience through rotations at different institutions like Elmhurst Hospital Center, Queens Hospital Center, Mount Sinai Hospital, and Broadway Dialysis Center.  Fellows gain expertise in consultative nephrology and patient care, encompassing acute and chronic dialysis, transplantation, hypertension management, and nephrolithiasis treatment.  An optional critical care training year at Mount Sinai Hospital furnishes fellows with a unique skillset, allowing them to leverage their combined nephrology and critical care knowledge to best fit their career goals and aspirations.

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Meet Our Staff

Division Attendings

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Joseph Lieber

Maritza Brown, MD

Chief of Division

Director of In-Patient Hemodialysis

Associate Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program

Clerkship/Acting Intern Site Director of Icahn School of Medicine at Elmhurst Hospital

Nephrology Training:

Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

Aaron Stern, MD

Program Director

Medical Director at the Broadway Dialysis Center

Director of Research

Nephrology Training:

Mount Sinai Hospital, NYC

Joseph Lieber, MD

Chief of Medicine

Associate Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program

Nephrology Training:

St. Luke's-Roosevelt Medical Center, NYC

James McGee, MD

Attending

Nephrology Training:

Lenox Hill Hospital-Northwell, NYC

Soja Thakar, MD

Attending

Nephrology Training:

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Current Fellows

Marissa Pedro - F1

Hafiz Saeed - F1

Reham Abdelsayed - F2

Biniyam Abebe - F2

Recent Graduates

Class of 2026

Megan Crants – Critical Care fellow-Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Fnu Kanwal – Internal Medicine resident, South Brooklyn Hospital, NY

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Class of 2025

Hyun Joon Cho – Nephrologist, Baptist Health Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas

Jee Kim – Nephrologist in Private Practice, Newport, RI

Stela Teferici – Nephrologist in Private Practice-Queens, NY

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Class of 2024

Mohamad Bakro - Private Practice, GA​

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Class of 2023

Cora Ogbolu - Westchester Medical Center, NY

Joseph Guadalupe - 3rd-Year Critical Care Track, Mount Sinai Hospital, NYC​​​

Clinical Experience

Elmhurst Hospital

Inpatient

  • Acute consult/ICU service (~10 weeks/year)

  • Chronic dialysis/ICU service (~10 weeks/year)

Outpatient

  • CKD/Transplant Clinic: Thursday PM & Friday AM

  • Broadway Dialysis Center: Weekly rounds while on elective

Elective/Academic time (~15 weeks/year)

  • Urology & Interventional Radiology rotations

Night Coverage

  • Home call

  • ~7-10 nights/month

Weekends: 1 weekend/month

Vacation: 4 weeks/year

The Mount Sinai Hospital

Inpatient transplant service (4 weeks/year)

Renal Pathology (2 weeks/year)​​

Critical Care Track: elective program requiring a separate interview and acceptance process at MSH

  • 1st or 3rd year in Critical Care Medicine

  • ​Rotations in critical care units at Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Queens Hospital, James J. Peters VA Medical Center and Elmhurst Hospital Center

Queens Hospital Center

  • Inpatient service covering both acute consults and chronic dialysis

  • Weekly outpatient clinic

  • Number of weeks vary

Conferences and Scholarly Activities

Conference Schedule

July-October
Core Lectures

  • Lead by faculty and guest speakers

  • Colombia Renal Biopsy Course

NYSN Nephrology Fellows' Bootcamp

  • ~September

  • Selected Fellows


November-June

  • Journal Club (Tuesdays 8:30-9:30am)

  • Case Presentation (Wednesday 8:30-9:30am)

  • Board Review (Wednesday 9:30-10:30am)

  • Renal Pathology Conference (monthly)

Scholarly Activities

  • QI projects

  • Abstracts & Publications

  • National Conferences

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