Nephrology Fellowship
GOALS/MISSION
The mission of the Nephrology Fellowship training program is to transform health care for New Jersey and the nation through innovation and excellence in nephrology education, research, patient-and family centered care, and addressing the diverse needs of our community. Our goal is to produce physicians who are: (1) clinically competent in the field of nephrology; (2) capable of working in a variety of settings; and (3) possess habits of lifelong learning to build upon their knowledge, skills and professionalism.
CLINICAL TRAINING
The Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) Nephrology Fellowship is an ACGME-accredited program that offers fellows comprehensive exposure to a wide range of kidney-related conditions across multiple clinical sites. The primary training site is Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH), a state-of-the-art academic medical center. Our fellows care for a diverse patient population representing all ages, genders, and ethnic backgrounds, providing rich experience in the management of varied clinical problems, the full spectrum of kidney disease, and kidney transplantation.
Fellows have appropriate supervised experience to develop skills in providing consultative services and communicating with physicians and other members of the health care team and being a professional advocate for the patient within the healthcare system. Fellows are guided by skilled faculty preceptors who emphasize education. There is inpatient exposure to acute kidney injury, glomerulonephritis, fluid and electrolytes, ICU nephrology, and extensive training in acute dialysis, including continuous dialysis therapy.
In recognition of the importance of outpatient medicine to the practice of nephrology, all fellows spend at least one half day per week for the entire 2-year period in an ambulatory care clinic in which both new and continuity care patients with nephrologic diseases are evaluated and managed and also rotate through the clinic at the RWJUH Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Center for exposure to patients at all stages of kidney transplantation. Training in outpatient hemodialysis, home hemodialysis, and peritoneal dialysis is done at the DCI North Brunswick Dialysis Center. Please replace North Brunswick with New Brunswick.
RESEARCH
The Division of Nephrology and the Department of Medicine are dedicated to fostering an environment of inquiry for our fellows, with research and scholarly activity serving as integral components of the fellowship. Fellows receive individualized mentorship from faculty aligned with their interests, guiding them toward their academic and professional goals. Dedicated research rotations in the second year provide protected time for investigation, while the Program Director and Division ensure access to the necessary technological and educational resources. Each fellow is paired with a faculty mentor to support and advance their research endeavors.
Educational Curriculum
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The fellowship program curriculum provides the opportunity for trainees to achieve cognitive knowledge and procedural skills, develop interpersonal skills, professionalism, cultivate humanistic attitudes, ethical behaviors and gain supervised practical experience as a consultant in treating a wide range of clinical problems- acute and chronic- in varied patient populations (different ethnicities, age groups, socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds).
Fellows have ready access to specialty-specific and other appropriate reference material in print or electronic format through the Rutgers University Libraries. Electronic medical literature databases with search capabilities are be available from any location.
Our fellowship offers a broad-based didactic curriculum. Didactic Conferences are held on a regular basis and all fellows participate actively in the planning and participation of these conferences. These include:
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Core curriculum weekly lecture series
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Board review
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Journal Club
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Renal grand rounds
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Morbidity & Mortality
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General pathology
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Transplant pathology
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Interdisciplinary Case Conferences
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Robert Wood Johnson Medical School/Clinical Academic Building (Outpatient Rotation), 125 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, NJ
The Clinical Academic Building (CAB) houses the outpatient offices of Rutgers Health, a large multi-specialty group.
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (Inpatient Rotation) One Robert Wood Johnson Place, New Brunswick, NJ
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) is a 620-bed, non-profit, research, and academic teaching hospital that is the flagship hospital of the RWJBarnabas Health System. This is a large, top-ranked, tertiary care hospital that delivers that delivers the full spectrum of acute care. RWJUH is a level 1 trauma center, delivers state of the art cancer care, provides high level ICU care, offers the most cutting edge surgical procedures, and is a kidney, pancreas, and heart transplant center. All medical and surgical subspecialties are represented here.
Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Center, 7th Floor, 10 Plum Street, New Brunswick, NJ
The Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Center is located just across the street from our medical center. RWJ has a thriving and growing kidney and pancreas transplant program and is transplanting an increasing number of patients year after year. Both pre-transplant and post-transplant patients are seen here. Additionally, pre- and post-cardiac transplant patients are seen in the same area, allowing for collaboration between nephrologists and heart transplant/heart failure physicians.
DCI New Brunswick (Outpatient dialysis rotations), 64 Abeel Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
DCI New Brunswick is a state of the art dialysis facility built in 2024 and is just 1 mile away from the hospital. DCI New Brunswick houses our main hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and home dialysis programs. Fellows gain experience in outpatient dialysis at DCI where they can manage ESRD patients with increasing responsibility.
Nephrology Fellows must be updated for 2025-2026
The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital (Inpatient Pediatric Nephrology), 200 Somerset Street, New Brunwsick, NJ
Connected to RWJUH, Children’s Hospital is a 105-bed, acute care, pediatric hospital and affords our fellows exposure to pediatric nephrology. Fellows round with our two, pediatric nephrology attending and see the full spectrum of inpatient, pediatric nephrology.
Child Health Institute of New Jersey, 2nd Floor, 89 French Street, New Brunswick, NJ
The Child Health Institute houses our pediatric nephrology clinics. We have two, full-time pediatric nephrologists who precept our fellows affording them the opportunity to see the full range of outpatient, pediatric nephrology.
Rotation First Year Second Year Inpatient/General Nephrology 4 months 2 months Inpatient/Outpatient Dialysis 4 months 2 months Transplant 2 months 1 month Elective/Research 2 months 7 months Electives include: intensive care nephrology, pediatric nephrology, radiology,
pathology, outpatient dialysis, transplantation, plasmapheresis (or any other area of
concentration that is approved by the program director)
Vacations in the first year are preferentially scheduled for non-elective months, to
allow the first year fellows to have full opportunity to take advantage of their non-
consult months; second year vacations are generally scheduled during their elective time. -
- Completion of USMLE steps 1, 2, and 3
- ABIM board certified or board eligible in internal medicine
- NJ license (limited license if on visa)
- A valid ECFMG certificate for all foreign medical graduates
- Completion of an ACGME accredited fellowship
- A program director’s letter and at least 2 other recommendation
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Andrew Polyak, MD
Fellowship Year 2
Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine
Residency: Rutgers Health/Trinitas Regional Medical Center ProgramNathan Zeidan, DO
Fellowship Year 2
Medical School: West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Stony Brook Medicine/Southampton Hospital ProgramMichael Mira, MD
Fellowship Year 1
Medical School: Poznan University of Medical Sciences Center for Medical Education in English
Residency: Atlantic Health System-Overlook Medical CenterNooruddin Hashmi, MD
Fellowship Year 1
Medical School: St. George's University School of Medicine
Residency: Long Island Jewish Forest Hills Hospital
Salaries and Benefits
The Nephrology Fellowship offers a uniform package of benefits consistent with those provided at all graduate medical educational programs operated by the medical school. Full details are continuously updated by the Office of Graduate Medical Education.
Contact Us
Ms. Alicia Marty
Department of Medicine
Fellowship Program Coordinator
alicia.marty@rwjms.rutgers.edu.
