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Fellowship Program Leadership

Director-
Matthew A. Sparks, MD

Associate Director-
Harpreet Singh, MD

Associate Director-
Christina Wyatt, MD

Program Coordinator-
Marianne Drexler

Chief Fellow-
Rasha Raslan, MD

2021 Nephrology Fellow Orientation Schedule

Thurs July 1st

GME Institutional Orientation

Individual start times will be assigned by the GME office. These will be based on your last name. Searle Center Lecture Hall

Brian Jones
Cassidy Onukwuli
Scott Robbins
Shawn Wang

Friday July 2nd

Nephrology Fellowship Program Orientation

Fri 8-10am with Dr Sparks and Solomiia Savedchuk, Chief Fellow *Breakfast provided

Location: Medical Science Research Building (MSRB) II
2nd Floor Conference Room – 2018
2 Genome Court Durham, NC 27710

After orientation, each of you will be teamed up with a 2nd year fellow to shadow before you run your own teams. You will need to contact your assigned fellow to figure out the logistics of each clinical assignment, including location, start time, etc.

Cassidy Onukwuli with Susan Murray on transplant
Brian Jones with Alex Grand on floor
Shawn Wang and Scott Robbins with Ray Geherty on acutes
Micah Schub with Anna Strasma on VA

Sat July 3rd and Sun July 4th

Shadow Assigned Fellows

Holiday Observed- Join your teams in the morning. Start times will vary.

Mon July 5th

12:30-2:00pm – Welcome Luncheon

Where: GRUB Durham
1200 W Chapel Hill St, Durham, NC 27701

Leadership and 1st year fellows

After the luncheon, you will rejoin your teams.

Tues July 6th

VA Orientation (Jones, Onukwuli, Robbins, Wang)
10:30a – 12:30p VA orientation, Where: TBD

12:30 – 1:30pm Nephrology Emergencies with Dr. Lehrich
Where: Hock Plaza 6th Floor Conference Room
2424 Erwin Road Durham, NC 27705

2:30p-4:30pm VA Nephrology Specific Orientation with Dr. Kourany and Sara Krome
(Jones, Onukwuli, Robbins, Schub, Wang)
***CPRS training is now done online. This needs to be complete before the CPRS set up meeting*** 3rd floot VA Room B3005

Wed July 7th

Today and every day after, run your teams on your own

12:00-1:00pm Transplant Basics with Scott Sanoff
Hock Plaza 6th Floor Conference Room
2424 Erwin Road Durham, NC 27705
Zoom Option available

Thursday July 8th

12:00-1:00pm CRRT Basics with Eugene Kovalik
Hock Plaza 6th Floor Conference Room
2424 Erwin Road Durham, NC 27705
Zoom Option available

Friday July 9th

12:00-1:00pm Potassium Basics with Mike Berkoben (no zoom)
1:00-2:00pm Dialysis Basics Hock Plaza 6th Floor Conference Room
2424 Erwin Road Durham, NC 27705 Mike Berkoben

Wed July 14th

1-3pm Duke Professional Headshots
*Bring white coats and badges* Duke South Cafeteria All 1st Years

Friday July 16th

12:00-1:00pm Vascular access from the perspective of the nephrologist with Pat Pun
Hock Plaza 6th Floor Conference Room
2424 Erwin Road Durham, NC 27705
Zoom Option available

Mon July 19th

12:00-1:00pm NxStage CRRT Basics with Pat Pun

Where VA Medical Center

Thurs July 22nd

12:00-1:00pm Kidney Biopsy Basics with John Duronville
Where: Hock Plaza 6th Floor Conference Room
2424 Erwin Road Durham, NC 27705
Zoom Option available

Friday July 23rd

12:00-1:00pm Peritoneal Dialysis Basics with John Duronville
Where: Hock Plaza 6th Floor Conference Room
2424 Erwin Road Durham, NC 27705
Zoom Option available

August 18th

4:00-5:00pm Nephropathology Basics with Laura Barisoni

Hock Plaza 6th Floor Conference Room
2424 Erwin Road Durham, NC 27705
Zoom Option available


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