The Nephrology Fellowship program at Rush University Medical Center is committed to providing the finest subspecialty training in Nephrology available anywhere in the country. Our comprehensive program focuses on clinical nephrology and clinical research and prepares the trainee for all aspects of a career in clinical nephrology.

The fellowship is a two-year program, with three fellows at each level.

Present Fellows (left to right): Present Fellows (left to right): Benjamin Ling, M.D., Bryan Waldo, M.D., Sheetal Patel, M.D., Jeffrey Kropp, M.D., Madhavi Ryali, M.D., Raju Behara, M.D.

The primary teaching institution for the subspecialty program is Rush University Medical Center, a 1,000-bed tertiary care teaching hospital where the subspecialty fellows participate in rotations on the in-patient nephrology consult service, in-patient nephrology transplant service, renal pathology rotation, and pediatric nephrology. Fellows also rotate through the out-patient hemodialysis unit, out-patient peritoneal dialysis clinics and out-patient nephrology continuity clinics located about one quarter mile from the medical center at 1426 W. Washington Blvd.