Katz Family Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
The Katz Family Division of Nephrology and Hypertension provides world-class, comprehensive clinical care to patients with all forms of acute and chronic kidney diseases, and maintains one of the nation’s busiest center for kidney transplantation.
There is an average daily census of 15-25 patients on the Nephrology Consultation teams’ services at Jackson Memorial Hospital and UHealth Tower, and approximately 10-15 at the Veterans Administration Hospital.
At Jackson Memorial Hospital and UHealth Tower, patients are approximately 45% Hispanic, 30% African-American, 10% Haitian, and 10-15% non-Hispanic Caucasian. Patients may be seen in the emergency room, inpatient floors or intensive care units for consultation. A large number of high acuity patients are seen in a diverse number of ICU settings (MICU, SICU, Trauma ICU, Neuro ICU, CCU), many of whom require continuous modalities of renal replacement therapy.
Call
- We no longer have a 24hr call system. After fellow feedback, we transitioned to a night float system
- During the day the fellow on night float has no responsibilities. On average call will be one on every 10 weeks