MED334A

VISITING: Open to visitors. TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Elective. DESCRIPTION: Provides students with an introduction to clinical nephrology, including diseases of the kidney and disorders of fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance. The clerkship is available at SUMC. Students evaluate inpatients as members of the nephrology consulting team. After completing this rotation, we expect that students will be able to independently work up and manage a wide variety of acute and chronic disturbances of renal function, as well as glomerular disease, vasculitis, hypertension, fluid and electrolyte disorders, and acid-base disturbances. They also participate in the management of patients with end-stage renal disease. There is weekly didactic with the fellows (core curriculum) and weekly nephrology grand rounds. Students will receive a detailed syllabus when they sign up for the elective. PREREQUISITES: Medicine 300A, Surgery 300A or Pediatrics 300A are preferred but not required. PERIODS AVAILABLE: 1-12, full time for 2 or 4 weeks, 2 students per period. CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR: Pedram Fatehi, M.D., fatehi@stanford.edu; Jehan Bahrainwala, M.D. jehanb@stanford.edu. CLERKSHIP COORDINATOR: Winnie Ellerman, wellerman@stanford.edu. REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS: Where: Stanford Hospital. Boswell Building, 300 Pasteur Drive, Palo Alto, CA 94305; Time: 8:30 am. CALL CODE: 0. OTHER FACULTY: G. Abra, P. Ahearn, S. Anand, J. Bahrainwala, V, Bhalla, C. Bradshaw, N. Brady, T. Chang, D. Chen, X. Cheng, G. Chertow, P. Fatehi, E. Fung, C. Ganesan, F. Kamal, J. Kim, R. Lafayette, F. Lakkis, S. Lee, C. Lenihan, Y. Zhao, M. Lunn, J. Maltzman, A. Martinez, M. Mohamed, M. Rath, S, Niranjan, A. Pao, M. Shah, T. Sirich, A. Odunaiya, M. Tamura, J. Tan, A. Wang, M. Yu, S. Ziolkowski. LOCATION: SUMC, PAVAMC.