Resuscitation for the specialty of nephrology: is cardionephrology the answer?

Janani Rangaswami; Roy O Mathew; Peter A McCullough

doi:10.1016/j.kint.2017.10.002

Resuscitation for the specialty of nephrology: is cardionephrology the answer?

Kidney Int. 2018 Jan;93(1):25-26. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2017.10.002. Epub 2017 Nov 11.

Authors

Janani Rangaswami¹, Roy O Mathew², Peter A McCullough³

Affiliations

¹ Sidney Kimmel College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Department of Medicine, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Nephrology, Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.
³ Department of Cardiology, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA; Department of Cardiology, Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute, Dallas, Texas, USA.

PMID: 29137816
DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2017.10.002

Abstract

The specialty of nephrology faces major fellowship recruitment challenges, with ongoing declining interest among internal medicine residents. The field of Cardionephrology can help instill new interest and enthusiasm in choosing nephrology as a career amongst trainee physicians.

Keywords: cardionephrology; cardiovascular disease; workforce.

MeSH terms

Cardiology / education*
Career Choice*
Education, Medical, Graduate*
Fellowships and Scholarships*
Humans
Nephrologists / education*
Nephrologists / supply & distribution
Nephrology / education*
Personnel Selection*
Specialization*