Welcome to Nephrology at Yale

The Section of Nephrology has extensive programs in patient care, research, and education. We are committed to excellence in each of these three activities. Indeed, members of our faculty have earned many departmental and school awards for teaching, and multiple awards from the American Society of Nephrology for research.

The patient care services provided by the Section of Nephrology cover all aspects of our clinical discipline including acute renal failure, glomerulonephritis, vasculitis, electrolyte and acid-base disorders, hypertension, genetic kidney diseases, renal complications of pregnancy, chronic kidney disease (CKD) and renal osteodystrophy. We have a large renal failure program providing primary care to over 250 patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) treated with hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis. In addition, Yale has an active renal transplantation program.

The research activities of our faculty cover a broad range of topics in nephrology from bench to bedside. Current research areas include studies of renal tubular electrolyte transport, renal epithelial cell biology and morphogenesis, molecular genetics of hypertension, polycystic kidney disease, transplant immunology, and complications of Chronic Kidney Disease, ESRD and dialysis. In addition to a large spectrum of research projects supported by individual NIH research grants, Yale is home to a Hypertension Research Center and a Polycystic Kidney Disease Research Center.

Our postdoctoral training program is designed to prepare postdoctoral fellows for academic and/or clinical careers in the disciplines of nephrology and hypertension. We offer training opportunities both in clinical nephrology and in renal and hypertension research. Research training is supported by a training grant from the National Institutes of Health. Training in patient-oriented research is available through the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program. Fellows also have the opportunity to participate in the Investigative Medicine Program leading to a Ph.D. in either laboratory or patient-oriented research.

Stefan Somlo, M.D.

Section Chief
Yale University School of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
Section of Nephrology