Our program consists of several highly integrated disciplines: General nephrology including inpatient consult; critical care (ICU) nephrology including CRRT; ambulatory nephrology including glomerulonephritis, diabetic and hypertensive nephropathy, and nutritional management of kidney disease; outpatient dialysis including incremental dialysis transition and home dialysis training; kidney transplantation including living donor; interventional nephrology including dialysis access and kidney biopsy, and research including clinical and translational research, epidemiology, and basic science investigations.

The Nephrology fellowship training program at Harbor-UCLA under the new leadership of Dr Kam Kalantar and Dr Anuja Shah since 2023 along with world class nephrologists experts and clinican educators including Drs Sharon Adler and Joel Kopple, former Nephrology chiefs of Harbor-UCLA and other distinguished faculty with unique areas of expertise (see faculty list), is designed to prepare postdoctoral fellows for academic and/or clinical careers in the discipline of nephrology, hypertension and kidney transplantation.

Our nephrology training program is one of very few ones in California and in the nation that has created integrated kidney teams of renal fellows and Advanced Practice Providers (APPs including NPs and PAs) working together, consistent with the contemporary and future trends in Nephrology practice. We also teach innovations in practice and business of Nephrology and value-based kidney care models. Over the years we have trained an elite group of nephrologists, and presently offer a traditional two year nephrology training program as well as a combined clinical/research fellowship that is three (or more) years in duration.

We are conveniently located within 15-20 min from the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). We work and train in the most desired region among the nation’s most beautiful and attractive places of Los Angeles County and LA South Bay including Redondo Beach (popular pier and gastronomy dream), Palos Verdes Peninsula (world famous Portuguese Bend hiking with breathtaking Pacific Ocean view), Torrance Beach, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Long Beach (20 min from Long Beach Airport and Long Beach Aquarium), among others, all located within minutes of driving from Harbor-UCLA.

Our faculty and fellows have published thousands of high-impact articles that have changed the field of kidney care and kidney health, and person-centeredness. We are the main hub of nephrology and kidney transplantation for the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, nation’s 2nd largest municipal health system. The pages herein will provide greater detail about our program.