Nephrology, Nephrologist

Transplant Nephrology Fellowship Opportunity

Mayo Clinic in Arizona | Academic Year 2027–2028

The Division of Nephrology at Mayo Clinic in Arizona is accepting applications for one available position in its one-year ACGME-accredited Transplant Nephrology Fellowship for the 2027–2028 academic year.

Train at one of the nation’s largest and most innovative kidney and pancreas transplant programs, where high-volume clinical exposure is paired with individualized mentorship, academic rigor, and a deeply collaborative transplant environment.

Why Mayo Clinic in Arizona?

Mayo Clinic in Arizona performs more than 500 kidney transplants annually, making it one of the largest kidney transplant centers in the country. With 13 transplant nephrology faculty members and two fellowship positions, the program offers a highly personalized training experience, with close mentorship, broad faculty access, and individualized support for each fellow’s clinical, academic, research, and career goals.

Mayo Clinic in Arizona is a pioneering center in maximizing marginal deceased donor organ utilization without compromising recipient outcomes. Comprehensive multidisciplinary training

Fellows lead multidisciplinary inpatient rounds and participate in all aspects of care on both primary and consult transplant services under close faculty supervision. In the outpatient setting, fellows collaborate with surgical colleagues in donor and recipient evaluation, transplant selection, waitlist management, and longitudinal care of kidney and pancreas transplant recipients.

Renal pathology

Dedicated 3-week rotation with renal pathologists, including exposure to protocol biopsies performed at 0, 1, 4, and 12 months after kidney transplant, with approximately 1,000 transplant biopsies reviewed annually.

Radiology

Dedicated 1-week rotation with radiologists focused on renal ultrasound, CT abdomen findings relevant to kidney transplantation, and transplant kidney biopsy training.

Transplant immunology laboratory

Dedicated 2-week rotation in the Mayo Clinic Arizona HLA laboratory, covering HLA typing, crossmatching, flow cytometry, and other transplant-related testing.

Transplant infectious diseases

Inpatient experience with the transplant infectious disease service, with exposure to a broad range of infectious complications among kidney, pancreas, liver, heart, and bone marrow transplant recipients.

Research

Four weeks of dedicated research time with transplant nephrology faculty involved in intramurally and extramurally funded projects. Three weeks of elective time allow fellows to personalize their training through additional experience in research, infectious diseases, apheresis, transplant surgery, pathology, or other areas of interest.

Academic and Teaching Environment

Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Academic Conference, twice monthly

Fellows have meaningful teaching opportunities through Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine’s Arizona campus and during the renal block. They also lead teams of learners on the inpatient primary and consult services, including internal medicine residents, fourth-year medical students, and PA fellows.

Paid presentation travel

Paid Arizona medical license and renewal

Eligibility for parental, medical, and caregiver leave, short-term disability, and paid sick time

Eligibility for membership in the Mayo Employees Federal Credit Union

Phoenix and Scottsdale offer an exceptional quality of life with sunshine, outdoor recreation, arts and music, professional sports, a vibrant food scene, family-friendly communities, and accessible housing options. edu with your interest or learn more through the application process:

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