Overview
A robust and competitive transplant nephrology training programme offered alongside Michigan’s core nephrology fellowship.
The programme
- Focus
- Nephrology
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- Not stated on official page
- Start
- Institution policyMichigan Medicine house officer appointment year runs 1 July - 30 June (only first-year house officers are appointed on a revised cycle starting at orientation)
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- Not stated on official page
- Department
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Institution policyinternational graduates need a valid ECFMG certificate and eligibility for Michigan licensure; Michigan medical and controlled substance licences required
- International applicants
- Programme requirements: applicant must be a US citizen or green-card holder; J-1 and H-1B visa statuses not acceptable
- Visa support
- Institution policyJ-1 sponsored by ECFMG (or permanent residence / qualifying EAD); other visas only in very limited circumstances, case by case at Program Director discretion with prospective GME Committee approval
- Licence requirement
- Institution policyState of Michigan medical licence and controlled substance licence (Educational Limited or Permanent) required; permanent-licence holders also need a personal DEA registration
How to apply
- Deadline
- Not stated on official page
- Application method
- Submit cover letter, updated CV and two letters of recommendation to the programme director (Raviprasenna Parasuraman, MD); phone then in-person interview
Funding
- Funding
- Institution policyhouse officers paid on the UM/HOA scale; FY27 (from 1 July 2026) HO I $77,049, HO IV $86,670, HO V $90,137, HO VI $93,742, HO VII $97,492 up to HO IX $105,447, plus annual lump-sum savings payment and benefits
Official sources
https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/intmed/divisions/nephrologyhttps://medicine.umich.edu/dept/intmed/education-training/fellowship-programshttps://medschool.umich.edu/programs-admissions/residency-fellowship/residency-fellowship-prerequisites-employmenthttps://medschool.umich.edu/programs-admissions/residency-fellowship/residency-fellowship-salary-benefitshttps://hr.umich.edu/sites/default/files/2023-2027_hoa_collective_bargaining_agreement.pdfhttps://medschool.umich.edu/departments/internal-medicine/divisions/nephrology/education/fellowships/transplant-nephrology