Successful models of interventional nephrology at academic medical centers

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2130-2136

  Vachharajani, Tushar J ^a   Moossavi, Shahriar ^a   Salman, Loay ^b   Wu, Steven ^c   Maya, Ivan D ^d   Yevzlin, Alex S ^e   Agarwal, Anil ^f   Abreo, Kenneth D ^g   Work, Jack ^h   Asif, Arif ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^h EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COOPERATION; DIALYSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL NEPHROLOGY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MODEL; NEPHROLOGIST; NEPHROLOGY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PUBLICATION; RADIOLOGIST; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AMBULATORY CARE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NEPHROLOGY; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149311901     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.03990510     Document Type: Article

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