A Survey of Home Dialysis Competency, Exposure & Barriers Among Nephrology Fellows in the United States

Authors

• Osama El Shamy, Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension Division, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Electronic address: [email protected].
• Matthew A. Sparks, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Renal Section, Durham VA Health Care System, Durham, NC.
• Ankur D. Shah, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI; Division of Kidney Disease and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI.
• Maria Bermudez, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, USA.
• Megha Salani, Nephrology and Hypertension, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
• Graham Abra, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA.
• Lauren Stern, Renal Section, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.
• Ashté Collins, Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, DC.
• Vikram Aggarwal, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Northwestern University-Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
• Matthew B. Rivara, Kidney Research Institute and Division of Nephrology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
• Jenny I. Shen, Division of Nephrology, The Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA.
• Jeffrey S. Berns, Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension Division, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

3-25-2026

Journal

American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation

DOI

10.1053/j.ajkd.2025.12.006

APA Citation

El Shamy, Osama; Sparks, Matthew A.; Shah, Ankur D.; Bermudez, Maria; Salani, Megha; Abra, Graham; Stern, Lauren; Collins, Ashté; Aggarwal, Vikram; Rivara, Matthew B.; Shen, Jenny I.; and Berns, Jeffrey S., "A Survey of Home Dialysis Competency, Exposure & Barriers Among Nephrology Fellows in the United States" (2026). GW Authored Works. Paper 8827.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/gwhpubs/8827

Department

Medicine