The nephrology training program at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada has much to offer for prospective trainees. The Division of Nephrology at Queen’s University offers a full range of kidney disease therapies to patients within the catchment area of the Kingston General Hospital. The estimated population base served is 750 000, and stretches from Cornwall in the west to Port Hope in the east, north to Bancroft, and includes the Queen’s University outreach program to the West Coast of James Bay.

Kingston Health Science Centre offers all specialist Nephrology services including:

1. Active Living and Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation, with weekly post transplantation follow up clinics and pre-transplant assessment clinics for donor and recipients.
2. Tertiary Care Glomerulonephritis Program, with weekly clinics for assessment of new GNs, pregnancy related kidney issues. We perform genetic testing as well as Plasmapheresis / immune modulating therapies.
3. Active Home Dialysis Program, supporting both peritoneal dialysis (including in remote communities), and home hemodialysis (including traditional Fresenius and NxStage Systems).
4. In-Center and Satellite Hemodialysis.
5. In-Hospital Consultation Service.
6. AKI Clinic. A novel clinic run by Dr. Silver to follow up patients who suffer AKI in hospital who are at higher risk for CKD in the future.
7. Multi-Care Kidney Clinic, where patients at highest risk of progression to end-stage are managed in a multi-disciplinary approach.
8. Conservative Care Clinic, run by Dr. Welihinda, where patients who prefer not to have dialysis at end stage are managed symptomatically in addition to routine CKD care.

Research interests are diverse, and include clinical research expertise in renal transplantation, estimation of kidney function, chronic kidney disease, vascular calcification, Aboriginal health, and peritoneal dialysis. Basic science research in the area of vascular calcification is also ongoing.

Trainees receive a broad depth of clinical training expertise, and, in addition, the opportunity to learn procedural skills such as renal biopsies, peritoneal dialysis catheter insertion, and tunnelled hemodialysis catheters is available.

At the end of training, excellent clinical experience is achieved and trainees have had no difficulties in passing the required Royal College Exams to date. In addition, the division has strong research productivity and trainees are welcome to be involved in clinical or basic science research. A Quality Assurance or independent research project is mandatory over the two years.