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Kim Adams
Fellowship Coordinator
Phone: 504-568-8655
Fax: 504-568-5553
KAdams2@lsuhsc.edu

Section of Nephrology

Faculty

Aguilar, Erwin, PharmD, MS, MPH
Asghar, Arshad, MD
Jack, Avanelle V., MD
Morse, Stephen M., DO, MPH
Reisin, Efrain, MD, FACP, FAP

Fellowship Program

The Section of Nephrology offers a co-joint fellowship program with the Ochsner Foundation Hospital. The program is accredited with commendation, and is approved for a total of six fellows (three new fellows are accepted each year).

Research

Students and residents can participate in various clinical or animal research projects. The focus of research are in the areas of obesity hypertension, job stress related hypertension, the effects of new antihypertensive drugs, as well as new medications for End Stage Renal Disease, with a particular interest in the assessment of the effects of various treatments in the progression of renal disease, or in the prevention of complications in the dialysis patient.