Dialysis Clinic, Inc., offers an organ transplantation summer internship for pre-medical students. Over the last 20 years, the program has expanded to 20 cities across the United States, giving more than 200 students the opportunity to expand their medical knowledge.
Summer Internship
With experiences designed to help students decide whether to pursue a medical career, DCI’s summer internship exposes students to hospital and outpatient environments, as well as surgery and clinical research. Medical interns will shadow physicians on hospital rounds, observe and assist in an outpatient/clinic setting, and observe transplant coordination. Participants may also collect transplant service data or work on a clinical research project.
DCI strongly prefers college juniors with a serious interest in medicine. Stipends and housing are provided for all interns, as well as round-trip travel to the hosting transplant center.
More information regarding the 2026 summer internship will be shared soon.
In addition to the medical focus, all interns will serve as counselors at Camp Okawehna, a week-long camp for children on dialysis and who are post-kidney-transplant. The camp will follow orientation week from June 6 to 12, 2026, and is located just outside of Nashville, Tenn. Each intern’s role is essential to the function of Camp O, and many interns have said that the week at camp was their favorite and most memorable part of their DCI summer internship.
Please send any internship questions to Internships@dciinc.org.
Application
Along with filling out the application cover sheet, please also include an essay explaining why you are interested in participating in this internship, your resume and one letter of recommendation. Please limit your statement of interest to a one-page, single-spaced document in 12-point Times New Roman font with 1-inch margins. You can send your completed application by email to:Â Internships@dciinc.org.
Thank you for your interest. We look forward to reviewing your application.