Fellowship Opportunities - Fellowship/Trainee: American Society of Transplant Surgeons

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The following is a list of available fellowship positions available outside the scope of the annual NRMP Match.

If you are a Program Director of an ASTS accredited abdominal fellowship training program and would like to submit a listing, for guidelines, please contact:

Maggie Kebler, Education & Training Coordinator
Email: maggie.kebler@asts.org
Phone: 703 414-7870

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

The Comprehensive Transplant Center at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is seeking applicants for an unexpected opening in its multiorgan transplant fellowship for one or two years beginning January 2012. This multi-organ fellowship is approved by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons and will provide comprehensive training in kidney, liver and pancreas transplantation, as well as laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy, vascular access, and hepatobiliary surgery. Recent prior solid organ transplant fellowship training is desirable. Northwestern’s abdominal transplant program offers training in one of the nation’s busiest transplant centers with a strong commitment to education and patient care.

Interested applicants should sent a brief letter, curriculum vitae, and three references to:

Joseph R Leventhal MD PhD/Jonathan P Fryer MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
676 North St Clair Suite 1900
Chicago IL 60611
Phone: 312-695-9019
Email: jleventh@nmh.org

University of Minnesota

MULTI-ORGAN TRANSPLANT FELLOWSHIP
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL
DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY

Applications are now being accepted for one position for a two-year advanced ASTS-approved training program in multi-organ transplantation at the University of Minnesota Medical Center. Must be board certified, eligible, or equivalent in general surgery, and hold, or be eligible to obtain, a State of Minnesota medical license (see requirements at http://www.state.mn.us/portal/mn/jsp/home.do?agency=BMP). Responsibilities include 24 months of specialty training in donor surgery, vascular access, and in kidney, pancreas and liver transplantation. Successful candidates will be appointed as full-time yearly renewable non-tenure track Instructors in the Department of Surgery or, if on J-1 visa, as Medical Fellows. The start date available is January 1, 2013. The position will remain open until filled.

To apply, please submit curriculum vitae and bibliography to:

Hang McLaughlin
Coordinator, Transplant Fellowship Program
University of Minnesota Dept of Surgery
420 Delware St, SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Email: mcla0030@umn.edu

The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer.

University of Wisconsin

The University of Wisconsin Transplant Surgery Fellowship is seeking a clinical fellow beginning July 2012 for either one year of additional training in kidney and pancreas transplantation, laparoscopic kidney donation and organ procurement or a two-year ASTS approved multi-organ fellowship. The University of Wisconsin's abdominal transplant program is one of the busiest programs in the US with a committment to training the next generation of transplant surgeons. All applicants must have passed USMLE for Steps 1, 2 and 3 and be US-trained residents. Applicants must be eligible for an H-1B visa, have or be eligible for a WI license, and be board certified or board eligible.

Interested applicants should contact:

Anthony M. D'Alessandro, MD

Fellowship Program Director
Phone: 608-263-9903
Email: adalessandro@uwhealth.org

University of Virginia

The University of Virginia is seeking applicants for a Multi-organ Transplant Fellowship beginning July 1, 2012. This 2 year multi-organ fellowship is approved by the ASTS. UVA is a State, Level I Trauma Center, is an ACGME accredited General Surgery Residency program and supports a transplant fellowship. Training includes: liver, kidney and pancreas transplantation, organ procurement from deceased and living donors, evaluation of the donor, care of the pre-transplant candidate, back table organ preparation, inpatient care, immunosuppression, understanding outcomes after transplant, histocompatibility and cross-matching, outpatient follow up, ethics and pathology. Applicants must be ECFMG certified and a general surgeon to apply.

Please submit your CV, Universal application and 3 letters of reference to:

Kenneth L Brayman, MD
Email: KLB9R@Virginia.edu

Yale University School of Medicine

The Yale-New Haven Transplantation Center is seeking a fellow for advanced training in clinical liver, kidney and pancreas transplantation and HBP surgery for both adult and pediatrics. The fellowship is a two-year position beginning July 2011.

Training includes living donors for kidney and liver, split liver in adult and pediatrics. Clinical research opportunities are available.

The applicant must be board eligible or equivalent.

The Yale School of Medicine is an affirmative Action Equal Opportunity Employer. Yale University undertakes affirmative action to assure equal employment opportunities for under recruited minorities and women and for persons with disability.

Interested candidates should send their curriculum vitae, bibliography, and the name of three potential references to:

Sukru Emre, M.D.
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Chief, Section of Transplantation and Immunology
Director, Yale-New Haven Transplantation Center
Department of Surgery
Yale University School of Medicine
333 Cedar Street, FMB 112
P.O. Box 208062
New Haven, CT 06520-8062

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