Program Description
The aim of the Transplantation Surgery Fellowship Program at Mayo
Clinic in Rochester, Minn., is to provide our fellows with the best
possible foundation for a career in transplantation surgery. Each
year, we perform 75-110 liver transplants, more than 200 kidney
transplants, and 40-50 pancreas transplants. The Mayo Clinic transplantation
surgical fellowship currently trains four transplant surgical fellows
at a time. This fellowship training program offers the following
two tracks.
American Society of Transplantation Surgery (ASTS) Accredited
Fellowship
The ASTS has accredited Mayo Clinic for training in liver, kidney
and pancreas transplantation. Generally, our fellows spend the first
year in the research laboratory followed by two years in clinical
transplantation.
The research experience includes opportunities for research in
xenotransplantation, immunology, artificial liver support devices,
and other basic research projects in all facets of transplantation.
This year can also include training in human pancreas islet transplantation.
Our fellows have been productive in the laboratory year and have
presented at both national and international meetings. We feel strongly
that a year of research is an important beginning to a career in
transplantation surgery.
The second year focuses on kidney and pancreas transplantation,
laparoscopic donor nephrectomy and vascular access. Four months
of this year are spent on the liver transplant service. The final
year consists of six months on liver transplantation, including
living donor liver transplantation. The final four months are spent
either on the liver or the kidney-pancreas transplant service with
time allotted for special areas of interest such as islet cell transplantation,
laparoscopic donor nephrectomy, or hepatobiliary surgery.
International Fellowship
Our international fellowship training program is designed to serve
the needs of surgeons who seek top-level training and then return
to their home country to practice transplantation. In the past,
this fellowship has consisted of one or two years of training in
clinical liver transplantation. It is our hope to make this fellowship
nearly identical to the ASTS fellowship minus the research year.
Thus, these fellows would spend the first year primarily on the
liver
transplantation service and the second year primarily on the
kidney-pancreas transplantation service.
Application Process
How to Apply
MSGME does not process printed applications to this program. To apply, you need to use the third-party application service, Apply Yourself.
Also see
Program Contacts
Mollie Vogel Luhman, Education Coordinator, Transplant Surgery Fellowship
(507) 266-2812
vogelluhman.mollie@mayo.edu
Michael B. Ishitani, M.D., Program Director
For more information, please submit the
following information via e-mail:
- Program name
- Your name
- Phone number
- Address
- Medical school attended
- Year of graduation
- Residency/fellowship
If you would like to discuss the program with Mayo alumni living
in your area, please write to us for a list of their names.
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