Transplantation Fellowship Program, Department of Surgery in the Medical School at the University of Minnesota

The purpose of the Division of Organ Transplantation is to provide outstanding care and to continue developing new techniques that improve organ transplantation results and to train students, residents, and fellows in this vital surgical field.

At the end of the general surgery residency, residents who want to pursue a career in transplantation may apply for a two-year clinical fellowship in transplantation. This fellowship has been the prototype for the development of transplant fellowships throughout the country. Ours was the first officially recognized fellowship to be approved by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.

Prerequisites for the fellowship are completion of five years of a general surgery residency and American Board of Surgery eligibility.  All transplant fellows in our program are appointed to the position of Instructor of Surgery.  Fellows are required to obtain a State of Minnesota Medical license, DEA, and hospital privileges at University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview.  Further information regarding a Minnesota license can be obtained at the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice. All applicants are urged to read all the requirements for medical license. This is particularly true for all foreign-educated applicants.

The transplant fellow spends 6 months on the donor service, performing vascular access and all donor operations; 6 months on the kidney recipient service, 6 months on the liver transplant service; and 6 months on the pancreas and islet cell service.

These four 6-month rotations fulfill the requirements for membership in the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.

Our program meets the criteria for formal training for transplant surgeons in kidney, liver, pancreas, heart, heart-lung, and lung transplantation--as required by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), of which we are an approved institutional member.

All positions are filled through a matching program for transplant fellowships. All fellowship candidates will register for the match a year ahead of the actual fellowship start. For additional information, please visit http://www.nrmp.org/.  

Finally, there are many opportunities for clinical and laboratory research. Our fellows are encouraged to participate in the ongoing research and to submit both abstracts (for presentation at national meetings) and publications.

To apply for the fellowship, obtain an application, then submit the completed application, a current curriculum vitae, and 3 letters of reference to Dr. Abhinav Humar, Director, Transplant Fellowship Program, MMC 328, 420 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455. For the application form, please contact:

Stephanie Daily
Email:   daily001@umn.edu
Phone:  (612) 625-6460