Abdominal Transplant Surgery Fellowship (Arizona)
Forecasted
Abdominal Transplant Surgery Fellowship (Arizona) supports surgeons through clinical training and research at Mayo Clinic to develop future leaders in multi-organ transplant practice and research.
Funder: Mayo Clinic
Due Dates (Anticipated): May 2027 (SF Match application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Two-year fellowship; two fellows enter each year
Summary: Clinical and academic training in multi-organ abdominal transplantation prepares surgeons for leadership in transplant practice and research.
Key Information: Applicants need general surgery or urology training, board-certification eligibility or a foreign equivalent, and Arizona medical-license eligibility.
Description
Mayo Clinic’s two-year Abdominal Transplant Surgery Fellowship in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona, provides surgical experience, clinical training, and academic development in multi-organ transplantation. The program aims to develop future transplant surgery leaders worldwide. Training includes deceased donor liver transplantation, living and deceased donor kidney transplantation, pancreas transplantation, living donor nephrectomy, and organ procurement, with open, laparoscopic, and robotic approaches.
Fellows work within a multidisciplinary, UNOS-approved transplant program across the full continuum of care, from candidate selection through surgery and long-term management. Teaching covers organ perfusion, transplant pharmacology, immunosuppression, immunobiology, complications, ethics, and organ allocation. Clinical training is complemented by opportunities in research, education, quality improvement, and leadership of transplant teams.
