The one-year Transplant Hepatology Fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona, offers an extraordinary education in transplant and non-transplant hepatology. The training fulfills United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) criteria for liver transplant physicians.

Unique program opportunities include:

• Carefully designed curriculum that provides a balance of clinical, didactic, and investigative experiences.  It will prepare you for a career in academic transplant hepatology
• Train with a dedicated and enthusiastic faculty of hepatologists and transplant surgeons. You also work with specialists in gastroenterology, pathology, radiology, infectious diseases, immunology, and psychiatry
• Participate in clinical research projects and have the opportunity to present your research at various national conferences

Mayo Clinic in Arizona is a leader in technologies that increase access to transplants. These include the use of normothermic machine perfusion. It is committed to providing equitable access to transplant services for all patients. The program includes a robust Hispanic patient transplant program, a Native American Navigator, and international transplant services.

Mayo Clinic Hospital in Arizona is the largest solid organ transplant center in the country. It has also been one of the nation's largest liver transplant centers, performing more than 200 liver transplants each year. Its transplant volumes and outcomes are among the nation's best.

Mayo Clinic Hospital offers exposure to a high volume of complex patient care scenarios. These include transplantation for extra-hepatic and intra-hepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Fellows also gain experience with hepatocellular carcinoma downstaging and multidisciplinary treatment of high-risk alcohol-associated liver disease. The team includes a transplant center addiction psychologist. Additional experience includes complex surgical cases, extensive portal venous thrombosis, and combined gastric sleeve and liver transplantation. Additionally, Mayo Clinic uses traditional and extended criteria donors. It is also a leader in deceased after cardiac death (DCD) liver allograft transplantation.

Accreditation

Transplant Hepatology is an ACGME-accredited fellowship. This training program fulfills the requirements for training as stated by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Certification

At the end of the program, a fellow will be eligible to take the Transplant Hepatology Board Certification exam offered through the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Also see:

• American Board of Internal Medicine
• Subspecialty Policies for Transplant Hepatology

Program history

The Transplant Hepatology Fellowship began in 1999 with a strong track record of placing graduates in competitive Transplant Hepatology positions. It is anticipated that two fellows will complete training in this program annually.

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