Curriculum
Clinical training
During the program, you will acquire skills in patient diagnosis and management, procedural techniques, teaching, and research.
Rotation schedule
Below is a typical rotation schedule:
Rotation | Length |
Inpatient transplant hepatology and liver service | 4 months |
Outpatient liver transplant clinic | 4 months |
Outpatient hepatology clinic | 2 months |
Transplant hepatology and liver research | 2 months |
Transplant infectious disease | 1 week |
Transplant nephrology | 1 week |
Transplant surgery | 1 week |
Rochester, Minnesota | 1 month |
Weekly continuity clinic | 12 months |
Didactic training
Clinical conferences (including hepatocellular carcinoma and tumor, pathology, case conference, core curriculum, transplant selection, and patient management), seminars, small discussion groups, journal clubs, and one-on-one instruction are all integral parts of the program.
Research training
As a Transplant Hepatology fellow, you will participate in clinical research projects with dozens of potential projects from which to choose. Our staff hepatologists and hepatobiliary surgeons are actively involved in research and welcome participation from fellows. You will be given the opportunity to present your research at various national conferences.