TransplantUnited States
Loyola Medicine Abdominal Transplant Surgery Fellowship
Maywood, IL
Two-year liver and kidney transplant fellowship at Loyola University Medical Center with graduated responsibility in multi-organ deceased donor procurement including DCD, liver and kidney transplantation, and laparoscopic and robotic living donor nephrectomy.
Length2 years
Spots1 fellow per year
ASTS/TACC accredited (kidney, liver), valid through June 30, 2027
What stands out
- Clinic time includes living donor evaluations for liver and kidney
- Protected, funded travel to national meetings, including the ASTS Fellows Symposium
- Fellow leads multidisciplinary rounds each morning on the transplant service
- Program lead
- Reynold Lopez-Soler
- Apply through
- ASTS Match (SF Match)
- Focus
- Liver and kidney transplantation, multi-organ deceased donor procurement, laparoscopic and robotic living donor nephrectomy
- Eligibility
- Open to Canadian-trained applicantsUSMLE: not statedJ-1 only
Training
- Structure
- At least one half-day clinic a week; after 6 months the fellow travels to DBD procurements without an attending; DCD independence expected by the end
- Research
- One protected research day a week; at least one project for a national meeting and publication; funded registration and travel to a national meeting each year
- Hospital
- Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood
- Faculty
- Raquel Garcia Roca, Yucel Yankol
Requirements (4)
- Urology residency graduates eligible (stated on program page): residency satisfying certification requirements of "the American Board of Surgery, American Board of Urology, American Osteopathic Board Certification, or foreign equivalency"
- Must apply and register through SF Match (Program ID 5549)
- Application, letters of reference, CV
- Visa: institution only sponsors J-1 visas