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University of Miami/Jackson Health System Transplant Surgery Fellowship (Miami Transplant Institute)
Miami, FL
Two-year ASTS-accredited fellowship at Jackson Memorial Hospital and the Miami Transplant Institute covering kidney, pancreas, liver, intestine and multivisceral transplant, multi-organ procurement and laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy. Board-certified urologists are eligible.
Length2 years
Spots2 fellows per year
StartsJuly or August
Salary2026-27 Jackson GME scale: year 1 at PGY-6 ($90,743), year 2 at PGY-7 ($94,540)
ASTS/TACC (intestine, liver, pancreas, kidney), valid through June 30, 2029
What stands out
- Fellows learn to manage donor kidneys on the preservation machine
- Fellows take part in novel immunosuppression protocols
- Program lead
- Mahmoud Morsi
- Apply through
- ASTS Match (SF Match)
- Timeline
- Applications accepted January to April; interviews February to May
- Focus
- Intestine, liver, pancreas and kidney transplantation, multi-organ procurement, pediatric transplantation
- Eligibility
- Open to Canadian-trained applicantsUSMLE requiredJ-1 sponsored (ECFMG)
- Contact
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Training
- Structure
- Each year: 6 months kidney/pancreas and living donor nephrectomy, 6 months liver/intestine/multivisceral; year 2 adds transplant SICU and is flexible
- Research
- Scholarly work (abstracts, research projects or publications) required with individual faculty mentoring
- Case numbers
- 300 to 500 kidney transplants per year (program)
- 60 to 100 living donor kidney transplants per year (living donor kidney program)
- Hospitals
- Jackson Memorial Hospital · Miami Transplant Institute
- Faculty
- George W. Burke III, Gaetano Ciancio, Jose M. Figueiro, Rafael Miyashiro Nunes dos Santos, Alfred Joseph Tector, Akin Tekin, Vighnesh Vetrivel Venkatasamy, Rodrigo Vianna
Requirements (5)
- Urology residency graduates eligible (stated on program page)
- Graduation from a general surgery residency (American board certified or eligible, or foreign equivalent) or board-certified urologist
- USMLE Steps 1, 2 and 3 completed before acceptance
- All positions filled through SF Match; no out-of-match positions
- J-1 visa (ECFMG) standard for non-U.S. citizens/permanent residents