TransplantUnited States
University of South Florida-Tampa General Abdominal Transplant Fellowship
Tampa, FL
Two-year fellowship in liver, kidney and pancreas transplantation with graduated operative independence, covering living and deceased donor surgery, laparoscopic and robotic donor nephrectomy, normothermic liver perfusion, dialysis access and hepatobiliary surgery.
Length2 years
Spots1 fellow per year
SalaryJunior fellow $110,000 per year and senior fellow $125,000 per year, each plus an education stipend
ASTS/TACC accredited in liver and kidney (valid through 06/30/2027)
What stands out
- Local OPO performs all deceased donor procurements with normothermic regional perfusion; fellows attend and take part
- Weekly call for liver placements on the normothermic perfusion device: assisted in year 1, independent in year 2
- All deceased donor livers are machine perfused, so liver transplants are done in daytime
- Specialized Hispanic Kidney, HIV, hepatitis C and living donor liver and kidney programs
- Program lead
- Kiran Dhanireddy
- Apply through
- ASTS Match (SF Match)
- Timeline
- Follows the SF Match timeline; no program-specific deadline
- Focus
- Liver, kidney and pancreas transplantation, living and deceased donor surgery, robotic donor nephrectomy, normothermic liver perfusion, dialysis access, hepatobiliary surgery
- Eligibility
- Not statedUSMLE: not statedVisa: not stated
- Contact
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Training
- Structure
- Year 1: kidney and liver back table, kidney transplant, donor nephrectomy, deceased donor surgery; year 2: liver and pancreas transplant proficiency
- Research
- Fellow joins division transplant research and presents yearly at a national meeting; fellows publish 3 to 4 papers on average by completion
- Hospitals
- Tampa General Hospital (TGH Transplant Institute) · University of South Florida (USF Health)
- Faculty
- Vijay Subramanian, Anthony Watkins, Ashish Singhal, Chloe Wang, Diego Reino, James Huang, Lee Cummings, Matthew Hunter Witt
Requirements (3)
- Urology residency graduates eligible (stated on program page)
- Completed residency satisfying certification requirements of the American Board of Surgery, American Board of Urology, American Osteopathic Board, or foreign equivalency
- Apply via SF Match