Abdominal Transplant Fellowship

The University of Washington Transplant Surgery Fellowship Program participates in the SF Match. Please ensure that you register and submit an application via their website. Applications for the 2020-2021 academic year open on January 16, 2019. Interview dates will be announced soon.

Approved by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS), the objective of the University of Washington’s Transplant Surgery multi-organ abdominal transplantation fellowship is to produce future leaders in the field. This is a two-year clinical fellowship with the possibility of a one to two year extension for research, depending on the level of research experience and extramural funding. UW transplant research presently excels in tolerance induction, ischemic reperfusion injury, and hepatitis C.

Qualifications

To be considered for a fellowship position, applicants must:

Have completed an ACGME-accredited American or Canadian General Surgery Residency Program, or an equivalent program approved by the Director of the Fellowship Training Program prior to fellowship start date
Register and submit an application via the SF Match

Graduates of foreign (non-U.S./Canadian) medical schools must, in addition:

Have successfully completed USMLE Steps 1, 2 (CK & CS), and 3
Submit ECFMG certification
Have two years of clinical practice post-completion of residency

The processes for graduates of foreign medical schools to obtain the necessary visa and the necessary certification from the Washington State Department of Health Medical Quality Assurance Commission can be lengthy and unpredictable. Our Fellowship Program Administrator can provide more specific information regarding visa and licensing issues.

Application Instructions

The University of Washington Transplant Surgery Fellowship Program participates in the SF Match. Please ensure that you register and submit an application via their website. Applications for the 2020-2021 academic year open on January 16, 2019. Interview dates will be announced soon.

For more information, please contact the Fellowship Program Coordinator at txpfel@OBFUSCATEuw.edu.

The University of Washington provides equal opportunity in education on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, and sexual orientation in accordance with Title VI of Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title IX of the Education Amendments and Sections 799A and 855 of the Public Health Service Act.

Abdominal Transplant Fellows

Current Fellows

Kathryn Shaw, MD

From Saint Agnes Hospital
2017-2019

Peter Edpao, MD

From University of California, Riverside
2018-2020

Past Fellows

2001-2003 Kevin P. Charpentier, MD, Miriam Hospital, Rhode Island.
Kevin is Director of the Upper GI Multidisciplinary Clinic. His expertise is as a liver, biliary, and pancreatic surgeon. Kevin holds the title of an Associate Professor of Surgery at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.

2003-2005 Mary Eng, MD, University of Louisville, KY.
Mary is Assistant Professor; Surgical Director, Kidney Transplantation; Department of Surgery at University of Louisville Hospital, Jewish Hospital, Norton Hospital, and Kosair Children’s Hospital.

2005-2007 Edie Y. Chan, MD, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago.
Edie is an Associate Professor of Surgery and Program Director of Transplantation.

2006-2009 Andre Dick, MD, MPH Seattle Children’s Hospital.
Andre is Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Transplantation and Surgical Director of Renal Transplantation at Seattle Children’s Hospital. He is currently applying for Primary Kidney Surgeon at SCH.

2007-2009 Austin Spitzer, MD, Oakland Medical Center, CA.
Austin’s expertise is in the open or laparoscopic management of gastrointestinal tract malignancies.

2008-2010 Jason Cundiff, MD, Toppenish Community Hospital and Yakima Regional Medical & Cardiac Center, General Surgery.

2009-2011 Alex W. Cantafio, MD, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Assistant Professor, Vascular and Transplant Surgery.

2010-2012 George Rofaiel, MB CHB, Plaza Medical Center of Fort Worth, TX. Transplant Surgery.

2011-2013 Jared Brandenberger, MD. Virginia Mason, Seattle. General Surgery, Pancreas and Liver Transplantation, Liver Surgery.

2012-2014 Martin Montenovo, MD University of Washington Medical Center. Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery.

2013-2015 Imran Javed, MD, Shifa International, Islamabad Pakistan.

2014-2016 Terra Pearson, MD, Terra recently joined the faculty at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.