Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Fellowship 

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In order to be eligible for this fellowship, the applicant must meet the following criteria:

1. The applicant must complete his/her GI fellowship training (at an ACGME approved institution) in the U.S. by July 1, 2013.
2. The sponsoring institution must have a United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) approved liver transplant program, which must be in good standing and must perform at least 10 liver transplantations per year. The program must have a full-time faculty member or members capable of teaching a curriculum with a broad-base of knowledge in transplant medicine and hepatology. The program must provide training in living donor transplantation.
3. For the duration of the fellowship period the applicant must have a faculty mentor who is active in hepatology at the applicant’s sponsoring institution; faculty mentor must be member of AASLD in good standing.
4. The applicant must be member of AASLD by the award start date and maintain active membership for the duration of the fellowship period.
5. The applicant is a citizen or permanent resident of the U.S. or recipient of a student or trainee Visa to the U.S.
6. The fellowship is strictly for an additional year of clinical hepatology fellowship training and the applicant may not be faculty during the fellowship period.
7. The applicant will not hold other, similar, fellowship awards during the fellowship period.
8. A single sponsoring institution may submit up to one application for each accredited ACGME transplant hepatology training program; in the case of a multi-institutional ACGME-accredited transplant hepatology training program, only one application may be submitted by that program.
9. Applicant may only submit for one (1) AASLD award or Fellowship.

The fellowship funding may only be used for the recipient's salary and benefit support.  Funding will be paid directly to the recipient’s institution. Total funding is $60,000 (up to 8% may be used to support benefits).  Additional travel funds are available for the recipient to attend the 64th Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. and Digestive Disease Week® 2014 in Chicago, IL.

Fellowship cannot be transferred to another institution and recipient cannot change mentors without prior written approval from AASLD. Final activity and financial reports are due to AASLD by August 31, 2013 and are not considered confidential. The recipient's institution will be notified of reports that are not received in a timely manner.