Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Fellowship
Application Submission Deadline: October 15, 2010
Recipient Notification: February 2011
Fellowship period: July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012
The AASLD Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Fellowship program provides salary and benefit support for GI fellows pursuing an additional, full-year of training focused on patient care in advanced/transplant hepatology. The intent of the program is to prepare the trainee to be eligible for certification in transplant hepatology by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and/or the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP).
The purpose of this program is to provide salary and benefit support for GI fellows pursuing an additional, full-year of training focused on patient care in advanced/transplant hepatology, beginning on July 1, 2011. The intent of the training program is to prepare the trainee to be eligible for certification in transplant hepatology by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) or American Board of Pediatrics (ABP).
ELIGIBILITY
In order to be eligible for this award, 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, 2011 or have been accepted to a U.S. GI training program (ACGME approved) beginning between July 1, 2012 and 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. The applicant must have a faculty mentor who is active in hepatology at the applicant’s sponsoring institution.
4. The applicant must be member of AASLD by the award start date and maintain active membership for the duration of the award period.
5. The applicant will be mentored during the fellowship period (July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012) by a member of AASLD.
6. The applicant is a citizen or permanent resident of the U.S. or recipient of a student or trainee Visa to the U.S.
7. The award is strictly for an additional year of clinical hepatology fellowship training and the applicant may not be faculty during the fellowship period (July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012).
8. The applicant will not hold other, similar fellowship awards during the fellowship period (July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012).
9. Each sponsoring institution may submit only one application. Those institutions with more than one location may submit only one application per location.
AWARDS AND REQUIREMENTS
An award of $60,000 will be provided for one year. Money is for salary and benefit support (up to 8% or $4,800) only for the fellow. Awards are granted to the individual applicant, not the applicant’s institution. However, funds will be paid directly to the awardee’s institution. In addition, the fellow’s travel-related expenses incurred to attend the 2011 AASLD Annual Meeting and 2012 Digestive Disease Week® will be reimbursed up to $2,000 per meeting and according to guidelines provided prior to each meeting. Awards cannot be transferred to another institution and recipients cannot change their mentor without prior written approval from AASLD.
Recipients must provide a final report by July 31, 2012, summarizing their activities related to this award. The report is to be sent to AASLD and is not considered confidential. In addition, a financial report from the institution must be sent to AASLD at the end of the award year, together with any unexpended funds, also no later than July 31, 2012. The awardee’s institution will be notified of reports that are not received in a timely manner. In the event that a grant is canceled, AASLD can not assume responsibility for expenditures in excess of payments already made to the awardee’s institution prior to the effective date of cancellation. All unexpended funds must be returned to AASLD. If an award is to be canceled, the recipient must provide written explanation to AASLD.
SELECTION CRITERIA
Candidates will be evaluated based upon their background and their commitment to a career in adult or pediatric clinical hepatology. Specifically, candidates will be reviewed based on:
• Professional potential of the applicant
• Experience, productivity, and commitment of the faculty mentor(s)
• Clinical and/or academic environment
• Quality of proposed clinical program
AASLD will review the applications and select recipients of the award. Applications will be reviewed based only on the written materials submitted. All decisions are final. Incomplete applications and applications that fail to adhere strictly to the instructions (including the submission deadline and page limitations) will not be reviewed. Selection decisions will be announced by February 2011.
Questions? Contact Denise Seise or Kristin Hutcherson via email at awards@aasld.org or by phone at 703-299-9766.
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
1001 North Fairfax Street, Suite 400
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Phone: 703-299-9766
Fax: 703-299-9622
Email: aasld@aasld.org
