Overview
Focuses on liver transplantation and major abdominal surgical oncology anaesthesia at the largest transplant centre in Canada.
The programme
- Focus
- Liver transplant anaesthesia
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 12 months
- Start
- Normally beginning of February and beginning of August each year
- Positions
- 3–4 per year
- Accreditation
- University of Toronto PGME-registered fellowship; does not count towards Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada specialty certification
- Department
- Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, UHN / University of Toronto Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Completed all required anaesthesia examinations, registered with the official regulatory authorities, and at least 5 years of anaesthesia training and experience at an academic centre (1 may be a rotational/internship year); 1–2 years as staff anaesthesiologist strongly advised; current ACLS certification required; significant experience managing life-threatening situations required
- International applicants
- Yes — applicants trained in countries where English is not the primary language must demonstrate effective communication in English
- Visa support
- Institution policyinternational clinical fellows need an IRCC work permit; the PGME Office issues an LMIA-exempt offer of employment number and supports the work permit application
- Licence requirement
- Institution policyclinical fellows must hold a CPSO certificate of registration authorising postgraduate education (educational licence); research fellows do not need CPSO registration
How to apply
- Deadline
- Applications open 24 months and close 12 months before the intended start date
- Application method
- Online application platform on the University of Toronto Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine website; shortlisted candidates asked for references and interviewed
Funding
- Funding
- Institution policyclinical fellows must be funded (department or sponsoring agency); FEAC recommends pay at least equal to PGY1 on the PARO salary scale, and foreign nationals must be paid at a rate commensurate with a Canadian in the same role
Official sources
https://anesthesia.utoronto.ca/abdominal-organ-transplantation-anesthesiahttps://anesthesia.utoronto.ca/applying-fellowship-programhttps://pgme.utoronto.ca/registration-timeline-international-fellowshttps://pgme.utoronto.ca/fellowship-traininghttps://pgme.utoronto.ca/fellowship-education-advisory-committee-guidelines-remuneration-clinical-fellows