Overview
One-year clinical head and neck fellowship at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center covering oncologic, microvascular reconstructive, endoscopic skull base, transoral robotic and endocrine surgery, with a Clinical Instructor appointment.
The programme
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 1 year (clinical)
- Start
- 15 July
- Positions
- 1
- Accreditation
- Not stated on official page
- Department
- Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- BE/BC otolaryngologist by the fellowship start date
- International applicants
- Institution policyYes - international medical graduates train on ECFMG-sponsored J-1 visas coordinated by the UCSF ISSO
- Visa support
- Institution policyIMGs in graduate medical training hold J-1 (Alien Physician) visas sponsored by ECFMG, with the UCSF ISSO as Training Program Liaison (request 6 months before start); H-1B for clinical trainees only via exception request
- Licence requirement
- California medical licence
How to apply
- Deadline
- No fixed deadline; apply preferably two years in advance of proposed start date
- Application method
- Email letter of interest, CV and three letters of recommendation to OHNSeducation@ucsf.edu, preferably two years before the proposed start
Funding
- Funding
- Institution policyUCSF clinical training salary scale (CIR contract, incl. housing allowance, effective 1 Oct 2025): PGY-4 $106,127, PGY-5 $109,737, PGY-6 $113,149, PGY-7 $116,315 (PGY-1 $96,953 to PGY-9 $124,377); 2026-27 scale subject to union negotiation
Official sources
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