Overview
Two-year ACGME-accredited, SSO-approved CGSO fellowship with strong emphasis on HPB, complex upper GI and retroperitoneal sarcoma surgery.
The programme
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 2 years
- Start
- Institution policyStanford GME contracts are issued per academic year (1 July - 30 June); standard start late June/1 July
- Positions
- 1 every other year
- Accreditation
- ACGME; SSO approved
- Department
- Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- By fellowship start, completed accredited general surgery residency in the US or Canada and qualified to sit the American Board of Surgery examination
- International applicants
- International medical graduates must provide ECFMG certificate
- Visa support
- Institution policyJ-1 (ECFMG) is the primary visa; H-1B permitted only in some circumstances with GME approval; O-1 rarely, varies by department
- Licence requirement
- Institution policyMedical Board of California Postgraduate Training License required within 180 days of starting an ACGME programme (USMLE Steps 1 & 2 CK passed); non-ACGME programmes require a full California licence by the start date
How to apply
- Deadline
- Not stated on official page
- Application method
- ERAS; NRMP CGSO match
Funding
- Funding
- Institution policyPaid on Stanford Health Care housestaff scale 2026-27: PGY4 $113,276.80, PGY5 $119,558.40, PGY6 $124,280.00, PGY7 $130,540.80 (base includes housing allowance)
Official sources
https://med.stanford.edu/gensurg/education/surgonc-fellowship.htmlhttps://med.stanford.edu/gme/housestaff/incoming/img_visa.htmlhttps://med.stanford.edu/gme/housestaff/current/ca_md_license.htmlhttps://med.stanford.edu/gme/housestaff/current/stipends.htmlhttps://med.stanford.edu/content/dam/sm/gme/policy/GME_PandP_2026-2027-v26.pdf