Endocrine Surgery Fellowship

Overview

One-year academic clinical endocrine surgery fellowship at UHN with an expected 300–350 thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal and neuroendocrine cases.

Training type: Clinical Fellowship
Duration: 1 year
Start: Institution policyUniversity of Toronto PGME academic year runs 1 July - 30 June (letters of appointment issued per academic year; off-cycle starts possible)
Positions: Not stated on official page
Accreditation: Not stated on official page
Department: Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery

Eligibility: Institution policymust be eligible for a CPSO postgraduate education certificate, including recognition as a medical specialist/family physician in the jurisdiction where the applicant practised before the fellowship
International applicants: Institution policyYes - international applicants who meet CPSO clinical-fellow licensure requirements contact the Fellowship Program Director; applicants from countries with training agreements apply via their sponsoring agency to the PGME Office
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

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