Overview
Advanced training in minimally invasive and robotic lung and oesophageal resection, thoracic and foregut oncology, and benign foregut surgery.
The programme
- Focus
- General thoracic (minimally invasive / robotic)
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 1 year
- Start
- 1 August 2027 (next cycle)
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- Not stated on official page
- Department
- Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Completed an ACGME-accredited (or international equivalent) integrated CT residency, 4/3 CT residency or traditional 2–3 year CT fellowship; board-eligible/certified by ABTS or equivalent international board
- International applicants
- Foreign medical graduates who do not plan to practise in the US are also eligible
- Visa support
- Sponsorship of J-1 visas only
- Licence requirement
- Eligible for a full or resident training licence in North Carolina
How to apply
- Deadline
- 26 October 2026, 9:00 a.m. Pacific (applications open 19 August 2026)
- Application method
- Fellowship Council Match (Universal Fellowship Application)
Funding
- Funding
- Institution policyGME trainees paid on the Duke stipend scale; FY27 (from 1 July 2026) PGY-1 $71,052 rising to PGY-4 $79,908, PGY-5 $82,992, PGY-6 $86,292, PGY-7 $90,036 (up to PGY-12 $106,800), plus benefits