Overview
A research-oriented pediatric GI fellowship with one year of intensive clinical training followed by 2-3 years of research, plus an optional fourth-year liver transplantation and liver disease (CAQ) option.
The programme
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 3 years (4 years encouraged for physician-scientists); optional 4th-year CAQ in transplant hepatology
- Start
- Institution policyMost UCSF residents/fellows are appointed for June-August start dates (off-cycle starts possible)
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- Not stated on official page
- Department
- Department of Pediatrics, UCSF School of Medicine
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- US or Canadian medical school graduate or ECFMG-certified international graduate; general pediatrics board certified/eligible
- International applicants
- Institution policyIMGs eligible if their school is in the World Directory/FAIMER and they hold a valid ECFMG certificate at application; non-US citizens need permanent residence, an appropriate visa or DACA
- Visa support
- Institution policyUCSF sponsors J-1 (ECFMG) and H-1B (incl. OPT) visas; H-1B/OPT require pre-approval by UCSF OGME; non-ACGME fellowships can take J-1 trainees only if ACGME Non-Standard Training (NST) recognised
- Licence requirement
- Institution policyCalifornia Postgraduate Training Licence (PTL) from the Medical Board of California required (full CA licence needed once accredited-training thresholds are reached)
How to apply
- Deadline
- Not stated on official page
- Application method
- ERAS
Funding
- Funding
- NIH-funded training program in Pediatric Gastroenterology/Nutrition since 1973; additional non-ACGME research year supported for qualifying trainees