Overview
An intensive fellowship in mechanical circulatory support, advanced heart failure surgery and heart and lung transplantation at the largest lung transplant programme in the US.
The programme
- Focus
- Heart and lung transplant / MCS
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 1 year (optional elective second year)
- Start
- Institution policyDuke GME appointments run 1 July - 30 June, with a few exceptions
- 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
- Graduates of US, Canadian or international medical schools welcome to apply
- Visa support
- Institution policyJ-1 alien physician status sponsored by ECFMG with Duke's assistance; Duke is H-1B cap-exempt and H-1B is possible for clinical trainees who have passed USMLE Steps 1-3 and hold an ECFMG certificate (individual programmes decide which visas they accept)
- Licence requirement
- Eligible for a full or resident training licence in North Carolina
How to apply
- Deadline
- Not stated on official page
- Application method
- Not stated on official page
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
Official sources
https://surgery.duke.edu/education-and-training/fellowship-programs/thoracic-transplant-surgery-fellowshiphttps://visaservices.duke.edu/visa-categories/j-1-visa-classification/https://visaservices.duke.edu/visa-categories/h-1b-visa-classification/https://gme.duke.edu/training-programs/applicants/stipends/physician-trainee-stipendshttps://medicine.bulletins.duke.edu/about/graduate