Transplant, Medical Kidney, and Liver Pathology Fellowship Program
The Transplant, Medical Kidney and Liver pathology fellowship offers a unique and first of its kind opportunity that combines training in medical kidney, medical liver, and transplant pathology of liver, kidney, pancreas and gastrointestinal tract, all of which are emerging and challenging subspecialties in the field of pathology.
The educational mission of the fellowship program is to provide a comprehensive training in medical kidney, medical liver and transplant pathology with the emphasis of producing a competent diagnostician, a consultant, and an educator. Additionally, our transplant institute is embarking on starting a first in the world “heel transplant” this year which also requires expert pathology support.
This fellowship aims to produce trained future transplant pathologists who are equipped with highly sought-after skills in the field of pathology.
Why train here
The Transplant, Medical Kidney and Liver pathology fellowship is a one-year fellowship that provides training in the subspecialties of transplant pathology (small bowel/other GI tract, kidney, liver and pancreas) and native kidney and liver pathology. Clinical material includes a diverse variety and enough volume of common and uncommon transplant pathology, medical liver and medical kidney materials. The fellow will be exposed to a wide spectrum of diseases of all age range and will gain clinical competency in examining pre-transplant and post-transplant specimens of kidney, liver, small bowel and pancreas, and evaluating for rejections (acute and chronic), infections, surgical artifacts, ischemia, and recurrence of primary disease (i.e. HCV, primary sclerosing cholangitis).
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The New Transplant Floor at the Verstandig Pavilion
Curriculum
Fellows will have extensive exposure to:
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Adult and pediatric liver transplantation
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Adult and pediatric kidney transplantation
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Live donor liver transplantation
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Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy
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Pancreas transplantation
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Adult and pediatric intestinal and multivisceral transplantation
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Open, laparoscopic, and robotic hepatobiliary surgery
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Islet cell transplantation
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Donor procurements, after appropriate training
Weekly conferences include:
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Kidney and liver selection meetings
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Living donor meeting
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HLA meeting
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Hepatobiliary Case Conference
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Transplant Surgery M&M
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HPB Pizza Rounds
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ASTS Module Review
Training locations
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital is part of the MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, one of the highest volume transplant programs in the United States. The hospital has performed more than 7,500 liver, kidney, small bowel, colon, stomach, and multi organ transplants. We also perform hepatobiliary surgery and offer auto islet cell transplantation for those patients suffering from the pain of chronic pancreatitis.
3800 Reservoir Rd., NW
Washington, D.C., 20007
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
MedStar Washington Hospital Center is the largest private, not-for-profit hospital in Washington, D.C., It houses 926 inpatient beds and is consistently ranked among the nation’s top hospitals in U.S. News & World Report.
110 Irving St., NW
Washington, D.C., 20010
Children’s National Medical Center
Washington, D.C.,’s only health care provider specifically for children has 140 years’ experience in pediatric illness. The hospital treats around 300,000 patients per year from all around the globe.
111 Michigan Avenue NW
Washington, D.C., 20010
Contact us
We’re interested in your questions about our program.
Program Director
Bhaskar Kallakury, MD
Residency and Fellowships Program Coordinator
Stephanye White, MPH