Liver Transplantation Surgery

Post-Doctoral Fellowship In Liver Transplantation

Transplant Surgery, although being a surgical super-specialty, in reality, deals with a lot of medical aspects. The success in transplantation involves understanding the disease process and treating the patient as a whole rather than just the technical aspects of the surgery. Keeping this as the background, the curriculum for training emphasizes the importance of imparting training in all aspects of managing a Liver Transplant Patient.

This curriculum will be under continuous review and may be changed as techniques develop with time, but serves as a present definition of the minimum requirement for fellows in the specialty.

The purpose of the Fellowship program in Liver Transplantation is to provide a structured educational and training experience necessary to achieve expertise in the understanding, diagnosis, and management (including the necessary surgical skills) in the treatment of diseases of the liver and Liver Transplantation.

This course is designed:

• To provide trainees with actual knowledge and technical proficiency in the preoperative evaluation, operative management, and postoperative care of patients with disease of the liver and Liver Transplantation.
• To provide trainees with technical proficiency in liver transplantation- Deceased & Live Donor
• Demonstrate clinical, intraoperative and perioperative decision making that is based upon sound medical knowledge that minimizes complications and demonstrates an awareness of the limitations of clinical experience and technical skills.
• To provide trainees with understanding and experience in immunosuppression management.
• To provide trainees the ability to evaluate donor organs and perform multi-organ procurements.
• To provide experience in the management of patients in an intensive care setting.
• Manage and lead clinical teams in an efficient and harmonious manner to optimize patient management.
• To provide an environment in which clinical and basic science literature can be evaluated and assessed critically, leading to sound conclusions.
• To provide the ability and desire to ask important questions and initiate investigative studies
• To foster attitudes and interpersonal skills that will allow a trainee to communicate well with peers and patients, and to carry him or herself with dignity.