Transplant Education

Andre Dick, MD, MPH

Program Director, Abdominal Transplant Fellowship, Associate Professor, Transplant Surgery, Seattle Children’s Hospital

Catherine Kling, MD MPH

Associate Program Director, Abdominal Transplant Fellowship, Assistant Professor, Transplant Surgery

The Division of Transplant Surgery (Abdominal Transplant Surgery) is committed to developing surgical skills among students, residents, fellows and faculty. Our educational conferences showcase division and other visiting faculty, and foster camaraderie within the Department of Surgery as well as the local surgical community. We strive for an exciting environment that fosters the intellectual development of our trainees and practicing physicians alike. Our motto is: Examine, critically analyze, and change what needs to be changed.

Abdominal Transplant Fellowship

The University of Washington Transplant Surgery Fellowship Program participates in the SF Match. Please ensure that you register and submit an application via their website.

Approved by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS), the objective of the University of Washington’s Transplant Surgery multi-organ abdominal transplantation fellowship is to produce future leaders in the field. This is a two-year clinical fellowship with the possibility of a one to two year extension for research, depending on the level of research experience and extramural funding. UW transplant research presently excels in tolerance induction, ischemic reperfusion injury, and hepatitis C. Read More >>

Residency, Clerkships and Observations

Surgery residents who rotate through our abdominal transplant service enjoy high-level autonomy while actively participating in the operating rooms, inpatient service and the transplantation clinic. In addition, they have the exciting opportunity to go on liver and kidney organ procurements, where they hone their surgical technical skills and learn in-depth abdominal anatomy.

Medical students also gain a comprehensive education while rounding, presenting patient cases, formulating their own plans for, as well as participating in, patient care; assisting in the operating rooms, and accompanying the residents on organ procurements.

Conferences round out the educational experience provided on the transplant surgery rotation, including liver and kidney pathology, M&M, selection committees, tumor conferences, journal club, the transplant research forum, and grand rounds. Read More >>

Transplant Education Resources