Resident Training

General surgery residents study with Division of Transplantation faculty during transplant service rotations in the first and third years of training. At all levels, residents can participate in both the kidney and liver transplant components of the program in addition to organ retrieval surgery.

Residents rotating on the renal transplant service learn the complex management of organ recipients, including immunosuppressive protocols and the diagnosis and treatment of allograft rejection and opportunistic infections; conduct and complete history and physical examinations; present inpatient cases on multidisciplinary staff rounds; and can participate as the first assistant on certain transplant operations, multi-organ donor procurement surgery, and dialysis access procedures.

Emory general surgery residents can choose to do their research sabbaticals with tranplantation faculty mentors. Former research residents have received awards, published in prestigious journals, and advanced to fellowships and faculty positions.