Curriculum

The goal of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Transplant Hepatology Fellowship is to train physicians to be fully capable of meeting the current and future needs of the clinical and academic transplant hepatology communities.

ACGME Requirements

• Review 200 liver pathology slides
• Scholarly activity - at least one quality improvement project
• Attend AASLD Liver meeting
• 3 liver transplant
• 1-3 procurements
• Attend weekly liver selection committee
• Attend liver pathology conference
• Attend liver tumor board meetings
• Lectures on hepatology topics for GI fellows, residents, medical students
• Surgical experience
• Liver biopsies, optional (no need to complete 20 biopsies since 2022)
  

Other requirements

• Attend at least 10 hepatobiliary tumor conference
• 1 week at Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) to learn tissue typing, donor consenting, donor management
• Trainee membership in AASLD
• Trainee membership in American Society of Transplantation

Conferences

The fellowship offers a variety of conferences and teaching opportunities designed to enhance education and clinical expertise. Regular conferences include the Hepatobiliary Tumor Conference, held virtually via Teams on Thursdays from 7:00 to 8:00AM; the Liver Transplant Selection Committee, which meets Tuesdays from 12:00 to 1:00PM; the Gastroenterology Fellowship Conference, scheduled on Thursdays from 3:00 to 5:00PM; and the Monthly Hepatology Conference on Mondays from 4:00 to 5:00PM. 

Fellow Lecture Topics to Teach Medical Students and Residents

Fellows also participate in teaching medical students and residents through lectures on key hepatology topics such as management of portal hypertension, evaluation of abnormal liver tests, indications and complications of liver transplantation, immunosuppression, viral hepatitis, autoimmune liver disorders, alcoholic liver disease, and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH). 

Electives

• Liver tumor clinic (1 week)
• Interventional radiology (1 week)
• Transplant surgery (1 week)
• Opportunities for pediatric transplant hepatology rotation at Cincinnati Children's Hospital