Surgery · Fellowship Career
Abdominal Transplant Surgery
Kidney, liver and pancreatic transplantation alongside donor evaluation and complex perioperative care.
Fellowship Length
2 years
After a qualifying residency
Prior Residency
General Surgery
5 years residency
Typical Post-MD Training
7 years
Residency + fellowship; alternative pathways may overlap
Attending Compensation
$678,650
Estimated Base Salary
Training Pathway
Medical School → Residency → Fellowship
Clinical Work and Procedures
- Organ transplantation
- Donor organ procurement
- Transplant recipient assessment
- Post-transplant complication management
Attending Compensation
$678,650
Estimated Base Salary
Schedules and Practice Settings
Transplant ORs and inpatient services; organ offers can arrive at any hour and require rapid team coordination.
How to Prepare
During Medical School
Attend listing selection conference and observe a transplant donor or recipient care pathway.
Research or Quality Improvement
Consider donor access, post-transplant infections or organ utilization outcomes research.
During Residency
During surgery residency, gain transplant exposure, vascular anastomosis skills and insight into allocation ethics.
A Question to Ask Fellows
Are you comfortable with unpredictable organ offers, long operations and chronic recipient follow-up?
Sources & Data Notes
Reviewed . Fellowship durations and entry routes summarize commonly accredited training pathways. Specific institutions can have different eligibility, early-entry and combined tracks; check program and board requirements for your cycle.
Fellowship Match selection is separate from the medical school residency Match. No residency competitiveness index, MD versus DO residency outcome, or fellowship acceptance percentage is assigned to these pages. National attending compensation uses a source-matched specialty estimate when available; Doximity and Medscape report total compensation, Marit uses smaller opt-in physician samples, and Salary.com models base salary from employer and third-party data. These measures are not interchangeable. Fellowship stipends depend on PGY level and institution.
For Abdominal Transplant Surgery: Salary.com 2026, Estimated Base Salary for the reported “Transplant Surgeon” population. This is a national estimate, not a location-specific offer.
Schedules, example procedures, preparation tips and clinical roles are educational descriptions; responsibilities depend on training, practice setting and privileges. This is educational career guidance rather than individualized employment or training advice.