Application process

1. This program is open for post graduates in surgery, medicine, anesthesia and related specialties such as pediatrics, critical care, pathology and radiology who would like to explore liver transplantation as a career choice.
2. The program facilitates a period of observership for a trainee in a liver transplant unit for 1-4 weeks duration.
3. The trainee should apply for permission from his/her current trainer/ employer for study leave for the full duration of the observership.
4. The trainee should identify a center where he/she wants to do the observership and contact the lead clinician incharge of the program. LTSI can help identify centers who are willing to accept observers.
5. Acceptance of a trainee for observership is upto the Transplant center and is not the responsibility of the LTSI.
6. Once approval from both the current employer and the transplant unit has been received, the candidate should apply to the LTSI secretary. Application should include a completed application form, CV, candidate’s expected outcomes from the observership, confirmation of study leave and acceptance by the transplant center.
7. Once the LTSI executive has approved the fellowship, the candidate can proceed with the observership.
8. At the end of the observership and not later than 3 months, the candidate should provide a 1000 word summary of his/her experience.
9. On receipt of the completion certificate from the Transplant center and the trainee’s review, LTSI will reimburse the expenses of the observership upto a maximum of INR 10,000 and certify that the trainee has completed a LTSI accredited Observership in the pertinent specialty.
10. The candidate is responsible for the travel, accommodation costs, center observation fees and any additional costs incurred during the process.