Eligibility and Selection

• Candidate Requirements:
  1. Applicants must hold a recognized medical degree (as listed in the WHO directory of medical schools).
  2. All candidates must be registered to practice medicine in India. Foreign graduates must maintain registration with the MCI throughout the training.
• Candidates should have completed broad-based general surgical training, including:
  1. An MS/DNB in General Surgery; and
  2. At least three years of higher surgical training (e.g., MCh/DNB in GI Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Pediatric Surgery, or equivalent experience as a senior resident or junior faculty with exposure to gastrointestinal/HPB/Transplant Surgery).
• Training Exposure:
  1. The fellowship training involves rotations through OPD, ICU, wards and operation theatre.
  2. Trainees will gain experience in both DDLT and LDLT, along with pediatric and adult liver transplantation. In centers lacking certain exposure, additional postings (within India or abroad) are required.
• Academic Requirements:
  1. Fellows must participate in academic activities (seminars, journal clubs, case presentations) and maintain a comprehensive (or electronic) logbook of clinical and academic activities.