Overview
Established in 1988, one of the largest reconstructive microsurgery training programmes in the world, with approximately 1,400 microsurgical cases a year.
The programme
- Focus
- Microsurgery / oncologic reconstruction
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 12 months
- Start
- Institution policyMD Anderson GME appointments are a minimum of 12 months commencing 1 July or 1 August
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- Not stated on official page
- Department
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Completed a residency in plastic surgery
- International applicants
- Institution policyInternational physician trainees accepted; those needing sponsorship must use the ECFMG J-1 visa
- Visa support
- Institution policyThe ECFMG-sponsored J-1 is the required visa for international physician trainees who need visa sponsorship at MD Anderson; visa-sponsored trainees may not moonlight
- Licence requirement
- Applicants eligible for a Texas medical licence may join the Clinical Specialist programme
How to apply
- Deadline
- Not stated on official page
- Application method
- Not stated on official page
Funding
- Funding
- Institution policyMD Anderson GME stipend levels AY 2026-27: PGY4 $78,917; PGY5 $81,776; PGY6 $84,650; PGY7 $88,204; PGY8 $91,399 (PGY2 $73,169); trainees may also be appointed without compensation when funded by an outside agency/government
Official sources
https://www.mdanderson.org/education-training/clinical-training/graduate-medical-education/residencies-fellowships/microvascular-reconstructive-surgery.htmlhttps://www.mdanderson.org/education-training/clinical-training/graduate-medical-education/gme-trainee-resources.htmlhttps://www.mdanderson.org/content/dam/mdanderson/documents/education-training/graduate-medical-education/graduate-medical-education-trainee-manual.pdf