Abdominal Transplantation APP (NP/PA) Fellow

Beth Israel Lahey Health•Burlington, VT

17d•$87,000 - $88,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Roger L. Jenkins Transplant Institute at Lahey Clinic offers a comprehensive, one-year Abdominal Transplantation APP Fellowship for newly graduated and experienced Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners. This structured, mentorship-driven program is designed to develop early-career clinicians into confident, independently practicing providers within the field of abdominal transplantation. Fellows are fully integrated into a high-volume, multidisciplinary team across all phases of care for complex liver, kidney, and hepatopancreaticobiliary (HPB) conditions.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited PA or NP program.
Demonstrated academic achievement, professionalism, and clinical readiness.
Commitment to a career in transplant medicine.
NCCPA board-certified or exam-registered (for Physician Assistants).
Massachusetts PA license (or license-eligible) (for Physician Assistants).
MA DEA and DPH Controlled Substances Registration (for Physician Assistants).
AANP or ANCC certified (for Nurse Practitioners).
Massachusetts NP license (or license-eligible) (for Nurse Practitioners).
MA DEA and DPH Controlled Substances Registration + prescriptive authority (for Nurse Practitioners).

Nice To Haves

Prior transplant experience is not required.
Open to new graduates.

Responsibilities

Immersive inpatient and outpatient experience across transplant hepatology, nephrology, and surgery.
Personalized guidance from board-certified transplant surgeons, hepatologists, and nephrologists.
Active participation in listing conferences, UNOS/OPTN meetings, tumor boards, and M&M conferences.
Opportunities in Infectious Disease, Critical Care, Transplant Pharmacy, Radiology, Gastroenterology, Nutrition, and Psychiatry.
Complete a faculty-mentored QI or research project.
Orientation to transplant services, systems, and institutional policies.
Initial exposure to rounds, clinics, and selecting a scholarly project.
Focus on surgical and peri-operative care, bedside procedures, organ recoveries, and immunosuppression management.
Focus on chronic liver disease (MASLD, cirrhosis, HCC), pre-transplant evaluations, UNOS listing, and long-term follow-up.
Focus on medical management of kidney recipients and living donors, HLA immunology, donor-specific antibodies, and renal biopsy interpretation.
Ancillary or subspecialty rotations tailored to your career goals.
An individualized experience with a graduated reduction in oversight to smoothly bridge the gap into autonomous, independent practice.