Start Date: August 1
Duration of Fellowship: 1 year
University Affiliation: University of California, San Francisco
Licensure Requirements: California Medical License
Number of Fellows Per Year: 1
ACGME Accredited: Yes

Program Details

Program Director: Jordan Virbalas, MD, FAAP

Associate Program Director: Kimberly Luu, MD

Appointment Level: Faculty member as Clinical Instructor

Operating Privileges: UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals San Francisco and Oakland

Experience: The University of California, San Francisco Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery is seeking candidates for a one-year clinical fellowship in pediatric otolaryngology. We currently have ten with plans for further expansion to recruit more fellowship-trained pediatric otolaryngology faculty. The candidate would be guaranteed a breadth of clinical and operative experience with opportunity to spend time at our two campuses: in San Francisco which opened a brand new, state-of-the-art, free-standing facility in February, 2015 and in Oakland, at our hospital with a long history of excellent pediatric care in the East Bay. Together, the two campuses are one of the premier children’s hospitals in the country providing a full range of primary to tertiary specialty care. There will be opportunity to spend time in a multitude of multidisciplinary clinics including Craniofacial Clinic, Aerodigestive Clinic, Birthmark and Vascular Anomalies Clinic, and Hearing Loss Clinic. Operative exposure includes endoscopic and open pediatric airway, sinus and skull base, otology (including cochlear implants and atresia), head and neck, skull base, sleep, and VPI/voice. The successful candidate will be appointed as a clinical instructor in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. The fellowship is one year in length and is accredited by the ACGME at this time.

Research: Clinical research and formal advanced education in outcomes methodologies is possible for interested candidates.

Call Responsibilities: Call 1 week every 6 weeks.

To Apply: Please email inquiries to [email protected]