Advanced Thoracic Surgery Fellowship

STS; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

CME travel covered

Conference travel included

Paid vacation (20 days)

Licensure fees covered (AZ Medical Lic

DEA renewal covered

Parental/Medical/Caregiver leave

Mayo Employees FCU membership

Job summary

Mayo Clinic in Arizona offers a one-year, non-accredited Advanced Thoracic Surgery Fellowship for the 2025-2026 academic year. The program provides rigorous training in robotic thoracic surgery, complex thoracoscopy, and esophageal disease management within a multidisciplinary environment.

The fellowship emphasizes high surgical volumes, dedicated research time, and opportunities for national level presentations, with networking across Mayo Clinic entities and affiliated institutions.

Job description

The Division of Thoracic Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Arizona is offering one position for the one-year non-accredited Advanced Thoracic Surgery Fellowship position for the academic year 2025-2026

Mayo Clinic in Arizona (MCA) provides a rigorous academic environment in an institution undergoing rapid growth. The MCA Advanced Thoracic Surgery Fellowship Program offers comprehensive training in all areas of thoracic surgery.

Highlights of the Program:

High surgical volumes: Performs over 650 thoracic surgery cases annually.

Pioneering center: Advanced techniques including robotic thoracic surgery, complex thoracoscopy, minimally invasive pectus repair, chest wall sarcomas, intrapleural chemotherapy for mesothelioma, and complex esophageal disease.

Multidisciplinary clinical practice: We collaborate with a Multi-disciplinary Thoracic Tumor Board to treat a wide range of thoracic malignancies, and with GI, GYN, ENT, renal, and sarcoma disease groups to treat secondary lung malignancies. There are unique opportunities in complex esophageal disease, ECMO/lung failure, and surgical management of cavitary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis which is endemic to Arizona.

Research: Dedicated research time during the fellowship to work on studies, clinical reviews, and national/regional meeting presentations. Monthly meeting with a department-based collaborative research group to improve fellow involvement in ongoing research projects.

Educational conferences include:

• Multi-disciplinary Thoracic Tumor board: Weekly
• Cardiothoracic Grand Rounds: Quarterly
• Journal Article Review: Monthly
• Educational Conferences for mid-level providers and residents: Monthly
• Mortality/Morbidity conference and quality review quarterly.
• Esophageal Cancer Tumor board: Twice a month

Networking: Access to Mayo faculty members across the Mayo Clinic Enterprise enables networking opportunities at the national and international level.

Benefits:

• Competitive stipend and benefits package
• One paid CME trip and registration during fellowship
• Paid trip for meeting presentation
• 20 days paid vacation
• Slim laptops provided to assist in patient care
• Paid Arizona Medical License and renewal
• Paid Federal DEA and renewal
• Fellows eligible for Parental, Medical, and Caregiver Leave, short term disability and paid sick time
• Fellows are eligible to become members of the Mayo Employees Federal Credit Union
  

Phoenix and Scottsdale:

• Life in the city and beyond. Student groups and volunteering. Housing and family resources. Foodie paradise. Arts and music. Four seasons of sports and recreation.
• Reasonable cost of living. Housing, apartments, condominiums to buy, rent, or lease available within easy commuting distance of campus. Free parking.
• The fifth-largest city in the nation, our sunny desert metropolis offers the amenities of a big city amid a beautiful, rugged, southwest landscape.