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Pediatric Transplant Hepatology Fellowship

The Children's Mercy Pediatric Transplant Hepatology Fellowship Program participates in Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) and is listed under the Children's Mercy Hospital. The program participates in the National Residency Matching Program. Learn more about how to apply.

International applicants
Children’s Mercy Hospital primarily accepts international medical graduates for residency and fellowship programs in J-1 visa status.  To be eligible for appointment, all international medical graduates must be sponsored by ECFMG for J-1 non-immigrant classification.  CM will make all reasonable efforts to obtain the requested immigration benefit including the transfer of an existing H1B.  However, we cannot guarantee any specific category of visa or any result, and CM may end or withdraw its sponsorship at any time if sponsorship was no longer feasible due to legitimate business reasons.  CM reserves the right to make final decisions about sponsorship in its discretion and in compliance with U.S. law, regulations, and policy.

Changing immigration status
Residents and fellows who wish to change their immigration classification while pursuing a graduate medical training program at Children's Mercy must seek prior written approval from the GME Department. Failure to seek such approval will subject the trainee to immediate termination from his/her training program. All candidates must have passed Step 3.

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Our Pediatric Transplant Hepatology Fellowship team

Program Director
Ryan Fischer, MD



Associate Program Director
Jennifer Halma, MD

Program Coordinator

Rachel Laws, MBA
rmlaws@cmh.edu