Cross-fellowship inter-institutional exchange: A new paradigm in hepatobiliary surgery training

Background: Surgeons performing complex hepatobiliary surgery come from diverse training pathways, including hepatobiliary, surgical oncology and abdominal transplant fellowships. Although focused on similar pathologies, each fellowship emphasizes different technical and didactic aspects of training. Additionally, as treatment of hepatobiliary malignancies require multidisciplinary care, each fellowship only exposes trainees to a single institutional paradigm. This abstract evaluates an annual inter-institutional exchange between a surgical oncology and transplant program, a unique and replicable training experience.