Stanford · United States · Cardiothoracic Research, General Thoracic Surgery
Research & Academic
Rolling
Thoracic Surgery Clinical Research Fellowship
Stanford Medicine
Stanford, United States · 1–2 years
Stanford, United States · 1–2 years
Deadline: No fixed deadline published; the official page states it is accepting interested applicants
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Leah Backhus, MD, MPH
Co-Director, Thoracic Surgery Clinical Research Program; Associate Programme Director, Thoracic Track · Stanford Medicine
Stanford · United States · Cardiothoracic Research, General Thoracic Surgery
Named portrait on the current official Stanford research-programme team page. Portrait source ↗
Fellowship roles and official sources
The official Stanford Thoracic Surgery Clinical Research Program recruitment page offers the 1–2-year research fellowship under the Leah Backhus & Mark Berry Lab. The current Team Members page explicitly identifies Leah Backhus and Mark Berry as co-directors. This verifies research-programme leadership; it does not imply that this is a post-specialty operative fellowship or guarantee an individual research project.
Faculty overview
About Leah Backhus
Leah Backhus trained in general surgery at USC and cardiothoracic surgery at UCLA. She leads thoracic surgery at VA Palo Alto and co-directs Stanford’s Thoracic Surgery Clinical Research Program. Her practice includes minimally invasive thoracic oncology, adult chest-wall surgery and intrapleural treatment for pleural tumours. Her research examines imaging surveillance after lung cancer treatment and cancer survivorship.
At a glance
- Institution
- Stanford Medicine
- Department
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Location
- Stanford · United States
- Clinical focus
- Cardiothoracic Research, General Thoracic Surgery
- Listed fellowships
- 1
Listed only for programmes supported by the cited official source. This page does not infer operative volume, outcomes or eligibility.
Associated fellowships
What the official sources state
Thoracic Surgery Clinical Research Fellowship
A dedicated thoracic surgical research fellowship for general surgery residents after PGY2 or PGY3 who plan an academic thoracic career. A two-year appointment may include a research-oriented master’s degree.
- Duration
- 1–2 years; the master's degree option is described as part of a 2-year research fellowship appointment.
- Deadline
- No fixed deadline published; the official page states it is accepting interested applicants
- Eligibility
- General surgery residents after PGY2 or PGY3 with plans for academic thoracic surgery.
- Required prior training
- General surgery residency through PGY2 or PGY3.
- International applicants
- The resident fellowship section does not publish a separate international or visa policy; confirm directly.
- Funding
- Competitive salary if not supplied by the home institution; discounted master’s tuition is offered. Amounts are not stated.
- Official contact
- Thoracic Surgery Research Coordinator: +1 650-507-6807 on Stanford’s departmental contact page. Ask to be routed to the Thoracic Surgery Clinical Research Program’s resident research fellowship; this is a research-office enquiry route, not a separately published resident-fellowship submission inbox.
How to apply: Review the Residents/Fellows section of the official Thoracic Surgery Clinical Research Program recruitment page and contact the programme for a research appointment and project. The separate email instruction for visiting medical students is not presented as the resident fellowship application process.