Thoracic Oncology · Fellowship Council-accredited Clinical Fellowship
Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgical Oncology Fellowship
Fox Chase Cancer Center / Temple Health · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · Philadelphia · United States
Programme overview
Non-ACGME one-year fellowship accredited by the Fellowship Council (one trainee per year), established 2010 at an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center. Training covers robotic/VATS lung resections including segmentectomy and sleeve resection, robotic oesophagectomy, chest wall resection, benign foregut surgery, bronchoscopy/EBUS/EGD and complex thoracic oncology cases.
Associated faculty
Programme relationships are sourced from official material; portraits come from institutional profiles where available. This directory does not infer operative volume or outcomes.
Programme details
- Focus
- Minimally invasive and robotic thoracic oncology, oesophagectomy, foregut
- Duration
- 1 year
- Positions
- 1 per year
- Eligibility
- General surgery graduates, thoracic surgeons, CT surgeons refocusing on thoracic; international surgeons
- Required prior training
- Completion of general surgical training is mandatory
- International applicants
- Accepted if able to obtain a Pennsylvania medical licence
- Official contact
- Angela Knauss, GME Sr. Program Manager, 215-313-8202; Stacey Su, MD, Program Director
- Data quality
- Official institutional source verified 9 Oct 2026
- Source type
- Official institutional or society page
- Registration
- Must be able to obtain a Pennsylvania medical licence
- Language
- English
- Visa information
- Not publicly listed — confirm directly with the host.
- Funding
- Not publicly listed — confirm with the programme
- Participation
- Clinical fellowship; privileges depend on credentialing
International applicant check
- Clinical participation
- Clinical fellowship; privileges depend on credentialing
- Registration
- Must be able to obtain a Pennsylvania medical licence
- Visa
- Not publicly listed — confirm directly with the host.
- Language
- English
This is a source summary, not an eligibility decision. Confirm licensing, immigration, funding and clinical privileges with the responsible institution.
How to apply
Apply through the Fellowship Council website; select applicants are interviewed virtually. Rank lists are generally submitted in the first week of November with match in the third week of November.
Open official programme page ↗Verification notes
Page defers timeline to Fellowship Council and does not give the current application deadline. Not an alternative pathway to ABTS certification.