Terms of Service
As the Representative to the AASLD Transplant Hepatology Fellowship Matching Program (the Match), I AGREE that this institution will abide by the following Terms of Service. I HAVE READ the information in the "About the Match" and "Privacy Policy" sections and I agree to:
- Provide accurate information regarding our programs and positions. We understand that providing inaccurate or misleading information about our programs and positions may release a matched applicant from their obligation to accept our position.
- Make or require no commitments or contracts with applicants prior to the notification of the selections made through the Match. We have no right to request that an applicant tell us how they plan to rank our program. Likewise, no applicant has the right to demand that we state how we plan to rank that applicant. We understand that any statement concerning how we intend to rank an applicant or how that applicant intends to rank us, which may be made during the free discussion between us, is not binding.
- Abide by the official schedule, including ranking applicants and entering rankings through the Match website no later than April 30, 2027.
- Contact applicants matched to our program on the day results are made available by the Match.
- Not pursue or offer employment to an applicant who was matched elsewhere by the Match unless that applicant has a written release from the program to which they were matched.
- Pay a service fee established by AASLD.
- Use the gender identity and racial identity information provided to us by applicants only for lawful purposes.
- Comply with all applicable privacy laws and regulations, including implementing reasonable security measures to prevent, and processes to respond to, data breaches.
Terms of Service
I HAVE READ the information in the following sections of the Transplant Hepatology Application System:
I AGREE to participate in the Match and abide by the results of the match for fellowship appointment. I understand in particular, I also agree:
- Provide accurate information about myself in the “Standard AASLD Application Packet” and in fulfilling application requirements established by the institutions to which I apply.
- To accept appointment to the institution with which I am officially matched, that institution being the highest one on my rank order list having a place available for me. I understand that I cannot avoid accepting a fellowship to which I have been matched without a written release from that institution. Further, I understand that another institution that is participating in the Match cannot accept me as a fellow unless I have this release.
- To abide by the official schedule, including ranking the programs for which I have applied and completing and finalizing my confidential ranking no later than Wednesday, April 28, 2027.
- To allow ample time to enter my rankings because I understand that website and system availability may affect my opportunity to use this website.
- Pay a service fee established by AASLD.
- Provide my gender identity and racial identity information only if I feel comfortable in doing so, otherwise I will select “Decline to Answer”.
I UNDERSTAND that I have no right to request that a participating institution inform me how it plans to rank me. Likewise, no participating institution has the right to demand that I state how I plan to rank that institution.
I UNDERSTAND that any statement concerning how I intend to rank an institution or how that institution intends to rank me, which may be made during the free discussion between the institution and me, is not binding.
My finalized rank order list is the sole determinant of the order of my preference among the fellowships for which I have applied.
I can resign from this matching program prior to Wednesday, April 28, 2027, by signing into my account on the Match website and selecting the withdraw option.
I UNDERSTAND that the application fee is NON-REFUNDABLE if I resign from the matching program at any time.
I UNDERSTAND that if I am not matched to an institution, my contact information will be provided to institutions seeking to fill a fellowship position .
I UNDERSTAND that my failure to abide by these Terms of Service will result in an immediate ban from participation in the Match.
I UNDERSTAND that, in using the Transplant Hepatology Application System, I will abide by the following professional standards:
- I will promptly communicate with programs.
- I will promptly notify programs where I apply if I am no longer interested in pursuing a transplant hepatology fellowship program.
