Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship
For Current and Prospective Programs

Strict requirements must be met to be an SSO-approved training program. The Society of Surgical Oncology reviews and approves breast oncology fellowship training programs yearly, and accepts new PID applications up to February 15 of each year. For more information on how to apply to become an SSO-approved training program and approval timelines, please review the information below.

For application deadline dates and notification timeline, please click here.

As of December 16, 2019, the fee for processing applications for programs seeking initial approval will be a non-refundable $2,000 fee and an invoice will be generated and sent once the PID is received by the SSO. The PID will not be reviewed until the application fee has been paid.

Please be aware that this fee is not the site visit and annual program fee. This is a secondary fee that will be assessed at time of program approval and site visit.

Download the PID application click here. To submit your PID, please email it to fellowship@surgonc.org. You will receive a email confirmation once it is successfully.

Beginning with the 2021 Match, the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) has contracted with National Matching Services, Inc (NMS) to facilitate the Match. You can access instructions, resources and other documents here:
https://natmatch.com/ssobreast/

The sign-up period for programs to reserve the dates on which they will offer interviews has ended. As per the approved Match Timeline, programs must wait until February 6, 2023 to notify any candidates they wish to interview. Beginning on 2/6/23, programs may invite candidates to interview on the dates they reserved via this sign-up. Interviews will be conducted virtually in 2023.

Any Fellowship Programs needing assistance with their reserved dates should contact fellowship@surgonc.org.

Please go directly to the SSO Operative Data Collection System (ACGME) here.

The SSO continues to provide oversight of the Breast Oncology Fellowship Programs; however, the case op log database is managed by the ACGME. The migration from the previous case op log to the new database has been completed by ACGME. All program directors, coordinators and fellows have been emailed with their new ID and password. If there are any questions related to the case log system, please contact the ACGME support center at ADS@acgme.org. 

Policies & Guidelines

• Site Visits and Site Visitors Policy
• Late and Incomplete Documentation Policy
• Breast Fellowship Match Program Violation of Binding Commitment
• SSO Breast Fellowship Program Director Requirements
• Guidelines for Enacting Probation Policy: SSO and Program Responsibilities and Options
• Appeal of Adverse Actions Policy
• Case Logging and Exit Survey Policy
• Policy on Granting Retroactive SSO Certificates & Changing Fellowship Complement
• Delayed Fellow Start Date
• Breast Fellowship Guidelines
• Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship Curriculum and Minimum Training Requirements

Forms & Sample Documents

• Breast Fellowship Complement Increase and/or Decrease Form
• Didactic Curriculum Guidelines
• Initial Program Information Database (PID) application
• Sample Site Visit Surveyor Template