Medical Education – Fellowship

Fellowships Offered within the Department of Surgery

The Department of Surgery currently offers ten fellowships (both ACGME and Non-ACGME accredited). Our fellowship training programs strive to enhance competency and improve surgical skills in a cutting-edge learning environment. Fellows perform a wide range of procedures and participate in the multidisciplinary care of surgical patients. The novel clinical and research components of these fellowships are further enriched by the experienced and renowned faculty within our Department.

ACGME Accredited

• Cardiothoracic Surgery
  Program Director: Dr. Nilto De Oliveira
• Colorectal Surgery
  Program Director: Dr. Charles Heise
• Surgical Oncology
  Program Director: Dr. Sharon Weber
• Surgical Critical Care
  Program Director: Dr. Hee Soo Jung
• Vascular Surgery
  Program Directors: Drs. John Rectenwald & Paul DiMusto

Programs Accredited Elsewhere

• Abdominal Transplant Surgery
  Program Director: Dr. David Foley
• Endocrine Surgery
  Program Director: Dr. Becky Sippel
• Head and Neck Oncology and Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery
  Program Director: Dr. Greg Hartig
• Laryngology
  Program Director: Dr. Seth Dailey
• MIS, Foregut and Bariatric Surgery
  Program Directors: Drs. Anne Lidor & Luke Funk

Fellowship Spotlight

In the past year, Dr. Vidya Fleetwood was among the many Fellows who were commended by medical students for their outstanding efforts as a clinical teacher. The following are samples of the comments shared by the students:

“Dr. Fleetwood taught me how to place a chest tube by both demonstrating and observing. She was a phenomenal teacher overall, always eager to involve me and teach me.”

“Vidya did a great job of involving med students in patient care in a variety of different ways. She encouraged us to take ownership of the patients we were following.”

Dr. Fleetwood also led two “Transplantation” case didactics for Phase II students in their Surgical and Procedural Care Block, providing them with foundational information on immunosuppression in transplantation as well as organ donation and allocation.