Vascular Surgery Training
at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center / College of Medicine
|
Pathways
The University of Cincinnati Medical Center / College of Medicine offers both a two-year Vascular Surgery Fellowship Program and a five-year Integrated Vascular Residency Program
Vascular Surgery Fellowship Program
The University of Cincinnati Vascular Surgery Fellowship is a two-year, ACGME fully-accredited clinical fellowship. In addition to a full standard operative caseload, all fellows perform more than 500 endovascular procedures during their fellowship and thus meet and exceed credentialing standards for endovascular privileging. This fellowship offers a rare opportunity to become facile in both standard open surgical procedures, catheter-directed therapy for the treatment of vascular disease, as well as non-invasive vascular diagnostic laboratory training. Experience in outpatient venous interventions, dialysis access, and exposure to private practice in vascular surgery completes the training, making the fellows quite marketable in both academic and private practice employment opportunities.
Academic and scholarly pursuits are critical to a fellow’s development and future career. Each fellow publishes a paper and/or chapter during their clinical fellowship. A formal lecture series has been developed in collaboration with other departments at the University to enhance the fellows’ understanding of vascular physiology, anatomy, embryology and pathology. In addition, a teaching session is held at the start of the academic year in the gross anatomy laboratory where the surgical anatomy of less frequently utilized operative exposures is reviewed. The fellows are required to take the Vascular Surgery In-Training Examination and City Wide Mock Orals, annually.
The expanded clinical base provides an excellent educational experience for our vascular surgery fellows and the general surgery residents. Our past fellows have, with their endovascular skills, enjoyed ample employment opportunities in the geographical region of their choosing. The University of Cincinnati was one of the first programs approved for such a two-year clinical fellowship.
The ACGME/RRC approval was based on the conventional and endovascular experience and the ability to obtain comprehensive non-invasive vascular lab training.
Academic and scholarly pursuits are critical to a fellow’s development and future career. Each fellow publishes a paper and/or chapter during their clinical fellowship. A formal lecture series has been developed in collaboration with other departments at the University to enhance the fellows’ understanding of vascular physiology, anatomy, embryology and pathology. In addition, a teaching session is held at the start of the academic year in the gross anatomy laboratory where the surgical anatomy of less frequently utilized operative exposures is reviewed. The fellows are required to take the Vascular Surgery In-Training Examination and City Wide Mock Orals, annually.
The expanded clinical base provides an excellent educational experience for our vascular surgery fellows and the general surgery residents. Our past fellows have, with their endovascular skills, enjoyed ample employment opportunities in the geographical region of their choosing. The University of Cincinnati was one of the first programs approved for such a two-year clinical fellowship.
The ACGME/RRC approval was based on the conventional and endovascular experience and the ability to obtain comprehensive non-invasive vascular lab training.
Vascular Surgery Integrated Vascular Residency Program
The University of Cincinnati Medical Center / College of Medicine Integrated Vascular Surgery Residency Program is a five-year training program aimed at successful graduates of an accredited medical or osteopathic school who wish to specialize in the field of vascular surgery. The program includes 24 months of core surgical training and 36 months of vascular training. The curriculum stresses core education in the management of surgical patients with complex illnesses, and advanced education to develop competency in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with vascular disease.
The goal of core surgery education is to ensure that the vascular resident is competent in the comprehensive evaluation and management of patients with complex illnesses and the basic surgical skills used in the treatment of cardiovascular, thoracic, abdominal and soft tissue diseases. Upon completion of PGY-2, the surgical resident should have acquired the knowledge and skills outlined below to facilitate quality patient care and ensure patient safety. The knowledge and skills should serve as the foundation for further education and training in vascular surgery.
The vascular resident will rotate through some of the standard surgery rotations during the first two postgraduate years: General surgery to include gastrointestinal surgery, surgical oncology, endocrine surgery and laparoscopic surgery at the primary hospitals (University of Cincinnati Medical Center and Veterans Affairs Medical Center); trauma; anesthesiology; critical care; plastic surgery; cardiac and thoracic surgery; and transplant surgery. The goals of these rotations are similar to the goals of the first two years of general surgical training with some additional rotations intended specifically to augment the knowledge and skills expected of a vascular surgeon such as vascular body imaging (CTA, MRA and other techniques) and cardiology (both on outpatient and inpatient rotations). The residents also rotate to The Christ Hospital where they receive valuable Dialysis Access experience.
The final (chief resident) year will be dedicated to vascular and endovascular rotations.
The goal of core surgery education is to ensure that the vascular resident is competent in the comprehensive evaluation and management of patients with complex illnesses and the basic surgical skills used in the treatment of cardiovascular, thoracic, abdominal and soft tissue diseases. Upon completion of PGY-2, the surgical resident should have acquired the knowledge and skills outlined below to facilitate quality patient care and ensure patient safety. The knowledge and skills should serve as the foundation for further education and training in vascular surgery.
The vascular resident will rotate through some of the standard surgery rotations during the first two postgraduate years: General surgery to include gastrointestinal surgery, surgical oncology, endocrine surgery and laparoscopic surgery at the primary hospitals (University of Cincinnati Medical Center and Veterans Affairs Medical Center); trauma; anesthesiology; critical care; plastic surgery; cardiac and thoracic surgery; and transplant surgery. The goals of these rotations are similar to the goals of the first two years of general surgical training with some additional rotations intended specifically to augment the knowledge and skills expected of a vascular surgeon such as vascular body imaging (CTA, MRA and other techniques) and cardiology (both on outpatient and inpatient rotations). The residents also rotate to The Christ Hospital where they receive valuable Dialysis Access experience.
The final (chief resident) year will be dedicated to vascular and endovascular rotations.