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FELLOWSHIP COUNCIL ACCREDITATION STATUS

Institution

 Program Director Accreditation Status Length of Accreditation Type of Fellowship
Advanced GI Fellowship Alexander Rosemurgy, MD Accredited 1 year HPB
Albany Medical Center T. Paul Singh, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center
 Ajay Upadhyay, MD
Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
Atlanta Medical Center Titus D. Duncan, MD Pending    
Bariatric Medical Institute of Texas Frank Duperier, MD Accredited 3 Years Bariatric
Bariatric Surgery Fellowship of Southern California Brian B. Quebbemann, MD Pending    
Baylor College of Medicine Vadim Sherman, MD Accredited 3 Years Bariatric
Baystate Medical Center David Earle, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Daniel B. Jones, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
Boston University Medical Center Donald Hess, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
Brigham & Women's Hospital David Brooks, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
Carolinas Medical Center B. Todd Heniford Accredited 3 Years MIS
Carolinas Medical Center David A. Iannitti, MD Accredited 3 Years HPB
Carolinas Medical Center
 Timothy Kuwada, MD Accredited 2 Years MIS/Bariatric
Case Western Reserve University Jeffrey Marks, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Flex Endo
Cedars-Sinai Med Ctr
 Shirin Towfigh, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
Celebration Health Eduardo Parra-Davila, MD/Keith Kim, MD Accredited 2 Years MIS/Bariatric
Centre for the Advancement of MIS-University of Alberta Daniel Birch, MD Pending    
Cleveland Clinic Florida Raul Rosenthal, MD Accredited 3 Years Bariatric
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Bipan Chand, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Flexible Endoscopy
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Philip Schauer, MD Accredited 3 Years Bariatric
Cleveland Clinic R. Matthew Walsh Accredited 3 Years HPB
Colon & Rectal Clinic of Orlando Andrea Ferrara, MD

Accredited

 3 Years Colorectal/MIS
Columbia/Cornell Alfons Pomp, MD / Marc Bessler, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
Danbury Hospital Keith Zuccala, MD Accredited 3 years Bariatric
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Erik Dutson , MD Accredited 3 Years

Bariatric
DHMC General Surgery
 William Laycock, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS
Duke Eric DeMaria, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
Duke University Medical Center Bryan Clary, MD Pending    
East Carolina Univ., Brody SOM William Chapman III Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
Eastern Virginia Medical School Stephen Wohlgemuth, MD Accredited 2 Years MIS/Bariatric
Emory University School of Medicine Edward Lin, DO Accredited 3 Years MIS
Franciscan Health System
 Eugene Cho, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS
Geisinger Medical Center
 Anthony Petrick, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS
Greenville Hospital System-University Medical Group, Minimal Access Surgery Center William S. Cobb, IV, MD Pending    
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center
 Shanu Kothari, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS
Hackensack University Med Ctr.
 Douglas Ewing , MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
Hospital of Saint Raphael
 Scott Helton, MD Accredited 2 Years Bariatric
Indiana University Henry Pitt, MD Accredited 3 Years HPB
Indiana University Samer Mattar, MD Pending    
Inova Fairfax Hazem Elariny, MD Accredited 2 Years MIS/Bariatric
Johns Hopkins Richard D. Schulick, MD
Accredited 2 years HPB
Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine Michael Marohn, MD/Michael Schweitzer, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS
Laparoscopic Surgery Center of South Florida
 Henry Lujan, MD
Accredited 3 Years MIS
Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital
 Valerie J. Halpin, MD Accredited 3 Years Bariatric
Legacy Health System
 Lee Swanstrom, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS
Lutheran Medical Center/SUNY Health Science Center George Ferzli, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS
Massachusetts General Hospital
 David Rattner, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville C. Daniel Smith, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS
Mayo Clinic, Rochester David Nagorney Accredited 3 Years HPB
Mayo Clinic, Rochester Michael L. Kendrick, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS
McGill University Liane Feldman, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS
Medical College of Wisconsin James Wallace, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
Methodist Dalls Medical Center D. Rohan Jeyarajah, MD Accredited 3 Years HPB/Foregut
Minnesota Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery Paul Severson, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric/Flexible Endosurgery
Minimally Invasive Surgery Institute, Inc. Karl LeBlanc, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
Mount Sinai Minimally Invasive Surgery Center Daniel M.Herron, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS
New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens Stephen Merola, MD Accredited 2 Years Bariatric
New York Medical College/Sound Shore Medical Center Felicien Steichen, MD/Ashutosh Kaul, MD    
Accredited 3 Years Bariatric
N.J. Bariatrics Robert Brolin, MD Accredited 3 Years Bariatric
North Shore LIJ Health System George DeNoto, MD, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
Northwest Hospital Center W. Peter Geis, MD
Accredited 3 Years MIS
Oregon Health & Sciences University Brett Sheppard, MD

Accredited

 3 Years MIS
Penn State Cancer Institute Kevin Staveley-O'Carroll, MD, PhD
 Accredited 3 Years HPB
Penn State College of Medicine Randy Haluck, MD/Ann Rogers, MD Pending   MIS/Bariatric
Providence Cancer Medical Center Paul Hansen, MD Accredited 2 Years HPB
Sacred Heart Institute for Surgical Weight Loss Jeffrey Lord, MD Accredited 3 years Bariatric
Saint Francis Hospital Constantine Frantzides, MD        
 Accredited 1 Year MIS
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center Ibrahim Daoud, MD      
 Accredited 3 Years MIS
Saint Luke's Hospital B. Todd Moore, MD Accredited 2 Years MIS/Bariatric
Southwestern Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery at UT-Southwestern Daniel J. Scott, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
St Joseph's Hospital, McMaster University Mehran Anvari, MD Accredited 2 Years MIS
St. John Hospital A. Hawasli, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS
St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center Julio Teixeira, MD
Accredited 3 Years Bariatric
St. Vincent Hospital/Indiana University Maurice Arregui, MD Accredited 1 Years MIS
Stanford University John Morton, MD Accredited 2 Years MIS
Staten Island University Hospital Charles Choy, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
Surgix Minimally Invasive Surgery Institute Joseph Petelin, MD Accredited 1 Year MIS
Swedish Medical Center Ralph Aye, MD Accredited 2 Years Advanced Esophageal and Thoracic
Texas Endosurgery Institute Morris Franklin, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS
The George Washington University Medical Center Frederick Brody, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS
The Lankenau Hospital John Marks, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Colorectal Surgery
The Methodist Hospital Advanced Minimally Invasive Fellowship Patrick Reardon, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
The Ohio State University W. Scott Melvin, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
The Ohio State University Jeffrey Hazey, MD Accredited 3 Years Flexible Endoscopy
The Ottawa Hospital Joseph Mamazza, MD         
 Accredited 3 Years MIS
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Laparoscopic Surgery Fellowship Stephen J. Migliori, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS
Thomas Jefferson University Ernest Rosato, MD/ David Tichansky, MD Accredited 2 Years HPB
Tufts-New England Medical Center Julie Kim, MD Provisional Accreditation-under review   Bariatric/MIS
UMass Memorial Medical Center John Kelly, MD Accredited 2 Years MIS/Bariatric
University Hospitals of Cleveland Leena Khaitan, MD Pending    
University of Alabama-Birmingham Ronald Clements, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
University of British Columbia Adam Meneghetti, MD Pending    
University of California, Davis Mohamed Ali, MD              
 Accredited 3 Years Bariatric
University of California, Irvine Medical Center Ninh Nguyen, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
University of California, San Diego Mark Talamini, MD/Santiago Horgan, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS
University of California, San Francisco Lawerence Way, MD Provisional Accreditation-Under Review   MIS/Bariatric
UCSF Fresno Keith Boone, MD Accredited 2 Years MIS/Bariatric
University of Florida Kfir Ben-David, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville Michael S. Nussbaum, MD Pending    
University of Illinois at Chicago Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti, MD Accredited 2 Years MIS/Robotic
University of Iowa Isaac Samuel, MD
Accredited 2 Years Bariatric
University of Kentucky Scott Roth , MD
 Accredited 2 Years MIS
University of Maryland Adrian Park, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS
University of Miami School of Medicine Jose Martinez, MD Accredited 3 Years Flexible Endoscopy
University of Missouri Bruce Ramshaw, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS
University of Missouri Roger de la Torre, MD        
 Accredited 2 Years Bariatric
University of Nebraska Medical Center Dmitry Oleynikov, MD      
 Accredited 3 Years MIS
University of North Carolina Timothy Farrell, MD             
 Accredited 3 Years MIS
University of Pittsburgh Anita Courcoulas, MD
 Accredited 3 Years Bariatric
University of Rochester William E. O'Malley, MD Accredited 2 Years Bariatric
University of Southern California Namir Katkhouda, MD     
Accredited 3 Years Bariatric
University of South Floria/Tampa General Hospital Michel Murr, MD Accredited 3 Years Bariatric
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Erik Wilson, MD    
 Accredited 2 Years Bariatric
University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center Philip Leggett, MD      
 Accredited 3 Years MIS
University of Texas-Houston Colon and Rectal Surgery Eric M. Haas, MD Pending    
University of Toronto Paul Greig, MD Accredited 3 Years HPB
University of Toronto MIS Allan Okrainec, MD Pending    
University of Virginia Health System Bruce Schirmer, MD
 Accredited 3 Years MIS
University of Washington Brant Oelschlager, MD     
 Accredited 3 Years MIS
Valley Hospital Robert J. Korst, MD Pending    
Vanderbilt University Brandon Williams , MD        
 Accredited 1 Year Bariatic
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center James Maher, MD
 Accredited 3 Years Bariatric
Wake Forest University School of Medicine Carl Westcott, MD          
 Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
Washington University School of Medicine L. Michael Brunt , MD            
 Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
Washington University in St. Louis David Linehan, MD Accredited 3 Years HPB
Wayne State University John Webber, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
West Virginia University Ehab Akkary, MD Pending    
Yale University School of Medicine Robert Bell, MD                 
 Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric

Full Accreditation:            3 year approval – no major citations

Conditional Accreditation:            2 year approval – minor citations*

Probation:            1 year approval – major citations*

Non Accredited:            Program has been site visited and no accreditation given

Pending Accreditation:            New program not yet site visited

Provisional-Under review: Status is not yet final, currently being reviewed

*  Citations may include the examples below:

  • Case number deficiency
  • Conflict with existing residency program
  • Lack of curriculum, supervision, etc.

For accreditation guidelines and definitions, click here.

 

Fellowship Council Main Application and Match Dates

Fellowship Application Process Opens: June 1, 2009
Fellowship Application Closes: September 1, 2009
Letters of Recommendation Deadline: September 1, 2009
Recommended Deadline to Inform Applicants of Interviews: September 25, 2009
Match Site Opens: October 9, 2009
Match Rank Order List Deadline: November 6, 2009
Fellow Match Date: November 18, 2009

Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) Application and Match Dates

HPB Application Process Opens: May 4, 2009
HPB Application Deadline: July 22, 2009 Application Now Closed
HPB Letters of Recommendation Deadline: July 22, 2009
Match Application (Rank Order) Deadline: September 22, 2009
HPB Match Date: October 19, 2009

 
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