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FELLOWSHIP COUNCIL ACCREDITATION STATUS

Institution

 Program Director Accreditation Status Length of Accreditation Type of Fellowship
Advanced Bariatric Centers of California
 Edward Felix, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
Advanced GI Fellowship Alexander Rosemurgy, MD Pending    
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center
 Ajay Upadhyay, MD
Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
Atlanta Medical Center Titus D. Duncan, MD Pending    
Bariatric Surgery Fellowship of Southern California Brian B. Quebbemann, MD Pending    
Baylor College of Medicine Vadim Sherman, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/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
 Timothy Kuwada, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
Case Medical Center Bradley Champagne, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Colorectal
Case Western Reserve University Jeffrey Marks, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Flex Endo
Cedars-Sinai Med Ctr
 Edward Phillips, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
Celebration Health Eduardo Parra-Davila, MD/Keith Kim, MD Pending    
Cleveland Clinic Florida Raul Rosenthal, MD Accredited 3 Years Bariatric
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Bipan Chand, MD Accredited 3 Years Flexible Endoscopy
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Philip Schauer, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
Colon & Rectal Clinic of Orlando Andrea Ferrara, MD

Accredited

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

MIS/Bariatric
DHMC General Surgery
 William Laycock, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS
Duke Eric DeMaria, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
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
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Constantine Frantzides, MD        
 Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
Fellowship in Advanced Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery B. Todd Moore, MD Pending    
Florida Hospital
 Mark Chaet , MD Accedited 3 Years MIS
Franciscan Health System
 Eugene Cho, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS
Geisinger Medical Center
 Anthony Petrick, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
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/Bariatric
Hackensack University Med Ctr.
 Garth Ballantyne, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
HepatoPancreaticoBiliary Fellowship at Carolinas Medical Center David A. Iannitti, MD Pending    
Hospital of Saint Raphael
 Stephen Yood, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
Indiana University Henry Pitt, MD Accredited 3 Years HPB
Johns Hopkins Richard D. Schulick, MD
Accredited 2 years HPB
Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine Michael Marohn, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS
Kaiser Foundation Medical Center Tom Paluch, 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
Loyola University Medical Center
 Vafa Shayani, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
Lutheran Medical Center/SUNY Health Science Center George Ferzli, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
Massachusetts General Hospital
 David Rattner, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville C. Daniel Smith, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS
Mayo Clinic, Rochester Michael Sarr, MD Accredited 3 Years GI/HPB
Mayo Clinic Scottsdale Richard Schlinkert, 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 Fellowship Michael L. Kendrick, MD Pending    
Minimally Invasive Surgery and Robotic Surgery Fellowship at Albany Medical Center T. Paul Singh, MD Pending    
Minimally Invasive Surgery Institute, Inc. Karl LeBlanc, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
Mount Sinai Minimally Invasive Surgery Center Daniel Herron, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
New Dimensions Weight Loss Surgery

 Terive Duperier, MD Accredited 2 Years Bariatric
New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens Stephen Merola, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
New York Medical College/Sound Shore Medical Center Felicien Steichen, MD/Ashutosh Kaul, MD    
Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
N.J. Bariatrics Robert Brolin, MD Accredited 3 Years Bariatric
North Shore LIJ Health System Gary Gecelter, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
North Shore University Hospital @ Syosset Alan Geiss, MD Accredited 2 Years MIS/Bariatric
Northern Virginia Laparoscopic and Bariatric Fellowship Hazem Elariny, MD Pending    
Northwest Hospital Center W. Peter Geis, MD
Accredited 3 Years MIS
Northwestern Memorial Hosp/ Northwestern University Nathanial Soper, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
Oregon Health & Sciences University Brett Sheppard, MD

Accredited

 3 Years MIS
Pacific Laparoscopy Robert Rabkin, MD Non Accredited (Suspended)    
Penn State Cancer Institute Kevin Staveley-O'Carroll, MD, PhD
 Accredited 3 Years HPB
Penn State College of Medicine Randy Haluck, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS
Penn State College of Medicine Ann M. Rogers, MD Accredited 3 Years Bariatric
Providence Portland Medical Center Paul Hansen, MD Pending    
Providence St. Joseph Medical Center Philippe Quilici, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
Sacred Heart Institute for Surgical Weight Loss Jeffrey Lord, MD Accredited 3 years Bariatric
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center Ibrahim Daoud, MD      
 Accredited 3 Years Bariatric
Scottsdale Bariatric Center Robin Blackstone, MD Pending    
St Joseph's Hospital, McMaster University Mehran Anvari, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Flexible Endoscopy
St. John Hospital A. Hawasli, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS
St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center Julio Teixeira, MD
Accredited 2 Years Bariatric
St. Vincent Hospital/Indiana University Maurice Arregui, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Flexible Endoscopy
Stanford University John Morton, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
Staten Island University Hospital Gene Coppa, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
Surgix Minimally Invasive Surgery Institute Joseph Petelin, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS
Swedish Medical Center Ralph Aye, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS
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 Pending    
Thomas Jefferson University Ernest Rosato, MD Pending    
Tufts-New England Medical Center Julie Kim, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
UCI Clinical Instructor in Minimally Invasive Colon & Rectal Surgery Michael J. Stamos, MD Pending    
UMass Memorial Medical Center John Kelly, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
University Hospitals of Cleveland Bradley Champagne, 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 MIS/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 1 Year MIS/Bariatric
University of California, San Francisco Lawerence Way, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
UCSF Fresno Keith Boone, MD Accredited 2 Years MIS/Bariatric
University of Cincinnati David R. Fischer, MD Accredited 3 Years

MIS/Bariatric

University of Florida Kfir Ben-David, MD Pending    
University of Illinois - Chicago Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti, MD Non Accredited    
University of Iowa Isaac Samuel, MD
Accredited 2 Years Bariatric
University of Kentucky Raymond Gagliardi, MD
 Accredited 2 Years MIS/Bariatric
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 Michigan Jonathan F. Finks, MD Pending    
University of Missouri Bruce Ramshaw, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS
University of Missouri Roger de la Torre , MD        
 Accredited 3 Years Bariatric
University of Nebraska Medical Center Dmitry Oleynikov, MD      
 Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
University of North Carolina Timothy Farrell, MD             
 Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
University of Pittsburgh Anita Courcoulas, MD
 Accredited 3 Years Bariatric
University of Rochester Thad Boss, MD Pending    
University of Southern California Namir Katkhouda, MD     
Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
University of South Floria/Tampa General Hospital Michel Murr, MD Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
University of Tennessee, Memphis David S. Tichansky, MD          
 Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
University of Tennessee, Memphis
 Stephen W. Behrman, MD
Pending    
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Erik Wilson, MD    
 Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at David Provost, MD            
 Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center Philip Leggett, MD      
 Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
University of Virginia Health System Bruce Schirmer, MD
 Accredited 3 Years MIS
University of Washington Brant Oelschlager, MD     
 Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
Univeristy of Toronto Paul Greig, MD Accredited 3 Years HPB
Upper Gastroenterological Surgical Fellowship D. Rohan Jeyarajah, MD Pending    
University of Texas Health Center at San Antonio Kent Van Sickle , MD
 Accredited 3 Years MIS
Vanderbilt University William Richards, MD        
 Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatic
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center James Maher, MD
 Accredited 3 Years MIS/Bariatric
Wake Forest University School of Medicine Carl Westcott, MD          
 Accredited 3 Years MIS
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 Pending    
Yale University School of Medicine Robert Bell, MD                 
 Accredited 3 Years MIS

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

*  Citations may include the examples below:

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

 

 

Application Process Opens: June 1, 2008
Fellowship Application Deadline: September 1, 2008
Match Site Opens: September 5, 2008
Recommended Deadline to Inform Applicants of Interviews: September 22, 2008
Match Rank Submission Deadline: November 14, 2008
Fellow Match Date: November 24, 2008

 
 
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