Program Director(s):
Matthew Walsh
Toms Augustin
The program is in hiatus. And, it is not participating in the application and matching process at this time.
Description:
Hepatobiliary Fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic
Overview
Cleveland Clinic's Hepatobiliary fellowship offers a 2-year Fellowship Council and American Hepato-Pancreatic-Biliary Association (AHPBA) accredited fellowship following the completion of a general surgery residency in the United States or Canada. We accept graduates of other foreign medical schools only if ECFMG certified. Non US citizens may apply for planned H-1B or O-1 Visa during their fellowship. Appointments to the fellowship are made on a competitive basis and can be initiated via the fellowship council (https://fellowshipcouncil.org/)
Our educational goal is to improve the knowledge and skills of our trainees in the full spectrum of liver or pancreatic and biliary surgery. The operative experience includes open, minimally invasive and robotic surgery.
Clinical Role: This is primary a clinical fellowship with over 80% of the program year spent in clinical activities. The fellow will have a junior staff role for HPB consults. The fellowship will consist of clinical duties including patient evaluation, operative experience, post-operative management, and patient follow-up. In addition to conventional liver and pancreatic cases, the fellow will participate selectively in the liver transplant program, principally in donor procedures and living related transplants. Operative experience includes a variety of hepatobiliary and pancreatic procedures including acute and chronic pancreatic minimally invasive and robotic procedures, intraoperative ultrasound and microwave ablation, and other surgical oncology cases.
Teaching role: The fellowship teaching responsibilities will include involvement an HPB multi-disciplinary conference, formal HPB teaching rounds in addition to resident and medical student teaching in the outpatient areas, ward and the operating room. The fellow is also organized and conducts the HPB Journal club.
Research role: Research responsibilities will include clinical research protocols and retrospective chart reviews and clinical trials. The fellow is expected to prepare several papers, posters and abstracts for publication and possible presentation at national and local meetings.
Staff
Our surgical staff includes 9 surgeons with diverse clinical, research, and administrative expertise and interests. Many are well-known leaders in the field.
R. Matthew Walsh MD
Toms Augustin, MD, MPH
Robert Simon M.D.
Federico Aucejo M.D.
Charles Miller M.D.
Eren Berber M.D.
Daniel Joyce, M.D.
Jaekeun Kim, M.D.
David Kwon, M.D.
Samer Naffouje, M.D.
Alumni Career Pathways
1995
Jalink Diederick, MD
Queen's Unviersity Ontario
1996
Iannitti David, MD
Carolina's Heath Care
1997
Evans Peter, MD
Alfred Hospital, Prahan
1998
Li John, MD
Duke University, Asheville VAMC
1999
Campbell Connie, MD
Catholic Medical Center NH
2000
Wu Justin, MD
Kaiser Permanente Med Ctr San Diego
2001
Connelly Marc, MD
Alaska Natative Med Ctr
2003
Smith Andrew, MD
United Kingdom
2004
Yang Yolanda, MD
Redwood City, CA
2005
Simpfendorfer Conrad, MD
Cleveland Clinic Health System - Florida
2006
Mackey Richard, MD
St. Joseph Medical Center
2007
Hirose Kenzo, MD
Johns Hopkins
2008
Johnson Michael
Kettering Medical Center
2009
Morris-Stiff Gareth, MD
Cleveland Clinic Health System
2010
Aguilar Saavedra Juan, MD
Mexico
2011
Bui Au, MD
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center
2012
El-Hayek Kevin, MD
Cleveland Clinic Health System
2013
Ali Noaman, MD
Cleveland Clinic Health System - Akron
2014
Stafford Anthony , MD
United Kingdom
2015
Augustin Toms, MD
Cleveland Clinic Health System - Fairview
2016
Royall Nelson, MD
St. John Medical Center
2017
Simon Robert, MD
Cleveland Clinic Health System
2018
Khithani Amit, MD
2019
Essa Aleassa, MD
2021
Alexander DeMare, MD
Beaumont Hospital, MI
2022 - Current
Katheryn Stackhouse, MD
Training Environment Our fellows develop a rich clinical experience across the spectrum of surgical practice: a quaternary care research hospital, and high volume community hospitals. All of our locations have excellent nursing, case managers, ancillary staff levels (with physician assistant on each service and physician assistant and general surgery junior support on the high volume services) allowing fellows to concentrate on their role as surgeons. Cleveland Clinic Cleveland Clinic was founded in 1921 by George Crile Sr., a general and endocrine surgeon; Frank Bunts, a neurosurgeon; William Lower, an urologist; and John Phillips, an internist. It was a new kind of medical center: a physician-lead, not-for-profit, integrated hospital and group practice, equally dedicated to patient care, research, and education. Cleveland Clinic quickly became a world renowned training hospital, medical school and research institute, known for offering the most advanced medical care. Cleveland Clinic's main campus consists of 41 buildings and more than 85 operating rooms, with constant expansion and renovation. Cleveland Clinic’s subspecialty surgeons are at the forefront of surgical care and are behind its reputation as a top-ranked, quaternary care hospital with an international referral base, and high volume critical care transfer service, that cares for the most complex patients.
Cleveland Clinic is immediately adjacent to the University Circle Neighborhood, home of the Case Western Reserve University, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Clinic is centrally located and accessible from the downtown, east, and west side residential neighborhoods.
Fairview Hospital
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/locations/fairview-hospital
Fairview Hospital is a 488-bed hospital located at the western edge of Cleveland, overlooking the Cleveland Metroparks. Fairview Hospital has served the community for more than 110 years, offering a full range of services and physicians skilled in providing that care.
Basic Program Information:
- Location: Cleveland Ohio
- Primary Program Site: Cleveland Clinic
- Primary Hospital: Total bed size, # OR's, # Surgical ICU beds: 1,000 beds, 100 ORs, 500 ICU beds
- Secondary Program Site: Fairview
- Secondary Hospital: Total bed size, # OR's, # Surgical ICU beds: Total Beds 488 SICU Beds 12 (MICU beds 25) ORs 12
- Clinic locations and schedule:
Main Campus
- University Affiliation: Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
- School of Medicine Affiliation: CWRU School of Medicine, Lerner College of Medicine
- Year Program and/or Designation Established: 1990
- Number of Faculty: 10
- % of Program Clinical: 80
- % of Program Research: 20
Additional Program Information:
- Interaction with Residents: Some cases shared
- Is there a General Surgery Residency at the Primary Institution? Yes
- Is there a General Surgery Residency at the Secondary Institution? No
- Is there a curriculum in place for fellowship? Yes
- Is there a skills lab at the institution with fellow access? Yes
- Are there teaching conferences available for the fellow? Yes
- Is there an evaluation tool for fellow by faculty in place? Yes
- Is there an evaluation tool for faculty by fellow in place? Yes
- Papers Accepted For Publication where PD was an author: 19
- Publications that Involved Input from the Fellow: 10
- Are funds available for the Fellow to attend conferences?
Malpractice Insurance Information:
- The fellow(s) is also required to have attending privileges (insurance coverage must also include all activities for their work while they act as a fellow and an attending) and the program provides the following:Claims-based malpractice coverage including a tail for the statute of limitations
Contact Information For Questions:
Janine Keough
Phone: 216-312-9206
Fax:
Email: [email protected]
Web: https://www.clevelandclinic.org
Facilities
Dry Lab
Wet lab
Library
Administrative Support
Clinical Research
Simulation Lab
Robotics Lab
Citizenship and Visa Requirements:
- US Citizens
- US Permanent Residents (Green Card)
- Canadian Citizens
- Canadian Permanent Residents
- Non U.S. Citizens eligible for/with planned H-1B Visa during their fellowship (For U.S. Fellowship Programs)
- Non U.S. Citizens eligible for/with planned O-1 Visa during their fellowship (For U.S. Fellowship Programs)
Medical School Requirements:
- We accept graduates of U.S. or Canadian Medical Schools and Foreign Medical Schools
- We accept graduates of Foreign Medical Schools only if ECFMG Certified
- We accept graduates of Foreign Medical Schools only if listed in the FAIMER Directory (https://imed.faimer.org/)
Examinations and Certifications:
- Applicants must have passed the USMLE/COMLEX Step 1, 2, & 3 exams
- Applicants must have passed the USMLE/COMLEX Step 1 & 2 exams or the Medical Council of Canada Evaluation Exam (MCCEE)
- Applicants must have passed the TOEFEL exam
- Applicants must have had at least 2 years of prior training in an ACGME accredited residency or fellowship (or Canadian equivalent)
- Applicants who are ABS or Canadian Board Eligible or Certified
- Applicants who hold a General Surgery specialty certificate from a Board or College outside of U.S. or Canada at the beginning of the fellowship
- Applicants must have had at least 2 years of prior training in an AOA (American Osteopathic Association) accredited residency or fellowship
- Applicants must be AOBS (American Osteopathic Board of Surgery) eligible or certified
Licensure Requirements and Information:
A permanent Ohio License and US DEA is required.
http://med.ohio.gov/
Canadian citizens requesting an H1-B visa will need to have USMLE 1,2 & 3 as the MCCQE is not accepted for visa purposes.
Accreditation Status | Accreditation Period | Length of Accreditation | Accredited for HPB | 2023-2026 | 3 |
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Fellowship Opportunity # 1
- Number of Positions Available: 1
- Type of Fellowship: HPB
- Duration: 2 year
- Start Day: August 1
- End Day: July 31
- Is this a salaried position? Yes
- It is a requirement that the salary must be commensurate to a PGY 6 or greater in the same city. Does your program meet this requirement? Yes
- Is the salary guaranteed for the year? Yes
- Is there funding available beyond salary for meeting attendance, research, etc? Yes
- Is the salary dependent on call? No
- Is the Fellow on call?
Yes
What are the on call requirements?The fellow will take ACS call one weekend every six weeks and HPB home call two weeks per month.
- What are the estimated fellow weekly work hours?
- It is a requirement that Health Insurance be provided. Do you provide health insurance to your fellows? Yes
- Teaching Responsibilities: Yes
- Courses/Academic Presentations: Yes
- Does reimbursement for the above make up part of the salary? Yes
- Does the fellowship contract include a non-compete clause? Yes
- What type of malpractice insurance will cover the Fellow?
Clinical Outpatient Experience
The fellowship will consist of clinical duties including patient evaluation, operative experience, post-operative management, and patient follow-up. In addition to conventional liver and pancreatic cases, the fellow will participate in the liver transplant program, principally in donor procedures and living related transplants.ss and staple height.
Research/Scholarship Resources
There is a weekly research meeting with the HPB research team including a statistian and Datamart manager.
Program Director(s) Detailed Information
Matthew Walsh M.D.
- At Institution Since: 1990
- Program Director Since : 2002
- Board Certification:
Society Memberships
SAGES
ACS
ASMBS
SSAT
AHPBA
Other
Central Surgical Society
Areas of Expertise
Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic SurgeryTeaching Qualifications
Summary of Qualifications
Internship, Department of Surgery 1985-1986
Loyola University of Chicago
Maywood, Illinois
Robert J. Freeark, M.D.
Ambrose and Gladys Bowyer
Professor and Chairman
Residency in General Surgery 1986-1989
Department of Surgery
Loyola University of Chicago
Maywood, Illinois
Chief Resident, Department of Surgery 1989-1990
Loyola University of Chicago
Maywood, Illinois
John F. Keeley Surgical Scholar
Fellow, Surgical Endoscopy 1990
Department of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Frederick W. Ackroyd, M.D.
Chief of Surgical Endoscopy
Fellow, Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgery 1991
Department of General Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Robert E. Hermann, M.D.
Chairman
Department of Surgery
ACADEMIC
APPOINTMENTS: Harvard Medical School 1990
Associate in Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Assistant Staff 1992-1993
Department of General Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Department Coordinator 1993-2010
Undergraduate Surgical Education
Ohio State University School of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Professional Staff 1993-present
Department of General Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Head, Section of Hepatobiliary Surgery 2002-present
Department of General Surgery
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
Assistant Professor of Surgery 1994
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Associate Professor of Surgery 2005
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
at Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
Vice-Chairman 2006-2010
Department of General Surgery
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
Professor of Surgery 2010
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
at Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
Chairman 2011-Present
Department of General Surgery
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
Toms Augustin M.D.
- At Institution Since: 2012
- Program Director Since : 2017
- Board Certification:
Society Memberships
SAGES
ACS
ASMBS
SSAT
AHPBA
Areas of Expertise
HPBTeaching Qualifications
Summary of Qualifications
General Surgery Residency
July 2006 – June 2011
Fellowship in Advanced Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery
July 2011 – June 2012
Fellowship in Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary surgery
July 2015 – June 2016
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Cleveland Clinic, Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Department of Surgery
July 2016 - Present
Teaching Administration
Cleveland Clinic Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary fellowship - Associate Program Director
Dates of Service: January 2018 – Present
Teaching Activities
Cleveland Clinic Surgical Resident Lectures
2017
Surgical treatment of chronic pancreatitis (2/20/2017)
Pancreatic cystic neoplasms (3/20/2017)
Gallbladder and bile duct neoplasm(11/8/2017)
2018
Latrogenic bile duct injuries (4/2/2018)
Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (5/7/2018)
Bibliography
Peer Reviewed Articles
Toms Augustin, Glass T, James B, Schwartz B. Neighborhood psychosocial hazards and cardiovascular disease: the Baltimore Memory Study. American Journal of Public Health. 2008 Sep;98(9):1664-70. Epub 2008 Jul 16.
Toms Augustin, Siddharth Bhende, Keyur Chavda, Thomas J VanderMeer, Burt Cagir. CT Scans and Acute Appendicitis: A Five-Year Analysis from a Rural Teaching Hospital. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2009 Jul;13(7):1306-12. Epub 2009 Apr 21.
3. Toms Augustin, Thomas J VanderMeer. Intraductal papillary mucinous tumor- a clinicopathological review. Surgical Clinics of North America. 2010 Apr; 90 (2):377-98.
4. Toms Augustin, Burt Cagir, Thomas VanderMeer. Characteristics of perforated appendicitis in a rural population: Effect of delay is confounded by age and gender J Gastrointest Surg. 2011 Jul;15(7):1223-31. Epub 2011 May 10.
5. Ali Aminian, Saeed Shoar, Zhamak Khorgami, Toms Augustin, Philip R Schauer, Stacy A Brethauer. Safety of One-Step Conversion of Gastric Band to Sleeve: A Comparative Analysis of ACS-NSQIP. Accepted for publication in Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
6. Jonathan Tomasko, Toms Augustin, Tung T Tran, Randy S. Haluck, Ann M Rogers, Jerome Lyn-Sue. Quality of life comparing dor and toupet after heller myotomy for achalasia. Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons. 2014 Jul;18(3).
7. Toms Augustin, Ali Aminian, Héctor Romero-Talamás, Tomasz Rogula, Philip R. Schauer, Stacy A. Brethauer. Reoperative Surgery for Management of Early Complications after Gastric Bypass. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. Obes Surg. 2016 Feb;26(2):345-9.
8. Ali Aminian, MD, Mohammad Jamal, MD, Toms Augustin, MD, Ricard Corcelles, MD, John P. Kirwan, PhD, Philip R. Schauer, MD, Stacy A. Brethauer, MD. Failed Surgical Weight Loss Does Not Necessarily Mean Failed Metabolic Effects. Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics. Diabetes Technol Ther. 2015 Oct;17(10):682-4.
9. Toms Augustin MD, MPH, Eric Schneider PhD, Diya Alaedeen MD, Matthew Kroh MD, Ali Aminian MD, David Reznick MD, R. Matthew Walsh MD, Stacy Brethauer MD. Emergent surgery does not independently predict 30-day mortality after paraesophageal hernia repair: results from the ACS NSQIP database. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2015 Dec;19(12):2097-104.
10. Amin Andalib, MD, Ali Aminian, MD, Toms Augustin MD, MPH, Philip R. Schauer, MD, Stacy A. Brethauer, MD. Early Postoperative Outcomes of Primary Bariatric Surgery in Patients on Chronic Steroid or Immunosuppressive Therapy. Obesity Surgery. Obes Surg. 2015 Dec 8.
11. Ali Aminian, MD, Chaudhry RM, Khorgami Z, Amin Andalib, MD, Toms Augustin MD, MPH, John Rodriguez, MD, Matthew Kroh, MD, Philip R. Schauer, MD, Stacy A. Brethauer, MD. Reoperative Surgery for Management of Early Complications After Gastric Bypass. Obes Surg. 2016 Feb;26(2):345-9.
12. Toms Augustin, MD, Burstein MD, Schneider EB, Morris-Stiff G, Wey J, Chalikonda S, Walsh RM. Frailty predicts risk of life-threatening complications and mortality after pancreatic resections. Surgery. 2016 Oct;160(4):987-96. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2016.07.010.
13. Toms Augustin, Moslim MA, Brethauer S, Aminian A, Kroh M, Schneider E, Walsh RM. Obesity and its implications for morbidity and mortality after cholecystectomy: a NSQIP matched analysis. Am J Surg. 2017 Mar;213(3):539-543. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2016.11.037. Epub 2017 Jan 26.
14. Toms Augustin, MD, MPH, Maitham A. Moslim, MD, Andrew Tang, MD, R. Matthew Walsh, MD. Tailored Surgical Treatment of Duodenal Polyposis In Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Syndrome. Surgery. 2018.
15. Zubaidah Nor Hanipah, MD, Suriya Punchai, MD, Toms Augustin, MD, Stacy A Brethauer, MD, Philip R Schauer, MD, Ali Aminian, MD. Impact of early post-bariatric surgery acute kidney injury on long-term renal function. Accepted fro publication to Obesity Surgery in July, 2018.
16. Essa AlEssa, MD Stacy A Brethauer, MD, Ali Aminian, MD, Toms Augustin, MD, Philip. Cost Effectiveness of Enhanced Recovery Pathway in Bariatric Surgery: Trends Vary with Type of Surgery. Accepted for publication to Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Book Chapters
1. Toms Augustin. Acute appendicitis. First consult; Evidence based answers for the point of care. Mdconsult.com, April 2010
2. Toms Augustin. Acute appendicitis. First consult; Evidence based answers for the point of care. Mdconsult.com, April 2011
3. Toms Augustin, Ann Rogers. Postoperative management of Obesity Related Diseases. Dr. Robin Blackstone's Bariatric Surgery Complications. Under publication (Springer)
4. Toms Augustin, R. Matthew Walsh. Reconstruction of the Bile Duct: Anatomic Principles and Surgical Techniques. Mastery of Surgery. Under publication
Abstracts
Oral presentation at national meetings:
1. Toms Augustin, MD, MPH, Maitham A Moslim, MD, Stacy Brethauer, MD, Ann Rogers, MD, Ali Aminian, MD, Diya Alaedeen, MD, Matthew Kroh, MD, Eric Schneider, PhD, Matthew Walsh, MD. Obesity and its implications for morbidity and mortality after appendectomy in younger adults: a NSQIP analysis. Presented at DDW 2016 in San Diego, CA.
2. P.H.M. Chaves, R. Varadhan, Toms Augustin, J. Tiang, L. Lipsitz, L.P. Fried. Heart Rate Variability, Hemoglobin, and Frailty Status in Disabled, Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Pilot Study within the Women’s Health and Aging Study – WHAS. Abstract presented at the 2005 Pepper OAIC Junior Faculty Annual Meeting.
3. C. Seplaki, S. Szanton, Toms Augustin, L.P. Fried. Understanding socioeconomic differentials in health: Associations between income satisfaction and physiological dysregulation. Presented at the Gerontological Society of America’s 59th Annual Scientific meeting in Dallas, Texas in November, 2006.
4. Toms Augustin, T.A. Glass, B. James, B.S. Schwartz. Neighborhood psychosocial hazards are associated with clinical atherosclerotic events: the Baltimore Memory Study. Abstract presented at the 2nd American Public Health Association Annual Meeting held in Boston, Massachusetts on November 3-7, 2006. This abstract won the student abstract award at the meeting.
5. Toms Augustin, Burt Cagir, Thomas VanderMeer. Characteristics of perforated appendicitis in a rural population: true time to perforation. Oral presentation at the 5th Annual Academic Surgical Congress of the Association for Academic Surgery to be held at the Marriott Rivercenter Hotel, San Antonio, TX from February 3-5, 2010.
6. Toms Augustin, D. Gajanana, T. VanderMeer, B. Cagir, D. Trostle. Itraoperative blood transfusion and outcomes in general surgery patients with significant intraoperative blood loss; a five year analyses. Oral presentation at the 5th Annual Academic Surgical Congress of the Association for Academic Surgery to be held at the Marriott Rivercenter Hotel, San Antonio, TX from February 3-5, 2010.
7. M. K. Kalaiah, Toms Augustin, M. Thomas, B. Cagir, S. Lawrence, A. Bhatti. Massive rectus sheath hematoma with spontaneous bladder perforation- a cases series. Oral presentation at the 5th Annual Academic Surgical Congress of the Association for Academic Surgery to be held at the Marriott Rivercenter Hotel, San Antonio, TX from February 3-5, 2010.
8. Lorna Campbell, Toms Augustin, Burt Cagir. Non-conventional stricturoplasties for Crohns disease: A systematic review of outcomes. Oral presentation at the 5th Annual Academic Surgical Congress of the Association for Academic Surgery to be held at the Marriott Rivercenter Hotel, San Antonio, TX from February 3-5, 2010.
9. Toms Augustin, Eric Schneider, Stacy A. Brethauer, Diya Alaedeen, Matthew D. Kroh, Allan Siperstein, MD. Emergent surgery does not independently predict 30-day mortality after paraesophageal hernia repair: results from the ACS NSQIP database. Presented at the American College of Surgeons meeting in San Francisco in October 2014.
10. Toms Augustin, MD, MPH, FACS, Maitham A Moslim, MD, Stacy Brethauer, MD, FACS, Ann Rogers, MD, FACS, Ali Aminian, MD, Diya Alaedeen, MD, FACS, Matthew Kroh, MD, FACS, Eric Schneider, PhD, R Matthew Walsh, MD, FACS. Obesity and its implications for morbidity and mortality after appendectomy in younger adults: a NSQIP analysis. Accepted for presentation at the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract meeting in San Diego Convention Center in May 2016.
11. Toms Augustin, MD, MPH, E Schneider, PhD, S Brethauer,MD, A Ali, MD, M Kroh, MD, RM Walsh, MD. Post-cholecystectomy morbidity and mortality among obese and super-obese patients: a NSQIP matched analysis. Presented at Midwest Surgical Association meeting in Mackinac Island in August 2016.
12. Toms Augustin, MD, MPH, Matthew Burstein, MD, Eric Schneider, PhD, Gareth Morris-Stiff, MD; Jane Wey, MD; Sricharan Chalikonda MD; R. Matthew Walsh MD. Frailty Predicts Risk of Life-Threatening Complications and Mortality after Pancreatic Resections. Presented at Central Surgical Association meeting in Montreal, Canada in March 2016.
13. Maitham Moslim, MD, Toms Augustin, MD, MPH, FACS. Andrew Tang, MD. Eric Schneider, PhD. R Matthew Walsh, MD, FACS. Duodenal Cancer in Patients with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Has A Better Prognosis Compared to Sporadic Duodenal Cancer. Oral presentation at DDW 2017 Chicago, Illinois.
14. Toms Augustin, MD, MPH, Maitham Moslim, MD, Andrew Tang, MD, R. Matthew Walsh, MD, FACS. Tailored Surgical Treatment of Duodenal Polyposis in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Syndrome. Oral presentation at the Central Surgical 2017 annual meeting being held jointly with the Midwest Surgical Association in Chicago, Illinois.
15. Simon, R, MD, Toms Augustin, MD, MPH, Aboussouan, A, Scheman, J, PhD, Sweis, G PsyD, Steven, T, MD, El-Hayek, K, MD, Walsh, RM, MD. Presence of addiction does not predict worse outcomes with resepct to pain after total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation. Oral presentation at the American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association meeting in Miami, Florida in March 2018.
Papers Presented at International meetings:
1. Toms Augustin, Jonathan Tomasko, Gustavo Vincentelli Bello, Jerome Lyn-Sue, Randy S. Haluck, Ann Rogers. Gastrojejunostomy leaks after laparoscopic gastric bypass: Effect on long-term outcomes and resolution of comorbidities. Presented at the Association of Minimally Invasive Surgeons of India in Coimbatore, India in July 2012.
2. R. Matthew Walsh, MD, FACS, Toms Augustin, MD, MPH, Maitham Moslim, MD, Gareth Morris-Stiff, MD. Tailored Surgical Treatment of Duodenal Polyposis in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Syndrome. Oral presentation at the 2017 InSIGHT biennial meeting in Florence, Italy.
Poster presentation at national meetings:
1. Toms Augustin, T.A. Glass, A. Roy, B. James, B.S. Schwartz. Neighborhood characteristics are associated with self-reported cardiovascular events: the Baltimore Memory Study. Abstract presented as poster at the 2nd North American Congress of Epidemiology held in Seattle, Washington on June 21-24, 2006.
2. B. D. James, T. A. Glass, Toms Augustin, B. S. Schwartz. Neighborhood Context and Social Engagement: the Baltimore Memory study. Abstract presented as poster at the 2nd North American Congress of Epidemiology held in Seattle, Washington on June 21-24, 2006.
3. S. Bhende, Toms Augustin, K. Chavda, T. VanderMeer, B. Cagir. CT scans and acute appendicitis: A fiver year analysis from a rural, teaching hospital. Presented as a poster at The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) annual meeting in April 2008.
4. Toms Augustin, A. Giuffrida, S. Bhende, B. Cagir, T. VanderMeer. Delays in diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis: a five year analysis from a rural, teaching hospital. Department of surgery, Guthrie-Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Pennsylvania. Poster accepted for presentation at the American College of Surgeons 94th Annual Clinical Congress to be held at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, California from October 12–16, 2008.
5. S. Bhende, Toms Augustin, D. Gajanana, L. Sampson. True Extracranial Internal Carotid Artery Aneurysm Repair with Transposition of Hypoglossal Nerve. Department of vascular surgery, Guthrie-Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Pennsylvania. Poster presented at the American College of Surgeons 94th Annual Clinical Congress held at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, California from October 12–16, 2008.
6. Toms Augustin, Catherine Dickinson, Siddharth Bhende, Burt Cagir, Thomas VanderMeer. System time and patient factors in acute appendicitis: a five year analysis from a rural, teaching hospital. Poster presented at the Digestive Disease Week National conference held in Chicago on June 1st, 2009.
7. Toms Augustin, Jonathan M Tomasko, Gustavo V Bello, Randy S Haluck, Ann M Rogers, Jerome R LynSue. Laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia repair with anterior hernia repair with anterior gastropexy does not worsen and improves dysphagia; an institutional series. Accepted to SAGES 2012 annual meeting.
8. Gustavo V Bello, Toms Augustin, Jonathan M Tomasko, Jerome R LynSue, Randy S Haluck, Ann M Rogers. CT scans show low incidence of trocar site fascial defects after laparoscopic Roux -en-Y Gastric Bypass. Accepted to SAGES March 2012 annual meeting in San Diego, CA.
9. Toms Augustin, Jonathan Tomasko, Gustavo Vincentelli Bello, Benjamin James, Jerome Lyn-Sue, Randy S. Haluck, Ann Rogers. Gastrojejunostomy leaks after laparoscopic gastric bypass: Effect on post-operative outcomes and resolution of comorbidities. Accepted to the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery June 2012 annual meeting in San Diego, CA.
10. Jonathan Tomasko, Toms Augustin, Ann Rogers, Randy S. Haluck. Stricture rate in laparoscopic gastric bypass; 60mm versus 45 mm linear stapler. Accepted to the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery June 2012 annual meeting in San Diego, CA.
11. Benjamin James, Dejah Jedelson, Toms Augustin, Gustavo Vincentelli Bello, Jonathan Tomasko, Randy S. Haluck, Ann Rogers, Jerome Lyn-Sue. Jejunojejunal intussusception after Roux-en-Y Gastric bypass for obesity; an institutional series. Accepted to the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery June 2012 annual meeting in San Diego, CA.
12. Toms Augustin, Jonathan M. Tomasko, Jerome R. LynSue, Randy S. Haluck,. Gastropexy As An Option During Repair Of Large Paraesophageal Hernias; Comparison To Nissen Fundoplication. Accepted to be presented at the American College of Surgeons 100th annual meeting in October, 2012 in Chicago.
13. Amian A, Marcotte E, Romero-Talamas H, Batayyah E, Anzlovar N, Satava ME, Toms Augustin, Kroh MD, Chand B, Rogula T, Brethauer SA, Schauer PR. Reoperative minimally invasive surgery for the management of early complications after gastric bypass. Poster presented at the Obesity Week 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia.
14. Toms Augustin, Stacy Brethauer, Eric Schneider. Blood transfusion among patients undergoing elective bariatric surgery for weight reduction: a nationwide perspective. Poster presentation at the Digestive Disease Week National conference held in Chicago in May 2014.
15. Ali Aminian, Rizwn M Chaudhry, Zhamak Khorgami, Amin Andalib, Toms Augustin, Matthew Kroh, Stacy A Brethauer, Philip R Schauer. A challenge between education and patients safety: Does fellow participation impact postoperative outcome following bariatric surgery. Accepted for presentation at the Obesity Week 2015 in Los Angeles, California.
16. Toms Augustin, MD, Steven Tyler, MD, Bruce Vrooman, MD, Gries Sweis, PsyD, Collin O’Rourke, R Matthew Walsh, MD. Preoperative Pain and Disability Score Predicts Long-Term Pain Relief After Total Pancreatectomy and Islet Cell Transplantation Compared to Assessment of Central Pain. Poster of Distinction at DDW 2016 in San Diego, CA.
17. Hideo Takahashi, MD, Toms Augustin, MD, MPH, A. Akyuz, E Aksoy, Federico Aucejo, MD, Christiano Quintini, MD, Charles Miller, MD John Fung, MD, Eren Berber, MD. A New Technique for Hepatic Parenchymal Transection Using an Articulating 5 cm Radiofrequency Device: Results from the first 100 cases. Poster presentation at the American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association meeting in Miami, Florida in March 2017.
18. Zubaidah Nor Hanipah, MD; Suriya Punchai, MD, Toms Augustin, MD, MPH, Stacy A. Brethauer, MD; Philip R. Schauer, MD; Ali Aminian, MD. Impact of early post-bariatric surgery acute kidney injury on long-term renal function. Accepted for presentation at the Obesity Week 2017 in Washington DC.
19. Toms Augustin, MD MPH, Ali Aminian, MD, Julietta Chang, MD, Stacy A. Brethauer, MD. Realization of Cost Savings with Implementation of Enhanced Recovery in Bariatric Surgery is Immediate. Accepted for presentation at the Obesity Week 2017 in Washington DC.
Division of Time
Percentage of Time Spent in Clinical Activity:
80%
Percentage of Time Spent in Research
Activity:20%
Case Load as Reported By Fellow(s)
1 Fellow(s) performed 140 cases with 223 procedures during the 2023-2024 Fellowship Year.
1 Fellow(s) performed 194 cases with 322 procedures during the 2022-2023 Fellowship Year.
List of Contributing Faculty
R. Matthew Walsh MD | 100% |
Area of Expertise Biliary and pancreatic surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, general surgery, hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, hepatobiliary surgery, laparoscopy, surgical endoscopy, surgical oncology, robotic surgery |
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Role in Training Program Director |
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Robert Simon M.D. | 100% |
Area of Expertise HPB |
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Role in Training Attending Faculty |
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Daniel Joyce MD | 100% |
Area of Expertise HPB surgery |
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Role in Training Attending Faculty |
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Eren Berber M.D. | 10% |
Area of Expertise Adrenal disease, Adrenal disorders, Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, Calcium Disorders, endocrine hypertension, endocrine surgery - thyroid and parathyroid diseases and surgery, endocrine surgery (thyroid and parathyroid), general and laparoscopic surgery, |
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Role in Training Attending Faculty |
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Charles Miller M.D. | 10% |
Area of Expertise Biliary and pancreatic surgery, hepatitis B.C., hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, hepatobiliary surgery, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, immunosuppression, Intestinal transplant and surgery, liver, liver and pancreas transplantation, liver transplantation, |
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Role in Training Attending Faculty |
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Federico Aucejo M.D. | 10% |
Area of Expertise Hepatitis B.C., hepatobiliary surgery, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, laparoscopic liver surgery, liver, liver transplantation, living donor liver transplantation, Liver surgery, living donor liver transplantation (duplicate), pediatric liver transplant, Port |
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Role in Training Attending Faculty |
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Toms Augustin M.D. | 10% |
Area of Expertise Cancer of the pancreas, liver, biliary system, and gall bladder Cancer of the stomach and duodenum Gastrointestinal tumors Liver tumor and cysts Pancreatic tumor and cysts Pancreatitis |
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Role in Training Associate Program Director |
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David Kwon M.D. | 10% |
Area of Expertise Liver Transplant |
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Role in Training Attending Faculty |
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Samer Naffouje MD | 10% |
Area of Expertise HPB |
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Role in Training Faculty |
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Jaekeun Kim MD | 5% |
Area of Expertise Liver Transplant |
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Accreditation History
Director | Program | Length | Start | End | |
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Matthew Walsh | HPB | 3 | 2023 | 2026 |