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Description:

By the end of this fellowship, fellows are able to perform all advanced laparoscopic/robotic foregut, bariatric, and general surgical procedures. This experience includes Nissen fundoplication, paraesophageal hernia repair, Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy, gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, LapBand removal, revisional bariatric surgery, robotic inguinal hernia repair, and robotic ventral hernia repair (including roboIPUM+, roboTAR, roboRives-Stoppa), and other MIS procedures.  Bariatric surgery accounts for about 150 cases. About half of all the cases are performed on the Intuitive Xi robotic platform, the other half are performed with conventional laparoscopy. Fellows also perform about 50-60 upper endoscopic procedures, the majority of which are therapeutic (such as dilations, stenting, and Apollo endosuture). There are also ample opportunities to train in esophageal manometry and pH testing. Fellows engage in clinical research projects and present their results at national meetings.  Fellows play an active role in the education of surgical residents and medical students. This program rocks - it offers tremendous breadth of training in advanced MIS/robotic surgery in unbelievably awesome San Francisco!

Basic Program Information:

• Location: San Francisco, California
• Primary Program Site: University of California - San Francisco
• Primary Hospital: Total bed size, # OR's, # Surgical ICU beds: UCSF Parnassus, 28 ORs, 16 SICU beds
• Secondary Program Site:
• Secondary Hospital: Total bed size, # OR's, # Surgical ICU beds:
• Clinic locations and schedule:

  UCSF General Surgery Faculty Practice - Wednesdays

• University Affiliation: University of California, San Francisco
• School of Medicine Affiliation: University of California, San Francisco
• Year Program and/or Designation Established: 1991
• Number of Faculty: 4
• % of Program Clinical: 80
• % of Program Research: 20

Additional Program Information:

• Interaction with Residents: Do not share cases with residents
• 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: 14
• Publications that Involved Input from the Fellow: 5
• 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:
  
  Occurrence-based malpractice coverage

Contact Information For Questions:

Robyn Hughes
Phone: 415-476-0762
Fax: 415-476-8694
Email: [email protected]
Web: https://bariatricsurgery.ucsf.edu/education--training.aspx

Facilities

Dry Lab
Library
Administrative Support
Basic Science Research
Clinical Research
Simulation Lab