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LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER offers a one year bariatric fellowship based in the department of General Surgery.  Lahey is a major teaching hospital for UMASS Medical School, located in Burlington, MA. The focus of the experience is minimally invasive bariatric surgery, however, there are opportunities to perform additional advanced laparoscopic cases depending on interest and ability. Case volume is about 250 bariatric cases with approximately 35% bypass and the rest divided between sleeve gastrectomy, revisional bariatric surgery and duodenal switch. Both laparoscopic and robotic approaches are taught. The fellow's schedule will include 3 days per week in the operating room, 1-2 days per week in the clinic, and 1/2 to 1 day per week spent doing research. The fellow will have teaching responsibilities that will include supervision of junior residents and medical students in skills training in the Simulation Center, on rounds and in the operating room. The fellow will help manage bariatric emergencies with a home call schedule that they can design at their convenience. They will be asked to assist in the OR for any bariatric emergency that needs intervention, only if they are available.  Also, just like the opportunities to participate in non-bariatric general surgical cases, opportunities also exist for independent management of on-call surgical emergencies with staff back-up.

Academic work (which includes teaching and research) is required and supported through monthly meetings and a generous travel stipend which will cover expenses associated with all regional and national meetings where works are accepted.

Special features of this program include focus on learning over service.  Fellows will learn by actually doing the entire operation first, and then have ample opportunity to teach assist residents.  We provide access to multiple educational opportunities including mentoring your learning in our simulation center, outstanding conferences and educational opportunities and a high caliber general surgery residency program on site. In addition, as sleeve gastrectomy has surpassed gastric bypass as the most common procedure nationwide, we remain able and committed to provide the highest experience in gastric bypass surgery in our area.  We are also one of the few fellowships that is offering experience with the duodenal switch.  Our team is dedicated to training surgeons in how to provide the highest levels of care and meet the highest standards of excellence. We look forward to working with the appropriate candidate.

Basic Program Information:

• Location: Burlington, Massachusetts
• Primary Program Site: Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
• Primary Hospital: Total bed size, # OR's, # Surgical ICU beds: Total Beds: 396, ORs: 25, Surgical ICU Beds: 24
• Secondary Program Site: None
• Secondary Hospital: Total bed size, # OR's, # Surgical ICU beds: N/A
• Clinic locations and schedule:

  On-site at Burlington Lahey Campus

  1-2 half days per week (typically Tuesday and Friday)

• University Affiliation: TUFTS University
• School of Medicine Affiliation: TUFTS University School of Medicine
• Year Program and/or Designation Established: 2009
• Number of Faculty: 5
• % of Program Clinical: 90
• % of Program Research: 10

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: 2
• Publications that Involved Input from the Fellow: 2
• Are funds available for the Fellow to attend conferences? Yes

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:

Karen Steadman
Phone: 781-744-8572
Fax: 781-744-5636
Email: Karen.M.Steadman@lahey.org
Web: http://www.lahey.org

Facilities

Dry Lab
Wet lab
Library
Administrative Support
Basic Science Research
Clinical Research
Simulation Lab
ACS Education Institute and ACS Bariatric Center of Excellence Level IA