Endovascular Mini-Fellowships

* Designates mini-fellowships endorsed by the SVS Endovascular Program Evaluation and Endorsement Committee (EV-PEEC), which has published new guidelines for the endorsement of programs to train graduates of vascular fellowship programs in endovascular treatment.

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Mini-Fellowships in the U.S.

Boone Hospital Center - Columbia, MO
Program Director	Paul W. Humphrey, MD
Contact	Paul W. Humphrey, MD, Columbia Surgical Associates, 1605 East Broadway, Suite 110, Columbia, MO 65201, Tel. 573-443-8773, Email: forepablo@aol.com
Description	Drs. Humphrey, Adams, and Coats have been performing their own endovascular procedures for the past eight years. The cases, which include all endovascular work except for carotid stenting, are completed using a Siemens Angiostar OR floor-mounted unit. This is the primary training site for the University of Missouri vascular fellows and “hands-on” courses are offered to vascular surgeons.
Program Length	Three months (shorter fellowships also available)
Mini-fellowship slots per session	One
Fee	Negotiable. Contact program director. Trainee pays travel and housing costs.
Web Site	None

*Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Cleveland, OH
Program Directors	Daniel G. Clair, MD
Contact	Nanette Siebert, Residency Program, Dept. of Vascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Ave - S40, Cleveland, OH 44195, Tel. 216-444-4766, Fax 216-444-9324, Email: siebern@ccf.org
Description	The goals of the Endovascular Fellowship Program are: Training in advanced catheter and guidewire skills; Performance of diagnostic arteriography with ability to selectively cannulte secondary and tertiary branches. This includes not only the lower extremity circulation but also the visceral circulation and brachiocephalic circulation; Advanced angioplasty and stenting; Proficiency with intravascular ultrasound for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures; The fellow will become proficient in the repair of abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysms using a wide variety of devices. The individual will learn a wide variety of thrombolytic techniques, within not only the arterial but the venous circulation as well as multimodal therapy.
Program Length	Three months (quarterly)
Mini-fellowship slots per session	Two (three in July-Sept)
Fee	$5,000 for 3 month program. Trainee pays travel and housing costs. Cleveland Clinic covers malpractice insurance.
Web Site	www.clevelandclinic.org/vascular/

Eastern Virginia Medical School - Norfolk, VA
Program Director	Jean M. Panneton, MD (Email: pannetjm@evms.edu)
Contact	Vascular & Transplant Specialists, Attn: Latisha Yancey, 600 Gresham Drive Suite 8620, Norfolk, VA 23507; Email: yanceyll@evms.edu.
Description	Vascular & Transplant Specialists is the largest group of vascular surgeons in the country, already providing training for about 100 post-graduate physicians per year. All of the physicians perform endovascular cath lab-based interventions at one of eight hospitals. In 2004, the group performed over 2,000 percutaneous interventions, including carotid stenting, laser atherectomy, and subintimal angioplasty. Participants in the mini-fellowship program can anticipate 200 - 300 endovascular cases in three months.
Program Length	One to three months (three months preferred)
Mini-fellowship slots per session	One
Fee	$10,000 for three months of training ($5,000 for the first month, $2500 per month for the second and third months- often at least partially negotiated away with foundation or outside funding). Trainee pays travel and housing costs.
Web Site	www.vascularandtransplant.com

*Hawaii Permanente Medical Group - Honolulu, HI
Program Director	Nicolas Nelken, MD
Contact	Nicolas Nelken, MD, Division of Vascular Therapy, Hawaii Permanente Medical Group, 3288 Moanalua Road, Honolulu, HI 96819, Tel. 808-432-8345, Email nicolas.a.nelken @ kp.org
Description	The mini-fellowship, designed for vascular surgeons, involves joining three busy vascular surgeons in caring for the vascular needs of 240,000 Kaiser health plan members. The vascular practice is approximately 75% endovascular and most cases are performed in an endovascular OR. Cases include arteriography and endovascular therapy in all vascular beds including carotid and renal. There are elective cases all day four days a week plus emergencies.
Program Length	Three months
Mini-fellowship slots per session	One
Fee	No fee. Trainee pays travel and housing costs.
Web Site	www.kp.org

New York-Presbyterian Hospital - New York, NY
Program Director	James F. McKinsey, MD
Contact	Kassy Axente, Tel. 212-305-1028, Fax 212-342-3252, Email: kr2028@columbia.edu
Description	The Endovascular Preceptorship Program is a three-month mini-fellowship sponsored by ev3 providing hands-on training for Vascular Surgeons in all types of catheter-based interventions for non-cardiac vascular disease. Trainees typically perform over 100 catheter-based interventions as the primary operator, including carotid stenting, viseral angioplasty, lower extremity subintimal angioplasty, abdominal and thoracic aortic stent grafting, thrombolysis and coil embolization. Procedures are performed at both the Cornell and the Columbia campuses.
Program Length	Three months (quarterly) is preferred, but shorter fellowships may be available.
Mini-fellowship slots per session	One
Fee	$8,000 for 3 months. Trainee pays travel, malpractice and housing costs.
Web Site	www.nypvascularcare.com

Stanford University Medical Center - Palo Alto, CA
Program Directors	Ronald L. Dalman, MD Jason T. Lee, MD
Contact	Jason T. Lee, MD, Division of Vascular Surgery, Suite H3600, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305 Tel: 650-725-5227 Email: jtlee@stanford.edu
Description	Our Mini-Fellowship offers a three month intensive training program designed to enhance the skills of the practicing vascular, cardiothoracic, or general surgeon. Fellows will gain significant exposure to all diagnostic and therapeutic catheter-based vascular interventions. These procedures include diagnostic arteriography of all major vascular beds, carotid angioplasty/stenting, abdominal and thoracic aortic endografting, renal and mesenteric angioplasty/stenting, lower extremity and critical limb ischemia percutaneous revascularizations, IVC filter placement, and venous interventions. Past fellows have performed on average 100-200 procedures. This is a multi-center training program, with cases being performed at multiple sites including Stanford University Medical Center, the VA Palo Alto, O’Connor Hospital, and Kaiser Santa Clara. Fellows will be trained exclusively by vascular surgeons with extensive experience in a wide range of endovascular techniques. Also new in Winter 2006 will be the opening of the Goodman Simulation Center at Stanford which will house an endovascular simulator. This will provide a substantial opportunity for the 3-month fellow to rehearse and refine many of the skills learned during the fellowship.
Program Length	3 months
Mini-Fellowship slots per session	1
Fee	$10,000. Trainee pays travel and housing costs.
Web Site	vascular.stanford.edu

University of Rochester Medical Center - Rochester, NY
Contact	Susan Edwards, 585-275-6772 (The program is currently inactive)

Mini-Fellowships Outside of the U.S.

Australia - Sydney
Program Director/Contact	Dr. John Harris, Professor of Vascular Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, University of Sydney NSW 2006, Australia, Tel. 61 2 93521 3358, Fax 61 2 9351 7075, Email: j_harris@med.usyd.edu.au
Description	This is an informal program in which we have included practicing vascular surgeons spending research time (particularly sabbatical) in our program. The times are usually negotiable, subject to us fulfilling our obligations to our Vascular Fellow, as part of national training program in vascular/endovascular surgery.

Belgium - Flanders
Program Director	Dr. Marc Bosiers, Head Dept Vascular Surgery, AZ St-Blasius, Kroonveldlaan 50, B- 9200 Dendermonde
Contact	Flanders Medical Research Program, Kroonveldlaan 50, B-9200 Dendermonde, Tel. +32 52-252822, Fax. +32 52-252289, Email: svs.fellowship@fmrp.be
Description	Short-term and long-term endovascular fellowships are offered. Long-Term A stay of at least 3 months. The fellow will be completely enrolled in the service’s daily program and will after an initiation period of at least one month (scrubbing and assisting) be able to perform endovascular procedures as primary operator. The fellow will be actively participating in an endovascular research project. Maximum of one fellow/period Training Fee: Euro 4000 per 3 month period Short Term A stay of 2-4 weeks Fellow will be allowed to follow cases, scrub in and actively assist during endovascular interventions Maximum of two fellows/period Training fee: €1000.00/week/participant
Web Site	www.azsintblasius.be (hospital) and www.fmrp.be (research activities)

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