* 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.
Please send changes and new information to education@vascularsociety.org.
| 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:
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| 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. | |
| 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) | |
| 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.
Short Term
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| Web Site | www.azsintblasius.be (hospital) and www.fmrp.be (research activities) |