Fellowship In Vascular Surgery

A two -year fellowship leading to Board-Certification in Vascular Surgery is available and fully accredited by the Residency Review Committee (RRC) for Surgery. New training paradigms initiated by the Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery have been approved by the Surgery RRC allowing interested medical students to match into the 5 year (1 of 19 in the country) Integrated Vascular Surgery Training Program at The University of Cincinnati. Graduates receive a Primary Certificate and are boarded in Vascular Surgery. Vascular Surgery Fellowship program can work with interested candidates on these various options. All fellows to date have passed their qualifying examinations on initial attempt. 

University of Cincinnati Surgery: Vascular Fellowship

The University of Cincinnati Vascular Surgery Fellowship is a two-year, fully-accredited clinical fellowship. In addition to a full standard operative caseload, all fellows perform more than 400 endovascular procedures during their fellowship and thus meet all credentialing standards for endovascular privileging. This fellowship offers a rare opportunity to become facile in both standard open surgical procedures, catheter-directed therapy for the treatment of vascular disease, as well as non-invasive vascular diagnostic laboratory training.

Academic and scholarly pursuits are critical to a fellow’s development and future career. Each fellow publishes at least two papers and/or chapters during their clinical fellowship. A formal lecture series has been developed in collaboration with other departments at the University to enhance the fellows’ understanding of vascular physiology, anatomy, embryology and pathology. In addition, a teaching session is held at the start of the academic year in the gross anatomy laboratory where the surgical anatomy of less frequently utilized operative exposures is reviewed. All trainees are required to take the Vascular Surgery In Training Examination annually as well as a mock oral examination.

The expanded clinical base provides an excellent educational experience for our vascular surgery fellows and the general surgery residents. Our past fellows have, with their endovascular skills, enjoyed ample employment opportunities in the geographical region of their choosing. The University of Cincinnati was one of the first programs approved for such a two-year clinical fellowship. The ACGME/RRC approval was based on the conventional and endovascular experience and the ability to obtain comprehensive non-invasive vascular lab training.

2009-2010 Conferences
Preoperative Conference, every Tuesday
Faculty Walk Rounds, every Tuesday
Vascular Educational Conference, every Tuesday
Department of Surgery, Morbidity & Mortality Conference, every Monday
Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, every Wednesday
Greater Cincinnati Vascular Society, every other month

Program Administration
Amy B. Reed, MD, FACS, Program Director
Associate Professor of Surgery
Program Director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship and Integrated Programs

For more information contact:
Julie A. Gulley, Program Coordinator
Division of Vascular Surgery
Department of Surgery
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
231 Albert Sabin Way (ML0558)
Cincinnati, OH 45267-0558
513-558-5367
Julie.Gulley@uc.edu