Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship Program

Applicants

Important dates

Fellowship Application Process Opens: June 1, 2011
Fellowship Application Closes: September 1, 2011
Letters of Recommendation Deadline: September 1, 2011
Deadline to Inform Applicants of Interviews: September 23, 2011
Match Site Opens: October 3, 2011
Match Rank Order List Deadline: October 28, 2011
Fellow Match Date: November 9, 2011

The above information is listed on the Fellowship Council website. All applications for the fellowship must be submitted through the Fellowship Council website: http://www.fellowshipcouncil.org/. We cannot accept applications outside of the Fellowship Council. The requirements for the fellowship will be listed on the Fellowship Council website as well. Each program is listed separately and the applicant can apply to any or all of the affiliated programs. Interviews are by invitation only. Also, each program selects applicants and completes their interviews separately.

Our Interview dates this year are: September 22, 2011and October 13, 2011.

Summary

Number of years fellowship in existence: 10 years

Number of GI fellowships at this institution: 2

Academic affiliation: The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Department of Surgery

Hospitals involved in training: 5

Main institution: Memorial Hermann Hospital-TMC
Houston Northwest Medical Center
Methodist Hospital
Texas Women's Hospital
St. Joseph's Medical Center
Memorial Hermann Sugarland
Memorial Hermann Southwest
Memorial Hermann Katy
Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital (LBJ)
Memorial Hermann Memorial City

Unique factors which are currently affecting training:

Minimally Invasive Surgeons of Texas (MIST) is a combined organization of four independent private practice and academic MIS fellowships brought together for the common goal of improved fellowship training.

See article: Wilson, EB, et al: Minimally Invasive Surgeons of Texas: A New Concept in Fellowship Training. Surg Innovation Vol 11 , No. 4 (December), 2004; pp 273-275.

Projected percentage of varieties of cases:

Total Percent Open 15%
Total Percent Laparoscopic: 85%

Cholecystectomy: 5%	Open Bariatric: 2%
CBCE: 0%	Ileal Anal Reconstruction: 0%
Appendectomy: 5%	Total Colectomy: 1%
Inguinal Hernia: 5%	Radiofrequency Ablation: 1%
Incisional Hernia: 2%	Biliary Reconstruction: 0%
Fundoplication: 5%	Liver Resection: 1%
Para esophageal hernia: 3%	Pancreaotectomy: 0%
Esophagectomy: 0%	Pancreas: 1%
Gastrectomy: 0%	ERCP: 0%
Colectomy: 4%	Colonoscopy: 7%
APR: 0%	EGD: 12%
Splenectomy: 1%	Gastric Band: 14%
Adrenalectomy: 1%	Gastric Bypass: 27%
Nephrectomy: 2%	Other: 0%

The program does not work through the GME Office because the fellows in our program all have faculty appointments as Instructors in Surgery. Salaries and faculty benefits are paid through The University of Texas Health Science Center.