Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship Program

Conferences

Consortium Journal Club/ M&M Conference

Held 2nd Wednesday of the month; 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Journal Club Agenda:
A 15-20 minute summary of each article will be presented by the MIST Fellow (3 total articles)

DATE	HOST	TOPIC
August 10, 2011	UTHSC	MIS HPB Surgery
September 14, 2011	Northwest Medical Center	Reflex
October 12, 2011	Colorectal Surgical Associates	Trans-Anal Endoscopic Video Assisted Surgery
November 9, 2011	UTHSC	Compliance & Bariatric Surgery
January 11, 2012	Northwest Medical Center	Inguinal Hernias
February 8, 2012	Houston Bariatric Society	TBA
April 11, 2012	Colorectal Surgical Associates	Minimally Invasive Surgery for IBD
May 9, 2012	UTHSC	Vitamin & Mineral Deficiencies in Metabolic Surgery

Fellows to submit a list of complications from previous month and each fellow must present one case.

All Consortium fellows and faculty are expected to attend. Three articles on the topic is picked by the responsible program fellow one month prior to the club and given to the Program Coordinator, Marcy Medrano. All articles will then be circulated to faculty, fellows and residents who will review the articles.
Each fellow is to submit a list of complications from previous month which was complicated or interesting. Intraoperative video or pertinent films are encouraged for the discussion.

SURGICAL SKILLS CONFERENCE

Early in the year all fellows will meet at least twice on a Saturday for skills testing and competition. The skills examined will be those described in the operative skills curriculum. In addition, the fellows at Memorial Hermann Hospital will meet every Thursday of each week to practice MIS skills and teach the residents and medical students on the MIST service.

DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY GRAND ROUNDS

Dr. Wilson is in charge of grand rounds for the surgery department and thus promotes minimally invasive speakers for grand rounds. Each MIST faculty member is asked to present at grand rounds at least once every two years. Each MIST fellow is required to present at grand rounds a topic of their choosing. Fellows should designate their date of presentation for some time in the year with the chairman’s office within the first two months of the fellowship. (schedule)