Thank you for your interest in available fellowship positions in the University of Chicago Vascular Surgery Fellowship Program beginning July 1, 2008. The program is dedicated to the training of surgeons who are interested in pursuing a career in academic vascular surgery. The program consists of 24 months of clinical training in vascular surgery with 12 months focusing on endovascular therapy of the aorta as well as visceral, renal and lower extremity arterial occlusive disease. There is also time devoted in the second year for career development activities as defined by the fellowship director and the fellow. An optional research laboratory experience of up to two years may be included in the fellowship with specific arrangements. Completion of an approved program in General Surgery is required.

The clinical years provide an intensive experience in the diagnosis and treatment of a wide variety of vascular disorders. It includes experience in operative treatment, patient management, angiography, angioscopy and non-invasive vascular diagnosis. The fellowship provides access to the full range of vascular cases performed by our surgeons (greater than 1,100 cases per year) including complex aortic reconstructions, thoraco-abdominal aneurysms, complicated cerebrovascular problems and mesenteric reconstructions. The second year is devoted primarily to complex endovascular procedures as well as exposure to the accredited non-invasive vascular laboratory.

If arranged, the research experience is normally one to two years in length and follows immediately after completion of the clinical years. Active research laboratories within the section of vascular surgery are focused on the investigation of atherosclerosis, hemodynamics, intimal hyperplasia, circulatory physiology, ischemia and reperfusion injury and venous physiology. Additional opportunities in closely related laboratories at the University of Chicago are available in the areas of lipid biochemistry, endothelial cell and smooth muscle cell physiology and cell biology and molecular genetics. Each trainee may choose his own area of interest to be studied in depth.

As we are participating in the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS), please refer to the ERAS website for instructions about the application process. In addition to the completed application, we require a current curriculum vita and three letters of recommendation. The deadline for applications is January 31, 2008. The University of Chicago is a participant in the General Vascular Surgery Residency Matching Program. Please feel free to contact our Surgical Education Office at (773) 702-6337 if you should have any additional questions.

Sincerely yours,
Hisham S. Bassiouny, M.D.
Professor & Chief, Vascular Surgery
Department of Surgery


Vascular Surgery Fellowship Application

Thank you for your interest in available fellowship positions in the University of Chicago Vascular Surgery Fellowship Program. As we are participating in the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS), please refer to the ERAS website for instructions about the application process. In addition to the completed application, we require a current curriculum vita and three letters of recommendation. The deadline for applications is January 31, 2008.

We will directly match one position through the National Resident Matching Program. Please feel free to contact our Surgical Education Office at (773) 702-6337 if you have any additional questions.

Vascular Surgery Fellowship -- Education

The vascular surgery fellowship is designed to train board eligible general surgeons to provide the highest level of care of all patients with peripheral vascular disease in either academic or community hospital settings.

Four full time vascular surgeons conduct an active practice in arterial and venous reconstructive surgery and direct a complete noninvasive vascular laboratory. Fellows participate in all phases of patient evaluation and treatment and get operative experience commensurate with the level of training and ability in both open and endovascular procedures. In addition to ward rounds and bedside teaching, weekly teaching conferences are held on angiography, vascular pathology and noninvasive vascular diagnosis.

Fellows gain operative experience as well as proficiency in pre and post operative care including the use of non-invasive techniques to evaluate carotid, peripheral arterial and venous blood flow. More than 1,100 operative cases are performed yearly with focused interest in cerebrovascular and mesenteric disease as well as peripheral vascular occlusive disease and endovascular interventions.


Vascular Surgery Fellowship -- Research

The section of vascular surgery is nationally recognized for both clinical and basic research and has major external and federal funding for its research program including two current RO1 NIH grants and an American Heart Association Grant. More than 1500 square feet of laboratory space is currently devoted to basic research. Active research laboratories within the Section of Vascular Surgery are focused on the investigation of atherosclerosis and intimal hyperplasia by molecular techniques, circulatory physiology, ischemia and reperfusion injury and endothelial cell receptor physiology.

Our vascular fellows are exposed to periodic review of the hypotheses and data from these experiments and participate in the discussion of this research. The vascular surgery fellow also participates in the yearly Huggins Research Conference sponsored by the Department of Surgery. The Department of Surgery is currently ranked in the top 20 in the United States in federal funding for Departments of Surgery with more than $4.6 million dollars of annual expenditures of federal funds through the National Institutes of Health and Department of Defense. This basic science research is frequently discussed at the vascular surgery conference and provides the key academic frame work for the section of vascular surgery.

Fellows are encouraged to actively participate in on-going clinical and experimental research programs.


Fellowship Graduates