Program director Aaron Hoffman, MD, with 2018-2019 fellow Arianne Train, MD.
The University at Buffalo Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery Program provides a structured educational experience necessary to achieve expertise in minimally invasive surgery techniques relating to advanced GI surgery while also providing exposure to laparoscopic and bariatric procedures.
Clinical experience is gained through progressive responsibility and increased autonomy over the course of the one-year fellowship. The fellow will gain exposure and experience to upper GI, bariatric, colorectal, hernia, solid organ, urologic, and thoracic procedures. They will learn techniques in robotic assisted laparoscopic and thoracoscopic operations. The fellow will also be exposed to complex open gastrointestinal and hepatopancreaticobiliary procedures.
Minimally invasive surgery fellow with department faculty and chair, UB RISE team and others.
The University at Buffalo Advanced MIS Fellowship follows the national curriculum set forth by the Fellowship Council.
In addition to the objectives provided by the Fellowship Council, our fellowship aims to:
Rotation | Supervisor |
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Laparoscopic/Bariatric | Dr. Hoffman |
Laparoscopic/Bariatric | Dr. Hoffman |
Endoscopy/GI | Dr. Schwaitzberg |
Laparoscopic/Bariatric | Dr. Hoffman |
Laparoscopic/Bariatric | Dr. Hoffman |
Laparoscopic/Bariatric | Dr. Hoffman |
Laparoscopic/Bariatric | Dr. Hoffman |
Laparoscopic/Bariatric | Dr. Hoffman |
Laparoscopic/Bariatric | Dr. Hoffman |
Laparoscopic/Bariatric | Dr. Hoffman |
Laparoscopic/Bariatric | Dr. Hoffman |
Laparoscopic/Bariatric | Dr. Hoffman |
Laparoscopic/Bariatric | Dr. Hoffman |
All rotations are located at Buffalo General Medical Center.
Program director Aaron Hoffman testing advances in technology in our Surgery Skills Lab.
The fellow must log at least 150 cases in advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery (exclusive of basic MIS cases) by the completion of the 1-year fellowship.
The 2019 graduate, Dr. Train, worked 396 cases and accomplished 488 procedures. As of mid February, the current MIS fellow, Dr. Karim, has been on 354 cases and has completed 375 procedures.
Ahsan Karim, MD, one of our fellows, leads suturing practice with medical students.
Aaron Hoffman, MD
Program Director; Clinical Associate Professor; Division Chief of General Surgery
Department of Surgery
Buffalo General Medical Center, 100 High Street, Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 859-7581
Email: abh2@buffalo.edu
Buffalo General Medical Center Department of Surgery 100 High Street Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 859-3196; Fax: (716) 859-2737
Email: arposner@buffalo.edu
Melissa Beckman
Training Program Administrator
Erie County Medical Center, DK Miller Building, 3rd Floor, 462 Grider Street, Buffalo, NY 14215
Phone: (716) 898-3627; Fax: (716) 898-5029
Email: mbeckman@buffalo.edu
Susan Petri
Assistant Training Program Administrator
Surgery
Erie County Medical Center, DK Miller Building, 3rd Floor, 462 Grider Street, Buffalo, NY 14215
Phone: (716) 898-6515; Fax: (716) 898-5029
Email: spetri@buffalo.edu
Melissa Beckman
Training Program Administrator
Erie County Medical Center, DK Miller Building, 3rd Floor, 462 Grider Street, Buffalo, NY 14215
Phone: (716) 898-3627; Fax: (716) 898-5029
Email: mbeckman@buffalo.edu