Advanced GI & Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship

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.

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:

1. Train the fellow in robotic surgery.
2. Fellow to obtain LINX credentialing.
3. Provide a dedicated teaching experience in which the fellow educates other learners.
4. Incorporate a research experience which can be presented at SAGES.

All rotations are located at Buffalo General Medical Center.

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.

• 80 Stapled Bariatric
• 50 General Laparoscopic
• 50 Foregut
• 35 Hernia
• 25 Colorectal
• 150 Endoscopic Procedures
• 25 Bypasses
• 50 Sleeves

• M&M Conference
• Department of Surgery Grand Rounds (attend & present)
• Bariatric QA Meeting (quarterly)
• NSQIP Outcome Project
• Journal Club focused on MIS topics (monthly)
• Submit one original manuscript for publication
• SAGES: Fundamentals of Endoscopy Surgery curriculum
• National Meetings: SAGES & ACS
• Present at Advanced Upper GI conference (monthly)
• FUSE Certification