Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery Greenville - Curriculum

The clinical rotations will be divided into three-month blocks. The rotations will be divided between the Minimal Access Surgery service and the Bariatric Surgery service. Rotations will be spent at the Hillcrest campus with the Bariatric Surgery service.

Fellow Responsibilities

Ultimately responsible for the care of patients on the service
Work with residents to cover all operative cases and provide state-of-the-art patient care.
Spend one-half day a week in the private office setting evaluating patients with the attending.
Staff the minimally invasive surgery clinic which meets every other week with the residents.

While on the bariatric rotation, fellows will participate in bariatric committee conferences to familiarize themselves with implementing and maintaining a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence.

Conferences

The fellow will have educational conferences that focus on minimally invasive approaches to solid organ removal, hernia and foregut.

Weekly Conferences

Morbidity and mortality conference for the Department of Surgery
Forgut Conference
Bariatric Morbidity and Mortality Report
Grand rounds occur monthly

The fellow will make one grand rounds presentation on a topic of his/her choice. The MIS journal club meets monthly.

Research

Fellows will participate in clinical research and will be expected to submit the data generated to national meetings and prepare manuscripts for publication. The fellow will be encouraged to attend and present at various conferences.

Attend and Present

American College of Surgery Clinical Congress
SAGES Annual Scientific Meeting
American Hernia Society Meeting
Southeastern Surgical Clinical Congress

MIS Faculty Research Interests

Hernia repair
Biomaterials
Laparoscopic training
Bariatric outcomes
General minimally invasive techniques

There are basic science capabilities at Clemson University.

Teaching Responsibilities

The biweekly Foregut Conference will be led by the MIS fellow. There is a daily morning report to discuss the patients on the service with the resident team and attendings.

Teaching Features

A laparoscopic skill dry lab is available to residents and fellows.
Training adjunct is available 24 hours a day. This contains:
- Box trainers
- Laparoscopic simulator
- Robotic Simulator

The fellow will obtain certification by completing the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) training module. There will be four animal skills labs at Clemson University that the fellow will help the MIS faculty proctor for the general surgery residents.