Venous and Lymphatic Medicine Greenville - Curriculum
Training is comprehensive and outpatient based. This setting includes rotations in Endovascular Surgery, Vascular Medicine, Thrombosis and Hemostasis Clinic, vascular imaging department, Wound Care Center, and dermatology division in addition to dedicated clinic and procedures in the Center for Venous and Lymphatic Medicine.
Conference Schedule
- Vascular Surgery Teaching Conference
- Venous and Lymphatic Journal Club
- Vascular Medicine Morbidity and Mortality Conference
- Vascular Lab Correlation Conference
- Monthly Grand Rounds in surgery
The Venous and Lymphatic Medicine Fellow is expected to perform clinical research. Biostatistician support, medical writers and medical students are available to assist the effort. In addition, a spirit of interdepartmental cooperation fosters joint research efforts with faculty across the specialty spectrum as it relates to venous and lymphatic topics. The fellow is expected to present original work at the annual meeting of the American Venous & Lymphatic Society or to submit articles for publication.
The noninvasive vascular lab is both an inpatient and outpatient facility in which over 20,000 procedures take place annually. The fellow will be instructed in vascular imaging and interpretation and will interpret more than 1,000 studies a year. The fellow is expected to become a Registered Phlebology Sonographer (RPHS) and a Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation (RPVI) on program completion. This fellowship is a unique opportunity to work one-on-one with vascular sonographers and physician faculty within Prisma Health’s Division of Vascular Medicine and with faculty from Clemson University.
Our health organization is equipped with a full-service health library. Support team members include a full-time librarian; biostatistician; and full-time administrative assistant for vascular registry data entry, slide presentation and research assistance.
Research
Research is required during fellowship training. Time is provided to work on clinical research under the direction of the faculty members listed below. All faculty are interested in participating in research.
Prisma Health has a research affiliation with Clemson University, located 20 miles from Greenville, where a separate section of vascular research has been established within the Department of Bioengineering.
The Vascular Surgery Research Group is led by a vascular surgery faculty member and a full-time PhD with an interest in basic science and vascular engineering research. The Vascular Surgery Research Group through Clemson offers a PhD and master’s program in vascular engineering.