BWH/MGH Harvard Combined Endocrine Surgery Program

Institution:

BWH/MGH Harvard Combined Endocrine Surgery Program

Duration of Fellowship:

1 clinical year

Number of Available Fellowship Positions:

1 (Pending approval for a second position)

Program Co-Director:
Program Co-Director Email:

Program Co-Director:
Program Co-Director Email:

Antonia Stephen, MD
[email protected]

Matthew Nehs, MD
[email protected]

Secondary Contact Name:
Secondary Contact Title:
Secondary Contact Email:

Mariel Muir
Fellowship Administrator
[email protected]

Address/Phone:

55 Fruit Street, Yawkey 7
Boston MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-0531
Fax: 617-724-3895

Objectives of the Program:

1. Operative proficiency
2. knowledge of endocrine surgical diseases
3. academic advancement

Highlights of the Fellowship:

The BWH/MGH Harvard Combined Endocrine Surgery Fellowship is one year in length and is integrated between Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, with an optional second year if so desired.

Applicants must have completed a general surgery residency and be board eligible/board certified in general surgery as determined by the American Board of Surgery. The fellow, in conjunction with the general surgery residents, will be primarily responsible for the care of over 2000 endocrine surgery patients per year. The fellow will spend approximately 6 months of the clinical fellowship at the Brigham and Women’s hospital and 6 months at the Massachusetts General Hospital to allow exposure to different surgical techniques and patient management approaches. Each alternating 3 month block rotation will place special emphasis on developing strong operative skills by participating in the care of patients with complex endocrine disorders. This large surgical experience of complex and tertiary care cases will provide an excellent opportunity for a career in academic endocrine surgery. It is anticipated that the fellow will participate in well over 300 cases. Additionally, the fellow will participate in a busy endocrine surgery clinic with extensive training in office-based ultrasound, U/S guided FNA techniques, as well as fiberoptic laryngoscopy.

The fellow will also participate in weekly conferences devoted to Endocrine Surgery, Surgical Oncology, and Endocrinology and will have exposure to endocrinology, radiology, pathology/cytology and nuclear medicine. The fellow will have the opportunity to lead a variety of teaching conferences- including endocrine surgery teaching conferences, Endocrine Surgery Journal Club, Adrenal Tumor Multidisciplinary Conference and Endocrine Oncology Multidisciplinary conferences.

In addition to clinical responsibilities, the fellow will be asked to participate in ongoing and original research initiatives that will utilize the breadth of research resources at both hospitals. Possible projects may include clinical projects utilizing an endocrine surgery database, CESQIP, clinical trials and basic science research studies. The fellow will present the results of these studies at national meetings and submit manuscripts to peer reviewed journals.

Finally, the fellow will have the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of extra training opportunities. These include didactic courses during the fellowship such as the Harvard Thyroid/Parathyroid Course, the Harvard Endocrinology Course, the American College of Surgeons Advanced Ultrasound course, the MGH Head and Neck Anatomy course, and the AAES Endocrine Surgery University program. Mentored instruction in adult teaching/learning theory and curriculum design are also available based on fellows’ interests. Extra time on pathology, endocrinology, and radiology services is also available.

Average Thyroid Case Volume: 130
Average Parathyroid Case Volume: 75
Average Adrenal Case Volume: 40

Neuroendocrine Tumors (NET)

Number of evaluation and management of NET (enteric and pancreatic only) cases per year: 2
Number of operative NET (enteric and pancreatic only) cases per year: 2
Number of NET case discussions per year: 2

The fellow has an opportunity to participate in a Multidisciplinary NET (enteric and pancreatic only) Tumor Board which meets monthly.

If the fellow desires, there is an internal opportunity to engage in a more robust NET experience through our pancreas and hepatobiliary service.

International Medical Graduates -  our program is able to accept a fellow who:

Fellow must be American Board of Surgery eligible or certified:

Fellow must obtain a full (unrestricted) state license:

Special Considerations:

Program Website for More Information:

https://www.massgeneral.org/surgery/gastrointestinal-and-oncologic-surgery/education-and-training/endocrine-surgery-fellowship

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Previous Fellows:

2007-2008
Michal Mekel MD
Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
[email protected]

2008-2009
Jennifer Rabaglia, MD
Assistant Professor, UT Southwestern
Email:[email protected]

Carrie C. Lubitz, MD
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital Email:[email protected]

2009-2010
Nancy Lackhyun Cho, MD
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Email:[email protected]

Roy Phitayakorn, MD
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital Email:[email protected]

2010-2011
Patrick O'Neal, MD
Veterans Administration Hospital, Boston, MA
Email:[email protected]

Dana T. Yip Lin MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford University
Email:[email protected]

2011-2012
Wesley H. Giles, MD
Program Director, General Surgery Residency
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Jason Prescott, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
John Hopkins University School of Medicine
Email:[email protected]

2012-2013
Paul H Graham, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
MD Anderson Cancer Center Email:[email protected]

Travis McKenzie, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Mayo Clinic
Email:[email protected]

2013-2014
Matthew A. Nehs, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Email:[email protected]

Hyunsuk Suh, MD
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Email:[email protected]

2014-2015
Susan Pitt, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Wisconsin
Email:[email protected]

Tammy Holm, MD
Newton Wellesley Hospital
Email:[email protected]

2015-2016
Michael Sullivan, MD
Jersey Shore Medical Center
Email: [email protected]

Abbey Fingeret, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Email:[email protected]

2016-2017
Brenessa Lindeman, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Heather Wachtel, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Pennsylvania

2017-2018:
Lindsay Kuo, MD
Attending Surgeon, Temple
Residency: University of Pennsylvania
email: [email protected]

Harvard Combined Fellows:
2018-2019
T.K. Pandian, MD
Residency: Mayo
Future Plans: Attending Endocrine Surgery, Washington University, St. Louis.

2019-2020
Sean Wrenn, MD
Residency: University of Vermont

2020-2021
Rajshri Gartland, MD, MPH
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
Future Plans: Endocrine Surgery Faculty at the Massachusetts General Hospital