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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:	Our program can accept international applicants who have H1B and J visas.
Fellow must be American Board of Surgery eligible or certified:	Yes
Fellow must obtain a full (unrestricted) state license:	Yes - Massachusetts
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Program Website for More Information:	https://www.massgeneral.org/surgery/gastrointestinal-and-oncologic-surgery/education-and-training/endocrine-surgery-fellowship
Program Twitter:	@bwhsurgery, @mghsurgery
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Previous Fellows:	2007-2008 Michal Mekel MD Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel [email protected] 2008-2009 Jennifer Rabaglia, MD Chief Quality and Safety Officer (CQSO) Associate Chief Medical Officer Senior Vice President of Quality and Safety Parkland Health and Hospital System Assistant Professor, UT Southwestern Email:[email protected] Carrie Cunningham, MD Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School Section Head, Endocrine Surgery Unit Massachusetts General Hospital Email:[email protected] 2009-2010 Nancy L. Cho, MD Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School Section Head, Endocrine Surgery Unit Brigham and Women's Hospital Email:[email protected] Roy Phitayakorn, MD Vice Chair, Education, MGH Surgery 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 Associate Professor Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency Program Stanford University Email:[email protected] 2011-2012 Wesley H. Giles, MD Professor of Surgery Program Director, General Surgery Residency University of Tennessee at Chattanooga [email protected] Jason Prescott, MD Associate Professor, Department of Surgery at NYU Grossman School of Medicine Director, General Surgery Residency Program, NYU Langone Hospital Brooklyn Associate Chief, Research and Academic Affairs, NYU Langone Hospital Brooklyn 2012-2013 Paul H Graham, MD Associate Professor of Surgery Program Director, Endocrine Surgery Fellowship MD Anderson Cancer Center Email:[email protected] Travis McKenzie, MD Professor of Surgery Mayo Clinic Email:[email protected] 2013-2014 Matthew A. Nehs, MD Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School Vice Chair, Faculty Development Co-Program Director, Endocrine Surgery Fellowship Associate Program Director, General Surgery Surgical Director, Adrenal Center, BWH Brigham and Women's Hospital / MGB Surgery Email:[email protected] Hyunsuk Suh, MD Founder, American Endocrine https://hyunsuksuh.com/ Atlanta, Georgia Pioneer in Robotic Thyroid Surgery Email:[email protected] 2014-2015 Susan Pitt, MD Associate Professor of Surgery University of Michigan Email: [email protected] Tammy Holm, MD PhD Assistant Professor of Surgery Cincinnati College of Medicine 2015-2016 Michael Sullivan, MD Hackensack Meridian Medical Group Jersey Shore Medical Center Email: [email protected] Abbey Fingeret, MD Associate Professor of Surgery University of Nebraska Medical Center Email:[email protected] 2016-2017 Brenessa Lindeman, MD Chief, Endocrine Surgery Section Vice Chair, Education Program Director, Endocrine Surgery Fellowship Assistant Dean, UAB Graduate Medical Education Associate Professor of Surgery University of Alabama at Birmingham [email protected] Heather Wachtel, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery Co-Director, Endocrine Disease Team Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency University of Pennsylvania [email protected] 2017-2018: Lindsay Kuo, MD Associate Professor of Surgery Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University [email protected] Harvard Combined Fellows: 2018-2019 T.K. Pandian, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery Wake Forest School of Medicine [email protected] 2019-2020 Sean Wrenn, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery Rush University [email protected] 2020-2021 Rajshri Gartland, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School Vice Chair of Quality, Mass General Brigham Surgery [email protected] 2021-2022 Alessandra Moore, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery University of Rochester [email protected] 2022-2023 Lauren Krumeich, MD MS Assistant Professor of Surgery University of Michigan Medical School [email protected] 2023-2024 Samuel Enumah, MD, MBA Assistant Professor of Surgery University of Rochester [email protected] 2024-2025 Jordan Broekhuis, MD Current Fellow Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital 2025-2026 Alison Letica-Kriegel, MD, MSc Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital [email protected]