Vascular Surgery Education
Overview
Clinical training of students and residents in the diagnosis and management of vascular diseases is available through programs of the Department and School.
Students, residents, and post-doctoral fellows participate in our research laboratories to obtain training in biomedical research. Those who have participated have received scholarships and awards for their research contributions in our laboratories.
Post-doctoral Fellows
Post-doctoral training is available for research sponsored by the National Institutes of Health. Trainees are eligible for joint appointments in an appropriate basic science department. They are encouraged to obtain their own funding through agencies such as the American Heart Association and the National Institutes of Health.
General Surgery Residents
The majority of residents in the Department of Surgery spend their third year of residency in research laboratories. Residents present their research at regional and national meetings. Several residents in the Vascular Section have received awards or special recognition for their research projects.
Vascular Residency
The Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Section of Vascular Surgery offers a two-year ACGME accredited residency in Vascular Surgery. One applicant, who has completed a general surgery residency, is accepted each year to the vascular surgery residency program. The vascular resident will learn to recognize, diagnose, and manage all varieties of vascular disease under the tutelage of the Section of Vascular Surgery faculty, all of whom are ABS-certified fellowship-trained vascular surgeons.
The Medical School has primary hospitals consisting of the Clarian Hospital System (Methodist, IU, Riley Hospitals) as well as Wishard Hospital and the Roudebush VA Hospital. These primary hospitals provide for inpatient and outpatient experiences in the primary, secondary, tertiary and quartenary care of the patient with vascular disease. The vascular resident will complete training with expertise in both open operative and percutaneous endovascular interventions. There is hands-on training in all aspects of the non-invasive vascular laboratory.
The vascular resident is responsible for the organization of the service both in terms of patient care and the general supervision and guidance of the general surgical residents and medical students on the service. There is the possibility of an added basic science research experience based on the resident’s interest but it is expected that the resident will conduct clinical research during the standard training period.
Students
Opportunities for high school, undergraduate, and graduate students are available through the Medical School.
