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Vascular Surgery Fellowship Program
Vascular surgery training is a 2-year program at Ochsner Health. A prerequisite for entry into the program is the completion of 5 years of accredited training in General Surgery. The Vascular Surgery fellowship is designed to provide extensive exposure to vascular diseases and prepare the fellow for the examination for the American Board of Surgery Vascular Surgery Certificate.
The management of vascular disease has evolved into a hybrid specialty combining both endovascular as well as classical open techniques for the correction of vascular disease. The vascular fellowship at Ochsner has embraced the importance of extensive endovascular training and since 1996 has formally incorporated these aspects of training into the fellowship program.
Welcome to our webpages highlighting the Ochsner vascular surgery fellowship.
As the management of vascular disease has rapidly evolved into a hybrid specialty combining both open and techniques, the vascular fellowship at Ochsner Health aims to train vascular fellows in all the fundamentals of vascular surgery while applying evolving techniques. Our fellowship is a two-year, ACGME-approved program structured in the traditional 5 + 2 training paradigm with one fellow per year. The program offers the first year fellow protected time to initiate clinical research projects, which he or she can continue through the end of the second year of fellowship with the aim of presenting at regional and national meetings.
The Vascular Surgery fellowship attracts individuals from around the country who have finished five years of general surgery and are highly motivated to undergo an intensive training in clinical and academic vascular and endovascular surgery. The patient population has broad atherosclerotic diseases, such as peripheral arterial and carotid artery disease. Moreover, the fellowship has a strong focus on aortic aneurysmal disease, mesenteric disease, and venous disease. The Ochsner vascular fellowship is designed to provide extensive exposure to vascular diseases and prepare the fellow for the examination for the American Board of Surgery Vascular Surgery Certificate and for entering the practice of vascular surgery.
Applications to our fellowship program are open in the fall 2023 thru ERAS and interviews will be conducted January – March 2024.
2024 interviews will be Hybrid – 2 in person and 1 virtual.
Hernan Bazan MD, DFSVS, FACS
John Ochsner Endowed Professor in Innovation for the Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute
Professor of Surgery, Section of Vascular/Endovascular Surgery
Program Director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship
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Terri Eppling Norris
Sr. Education Program Manager
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