Clinical Experience - Vascular Surgery Fellowship Program

Ochsner has three total vascular surgery fellows at any given time. Throughout their two years, fellows will rotate in 2 month blocks between Ochsner Main Campus and Community Hospital rotations. These two rotations offer different but equally valuable experiences to prepare fellows for all varieties of cases and practice settings.

Ochsner Main Campus

The fellows will spend a total of 16 months through their two years of fellowship leading the vascular surgery service at Ochsner Main campus. At this tertiary referral center, two fellows co-direct a busy clinical service that encounters an average volume of around 1000 cases per year. With Ochsner poised to become a Trauma Center in 2026, we expect that this caseload will continue to increase. At Ochsner Main Campus fellows will treat a range of complex pathology referred from around the region including any one of Ochsner’s dozens of owned or affiliated locations. The fellows co-manage the service along with a general surgery PGY-3 and two PGY-1’s to ensure that all cases and clinics are staffed with trainees to maximize medical learning and surgical development.

Community Hospital

The fellow will spend a total of 8 months through their two years of fellowship rotating with vascular surgeons at three of Ochsner’s owned/affiliated community hospitals. These locations include Ochsner Westbank, Leanard J Chabert, and Ochsner Baptist. At each of these hospitals, fellows will have dedicated 1 on 1 didactic time to learn and repeat the cases that are predominantly performed in community practice. This affords the opportunity to experience the “bread and butter” cases of community practice such as carotid/femoral endarterectomy, fem-pop bypass, AV access creation/maintenance, venous ablations, and endovascular lower extremity interventions etc.