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Endocrine Surgery Fellowship

Our facility performs more than 400 endocrine operations per year.

The Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine - Scott & White Endocrine Surgery Fellowship is fully accredited by the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES).

Our one-year program is designed to provide fellows expertise in the four cornerstones of the fellowship: outpatient/inpatient care, operative care, research and teaching.

We accept one fellow per year.

Curriculum

Outpatient Care

With outpatient care the fellow will develop expertise in surgeon-directed ultrasound evaluation of thyroid, lymphatic and parathyroid disease, same day US-guided FNA with immediate cytopathology and laryngoscopy, pre- and post-op.

Operative Care

With operative care, the fellow will develop expertise in the day surgery management of thyroid and parathyroid disease, routine central neck LN dissections with as indicated lateral neck LN dissections for thyroid cancer, extensive experience with intraoperative RLN monitoring, minimally invasive parathyroid surgery with intraoperative PTH, retroperitoneoscopic or laparoscopic adrenalectomy and management of familial islet cell tumors of the pancreas.

Research

With research, the fellow will complete at least one major and one minor research project for abstract submission to a major surgical meeting and anticipated publication.

Teaching

As junior staff, the fellow will be responsible for the clinical instruction of general surgery residents and medical students.

Outlined Case Totals Per Academic Year

  AY 10-11 AY 11-12 AY 12-13 AY 13-14 AY 14-15 AY 15-16 AY 16-17 AY 17-18 AY 18-19 AY 19-20
Total Thyroid Cases 189 192 204 200 163 187 159 147 156 163
Total Parathyroid Cases 88 79 52 81 115 118 119 96 109 105
Total Adrenal Cases 11 17 12 25 24 20 25 25 20 20
Total Neck Dissection Cases 62 15 51 54 42 45 40 28 46 49
  • Train at one of U.S. News & World Report's top hospitals in Texas

    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Temple is a 640-bed teaching and research hospital with a Level I trauma center.

How to Apply

We use the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES) to electronically accept fellowship applications, letters of recommendations, dean’s letters, transcripts and other credentials directly from your medical school.


Application Requirements

Applicants must have completed a general surgery residency and either be board certified OR board eligible.

Eligible applicants should also provide:

  • Three letters of reference
  • Personal statement
  • Curriculum vitae/resume

We participate in the AAES Match, which has specific deadlines available on its site.


Learn more about Baylor Scott & White's housestaff appointment eligibility, including guidelines for international medical graduates.

Contact Us

Robin Wilson
Phone: 254.724.7315
Fax: 254.724.4650
Robin.Wilson@BSWHealth.org

Endocrine Surgery Fellowship
Baylor Scott & White Health
2401 S. 31st St.
MS-01-712
Temple, TX 76504

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Compensation and Benefits

In addition to competitive stipends, we offer our fellows a full menu of employee benefits. We help offset the cost of many of these benefits; others are options you can choose to pay for yourself.

Life in Temple

Temple uniquely offers a combination of access to big-city conveniences while maintaining a small-town atmosphere. Temple has also been ranked among the Top 20 Fastest Growing Cities in Texas and one of America's most affordable places of 2015.

Why Baylor Scott & White

As the largest not-for-profit health care system in Texas and one of the largest in the United States, Baylor Scott & White Health includes 48 hospitals, more than 900 patient care sites, more than 6,000 active physicians and more than 40,000 employees.

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