Upon completion of the program, fellows should be proficient and knowledgeable in the determination or confirmation of the diagnosis, provision of preoperative care, selection and accomplishment of appropriate operative procedure, direction of postoperative care and accomplishment of sufficient follow-up management of vascular surgical patients under the supervision of the attending(s).
Fellows are trained to achieve the minimal standards established by RRC-Surgery for trainees, including a minimum of 200 major open vascular and endovascular procedures:
- Aneurysm repair
- Cerebrovascular surgery
- Peripheral vascular obstructive surgery
- Abdominal obstructive surgery
- Upper extremity vascular surgery
- Extra-anatomical vascular operations
- Venous operations
- Endovascular therapeutic and diagnostic
- Various miscellaneous vascular procedures
The Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery (APDVS) recommends a minimum of 100 open major cases:
- Abdominal: 30
- Cerebrovascular: 25
- Peripheral: 45
- Complex: 10
- Endovascular graft: 5
- Endovascular diagnostic procedures: 50
- Endovascular therapeutic procedures: 25
Fellows also develop an understanding of the methods and techniques of CT scanning, MRI and MRA and other vascular imaging modalities and become proficient in the assessment of the vascular portion of these diagnostic techniques.
