Vascular Surgery Question

[Celiac Plexus]

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For Womansurg, or Droliver, or anyone else with the time to answer....

Are vascular fellows today getting trained to place stents? I've done some web searches of various vascular fellowships and it doesn't seem like that many programs are training for this. It seems like this would be an important, and appropriate skill for a vascular surgeon.

At my univ. there is no vascular fellowship so I haven't been able to get a satisfying answer to this question yet.

 

[surg]

The acgme program requirements for vascular surgery include this:
b. Volume and Complexity of Operative Experience

2. ...This must include experience in endovascular procedure...

A quick check of websites that google found:
www.med.stanford.edu/school/surgery/html/vascular/fellowship

The second year experience includes:
Endovascular surgery. The second year (Endovascular) Fellow devotes approximately 40-50% of his time in the endovascular program

www.surgery.ucsf.edu/clinical/fellowsh.html
...during the second year, there are two options: the first option is an endovascular fellowship that includes training in all aspects of endovascular diagnosis and management of vascular disease...

surgery.osu.edu/residents/new/generalv_program.cfm
...The vascular resident receives hands on experience in the operating room with these rapidly developing new procedures [referring to endovascular aneurysm repair]


Overall, through my random checks and quick conversations, it would appear that the answer is, in general, all programs are either already training their fellows to do it, or are rapidly moving towards that (often with a collaboration with their interventional radiology department)

 

[Celiac Plexus]

Thanks for the reply. I guess vascular programs are moving/have moved in the endovascular direction. I have noticed though that the lion's share of endovascular work (coronary artery ballon angio, CA stenting, and AAA stenting etc.) at two major area hospitals are handled by cardiologists. I guess this could be a turf battle between vascular surgeons and cards and CVIR specialists...