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Fellowship Training

The IU School of Medicine Department of Surgery offers 12 accredited fellowship programs open to physicians who have completed general surgery residency training: Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery; Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) Surgery (Transition to Practice); Minimally Invasive Surgery and Bariatrics; Surgical Critical Care; Acute Care Surgery; Pediatric Surgery; Abdominal Transplant Surgery; Vascular Surgery; and Plastic Surgery in the areas of burn, hand and craniofacial surgery. Residency graduates may also continue training through the Integrated Residency/Fellowship Program which encompasses three years of plastic surgery residency training and three years of fellowship experience.

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Breast Surgical Oncology

Breast Surgical Oncology fellows will rotate through four clinical sites, gaining exposure to a unique blend of community and academic practices.
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Burn Surgery Fellowship

The Burn Surgery Fellowship offers subspecialty training in plastic surgery for burn care and plastic surgery research.
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Cardiothoracic Surgery

The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery offers an ACGME accredited three-year residency for those individuals who have successfully completed general surgery residency.
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Hand Surgery

Hand Surgery

IU School of Medicine will offer a Hand Surgery Fellowship in 2022. This is a challenging and multidisciplinary program that covers the full breadth and depth of the specialty.
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Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery

This one-year transition-to-practice program provides the most robust HPB operative experience available in North America and emphasizes preoperative, operative and postoperative care.
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Minimally Invasive Surgery

The Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) and Bariatric Fellowship exposes fellows to a rich blend of bariatric and advanced minimally invasive surgery. 
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Pediatric Surgery

The Pediatric Surgery Fellowship offers extensive preoperative, operative and postoperative experience in neonatal surgery, pediatric surgical oncology, ECMO and pediatric trauma.
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Plastic Surgery

The Division of Plastic Surgery offers four fellowship programs in plastic surgery, craniofacial surgery, burn surgery and hand surgery. The six-year integrated Plastic Surgery Residency program encompasses three additional years of fellowship training. 

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Plastic Surgery - Craniofacial

The Plastic Surgery Craniofacial Fellowship offers experience in craniofacial and cleft surgery, facial trauma, microsurgery, and aesthetic surgery at one of the largest craniofacial units in the United States.
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Surgical Acute Care

The Surgical Acute Care Fellowship uses a transition-to-practice model with experience in two Level I trauma centers.
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Surgical Critical Care

The Surgical Critical Care Fellowship offers subspecialty training in unique dedicated surgical critical care environments including two level I trauma centers.
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Transplant Surgery

The Division of Plastic Surgery offers four fellowship programs in plastic surgery, craniofacial surgery, burn surgery and hand surgery. The six-year integrated Plastic Surgery Residency program encompasses three additional years of fellowship training. 

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Vascular Surgery 

The Vascular Surgery Fellowship offers subspecialty training in the full spectrum of vascular surgery.
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