Residency and Training Programs

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In conjunction with the enormous improvement in the overall research funding and activity of our department, our residency has also become one of the strongest academic surgical programs in the country. Many if not most of our graduates continue further training in the field of their choice at many other premier institutions throughout the land. Our full-time and community faculty are deeply committed to the education of our surgical trainees. I invite you to look over the many sections of this residency web and discover what we have to offer. Please do not hesitate to contact me if further information is required.

Nell Maloney Patel, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Program Director, General Surgery
Email: rwjp-residency-gensurg@rwjms.rutgers.edu"

NRMP# 2918442F0

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This unique opportunity within the Division of Acute Care Surgery is designed to train board-eligible or board-certified surgeons who are seeking training in Trauma, Emergency General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. The fellowship will provide advanced training in the initial resuscitation, operation and ongoing care of patients with life-threatening surgical diseases. This training prepares the Fellow to function with advanced skills suited for either an academic or clinical career in Acute Care Surgery. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, a 610-bed facility located in New Brunswick, NJ, is the core teaching hospital of RWJMS and one of only three state designated, ACS verified Level 1 Trauma Centers in New Jersey. RWJUH is a tertiary referral center for cardiac, vascular and neuroscience services as well as home to the Cancer Institute of New Jersey and the Bristol-Meyers Squib Children’s Hospital. The Trauma service sees over 2600 trauma patients a year with 15% suffering penetrating injuries. The critical care service cares for over 1100 critically ill patients per year. The Emergency Surgery Service performed over 450 cases in 2011. The Faculty consists of seven fulltime academic trauma surgeons and two Surgical Critical Care fellows. Robert Wood Johnson has a simulation based training center, provides educational courses such as ATLS, Disaster Life Support, ATOM, and ASSET for the region and is nationally recognized as a leader in disaster preparedness.

In 2014, an International Fellowship component was established in partnership with the Universitario de Valle in Cali, Colombia. It presents a unique month-long, advanced penetrating operative trauma, advanced burn, and emergent general surgery experience to all second year fellows in our ACS fellowship. We have developed international relationships that will also offer administrative, research, and trauma system development opportunities that will afford fellows personal and academic growth in Global Health roles.

The ACS fellowship positions include a distinct one-year ACGME approved fellowship in Surgical Critical Care as well as an additional year comprised of six months on the Acute Care Surgery service (Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care) and six months in rotations for additional training in thoracic surgery, vascular surgery, hepatobiliary surgery, interventional radiology, and neurosurgery. The applicant must have completed an ACGME approved residency in General Surgery and received fellowship training in Surgical Critical Care by the start date. Candidate must be dedicated to the teaching of medical students, residents and nurse practitioners. There is strong support for both clinical and basic science research.

New Brunswick is the home of Rutgers University and is located approximately midway between New York and Philadelphia. Central NJ is a desirable place to live with good schools, professional sports, cultural attractions, recreational opportunities and is one half hour from the Jersey shore.

Interested applicants should forward their current curriculum vitae and three letters of recommendation to:

Gregory Peck, DO
Program Director, Acute Care Surgery Fellowship
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
89 French Street
3rd floor, Room 3270
New Brunswick NJ 08901
Phone: (732) 235-7766
Fax: (732) 235-2964
Email: peckgr@rwjms.rutgers.edu

Crystal Camarena, CPC
Program Coordinator, Acute Care Surgery Fellowship
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
89 French Street
3rd floor, Room 3268
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone: (732) 235-5114
Fax: (732) 235-2964
Email: camarecr@rwjms.rutgers.edu

2020-2021 Breast Surgery Fellowship

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NRMP# 2918442F0

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The Surgical Critical Care Fellowship within the Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, is designed to train board-eligible or board-certified surgeons in all phases of the care of the severely injured and critically ill surgical patient. It prepares the Fellow to function with advanced skills suited for either an academic or clinical career.

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, a 610-bed facility located in New Brunswick, NJ, is the core teaching hospital of RWJMS and one of only three state designated, ACS verified Level 1 Trauma Centers in New Jersey. RWJUH is a tertiary referral center for cardiac, vascular and neuroscience services as well as home to the Cancer Institute of New Jersey. The Trauma service sees more than 2600 level one trauma alerts a year with 15-20% suffering penetrating injuries. The critical care service cares for over 1100 critically ill patients per year. The Faculty consists of seven fulltime, fellowship trained, trauma surgeons. Robert Wood Johnson has a human simulation training center, provides educational courses such as ATLS, ACLS, ASSET and ATOM for the region and is nationally recognized as a leader in disaster preparedness.

The position includes clinical responsibilities on the Surgical Critical Care Service with significant components of trauma, non-trauma, and neurosurgical critical care, Cardiac surgery critical care as well as a rotation in the MICU. The applicant must have completed an ACGME approved residency in General Surgery by start date. Candidate must be dedicated to the teaching of medical students, residents and nurse practitioners. There is strong support for both clinical and basic science research

Interested applicants should forward their current curriculum vitae and three letters of recommendation to:

Matthew Lissauer, MD, FACS
Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Associate Professor of Surgery
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
89 French Street
3rd floor, Room 3271
New Brunswick NJ 08901
Phone: (732) 235-7766
Fax: (732) 235-2964
Email: ml1141@rwjms.rutgers.edu

Crystal Camarena, CPC
Program Coordinator, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
89 French Street
3rd floor, Room 3268
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone: (732) 235-5114
Fax: (732) 235-2964
Email: camarecr@rwjms.rutgers.edu

Rutgers is an equal opportunity employer.

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The Division of Urology Residency Training Program aims to provide residents with a wide breadth of experience managing medical and surgical disease of the genitourinary tract as well as an in-depth understanding of basic and clinical research in all domains of urology.

We are a high volume, tertiary care center that specializing in minimally-invasive, laparoscopic and robotic cases as well as complex oncologic and reconstructive surgery. We perform a high volume of radical cystectomies both robotic and open, robotic radical prostatectomies, retroperitoneal lymph node dissections, and percutaneous nephrolithotomies. We also perform a high volume of partial and radical nephrectomies in a variety of surgical approaches including robotic, laparoscopic, or open. We provide a graded increase in patient care responsibility and operative autonomy. By providing two years of chief resident level training (PGY-4 and PGY-5), our residents graduate with excellent experience, confidence and exceptional clinical and operative acumen.

We accept two residents per year into a five-year program. Our main goal is to provide a nurturing environment in which residents can acquire the surgical, medical, research, and decision making skills to become outstanding urologists.

By the chief year residents have mastered the ACGME competencies (patient care, medical knowledge, practice-based learning and improvement, interpersonal and communication skills, professionalism, and systems-based practice) and have acquired the surgical and mental skills necessary for pursuit of either an academic or private career in urology.

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Our Fellowship has been accredited since 1984 without reservations by the Residency Review Committee and the ACGME. The fellowship has just been fully reviewed by the RRC and has been approved again without citations through 2021. Currently, all clinical services are performed with faculty and attending staff at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. In addition, fellows will also see patients and perform procedures in several outpatient offices in the surrounding communities.

Our Fellowship and Residency in Vascular Surgery is designed to provide a comprehensive experience in the care of patients with vascular disorders. The breadth and depth of training available at our institution will allow our graduating fellows to pursue either an academic or private practice career pathway. The fellow will experience intense specialty training designed to provide a comprehensive experience in the management and treatment of all forms of vascular disease. Our goal is to create competent vascular specialists that can independently provide medical and surgical management for all vascular disease processes. Upon completion of training our fellows should be able to effectively address even the most complex vascular disorders.

The Vascular Integrated Residency Program and the Traditional Vascular Fellowship are both under the direction of Randy Shafritz, MD, FACS. Dr. Shafritz has been a full-time faculty member of the Division of Vascular Surgery at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School for 16 years.

Academic Training

The ACGME, RRC, and the ABVS have outlined a core vascular curriculum for fellowship trainees. These core areas are addressed through a weekly didactic lecture series. Weekly conferences include case presentation conferences, morbidity and mortality conferences, journal clubs, vascular lab conferences, basic science lectures, and endovascular conferences.

In addition, the residents and fellows will learn how to perform and interpret all non-invasive vascular laboratory tests. The volume of testing is quite extensive and upon completion of the program the fellows will have enough experience to easily obtain the required RPVI certificate required by the American Board of Vascular Surgery.

Clinical Training

Both open surgical and endovascular skills are acquired during the fellowship. All procedures are performed under the direct supervision of our faculty members, and almost all are performed in the operating room environment. No training is outsourced to interventional radiologists or surgeons at other facilities. Diagnostic and therapeutic minimally invasive interventional procedures including dialysis access revisions, carotid, renal and peripheral angioplasty, and endovascular aneurysm repairs are all performed in our state-of-the-art hybrid interventional suite at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. There is also an excellent balance of traditional open vascular reconstructions, including aortic, carotid and lower extremity reconstructions. Our large volume center allows our trainees to gain more clinical and operative experience than most fellows at other training centers.

Our residents and fellows are trained to treat both medically and surgically all aspects of vascular disease; including carotid, aortic, thoracic outlet, renal, visceral, infra-inguinal, venous, lymphatic, dialysis access pathology and vascular trauma. Endovascular interventions include angioplasty and stenting of arterial, venous and dialysis access beds, deployment of fenestrated and complex endografts, mechanical and pharmacological thrombolysis, inferior vena cava filter placement and retrieval through fluoroscopic imaging or use of intravascular ultrasound, duplex guided thrombin injection, and office based interventions, (e.g., vein ablation, sclerotherapy, and even some hemodialysis access procedures). Our volume of open procedures remains one of the highest in the country and includes complex redo open procedures.

There are currently 2 training tracks that candidates can pursue, the 0+5 track and the 5+2 track

0+5 Track - Integrated Vascular Residency Training

The integrated residency in vascular surgery is a five-year (0+5) training program leading to eligibility for certification by the Vascular Surgery Board of the American Board of Surgery. The program accepts one resident per year. Applicants must participate in the National Residency Match Program (NRMP), applying in their final year of medical school. This five-year vascular surgery residency is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), and leads to board certification in vascular surgery.
Three years are devoted to core surgical training, with some additional rotations on the vascular service and the final two years devoted solely to vascular surgery training. Core surgery rotations may occur throughout the first four years of training. Candidates will be eligible for board certification in vascular surgery upon successful completion of training. Training will include proficiency in the non-invasive vascular lab, as well as full endovascular interventions. Candidates desiring to train in the 0+5 track will not be eligible for board certification in general surgery.

Several factors have made integrated residencies in vascular surgery a desired option, including the shortened training timeline compared to completion of a fellowship after general surgery residency. Advances in technology and changes in clinical care have increased the distinction between general and vascular surgery. The integrated residency allows trainees to learn advanced imaging and interventional skills earlier and with a great deal of in-depth appreciation for the newest technology.

5+2 Track – Traditional Vascular Fellowship Track

Please note that we currently maintain an active Vascular Surgery Fellowship Program (5+2). This traditional fellowship path is a two-year clinical fellowship fully accredited by the ACGME and RRC, and requires completion of an accredited general surgery residency. Upon completion of the program, the fellow will be eligible to take the Vascular Surgery Qualifying Exam to obtain Board Certification of Vascular Surgery, and you will have enough experience to be proficient in the non-invasive vascular laboratory to satisfy the RPVI requirement. The American Board of Surgery no longer requires that you have board certification in General Surgery prior to sitting for the Vascular Surgery Board examinations, however, all of our fellows have obtained their General Surgery Board Certification during the fellowship. The program accepts one fellow per year. Both years are devoted strictly to vascular surgery training.