Penn State Hershey Minimally Invasive Surgery offers two fellowship programs in Minimally Invasive Surgery and Bariatric in Minimally Invasive Surgery.

Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship

This Minimally Invasive Fellowship is a non-ACGME approved fellowship consisting of a clinical fellowship with a mix of surgical cases including both general surgery and bariatric surgery.  For the large majority of cases, the fellow is the operating surgeon and the attending is the assistant.  The fellow is appointed as an Instructor within the Department of Surgery and less than 10 nights/year of attending call is expected.

Clinical responsibilities include all aspects of care of the MIS patient from initial clinical visit to post-operative visits.  The fellow will participate in all advanced MIS cases performed by MIS Fellowship trained surgeons.  The operative experience for the general laparoscopic position includes:  foregut surgery including antireflux procedures, Heller myotomy and paraesophageal hernia repair, bariatrics surgery including Roux-en-Y and banding, small bowel and colon resection, solid organ surgery such as splenectomy and adrenalectomy, nephrectomy including living donor nephrectomy and hernia surgery including groin, ventral, and incisional.

The fellowship includes involvement in education and research programs.  Our interests in these areas include Natural Orifice Surgery, surgical simulation and medical devices.  It is expected that the fellow participates in ongoing and new research and present and publish results of this research.  Teaching responsibilities include demonstration of MIS techniques to all levels of residents and students.

Penn State has been accredited by the Fellowship Council (3 year accreditation).  This fellowship is a 1 year fellowship.

Bariatric in Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship

Bariatric in Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship is for post graduate clinical training.  For the large majority of the cases, the fellow is the operating surgeon and the attending is the assistant.  The fellow is appointed as an Instructor within the Department of Surgery and less than 10 nights/year of attending call is expected.

Clinical responsibilities include all aspects of care of the bariatric patient from initial clinic visit to post-operative visits.  The position includes training in Roux-en-Y and banding techniques.

The fellowship includes involvement in education and research programs.  Our interests in these areas include surgical simulation and medical devices.  It is expected that the fellow participates in ongoing and new research and present and publish results of this research.  Teaching responsibilities include demonstration of MIS techniques to all levels of residents and students.

Penn State has been accredited by the Fellowship Council (3 year accreditation).  This fellowship is a 1 year fellowship.

Penn State is an Accredited Bariatric Center of Excellence (American Board of Bariatric Surgery).

The applicant must have completed a minimum of 5 years at an approved surgical residency program or be a fully trained surgeon able to obtain a license to practice medicine in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  Due to the fact that the fellow is hired as faculty, only the following are acceptable:  US citizen, H1B Visa, O1 Visa, E3, or Green card.