Laparoscopic Vascular Fellowship

A fellowship in Laparoscopic Vascular and Endovascular Surgery is available at Colchester ICENI Centre. The fellowships will run annually from March and is currently filled by a senior vascular registrar from Sri Lanka. The post will be available for UK candidates in the future and applications for this popular post should be made in writing to Mr. Adam Howard with an enclosed CV and letter of recommendation. Surgeons may come with their own funding.

Laparoscopic Colorectal Fellowships

Fellowships in Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery are available in London, Colchester and Leeds. Fellowships will run for a period of six months commencing in April and October. A total of six fellowships will be awarded. Ethicon Endo-Surgery sponsorship will be available for travelling and accommodation expenses. These are salaried posts and applicants are not restricted to choosing only one centre.

Further details and an application form for the next Fellowships
(closing date Friday 7th September 2008)
can be downloaded here (Word document - 801 Kb)

The Fellowships

Colchester General Hospital, Colchester, UK
Professor Roger Motson, FRCS

Colchester General Hospital is a 600-bed hospital serving a population of 340,000. The five Gastrointestinal surgeons in the Department of Surgery are all advanced laparoscopic surgeons, four of whom regularly perform laparoscopic colorectal surgery (the fifth being an upper GI surgeon). Colchester is one of the few hospitals in the UK to own two purpose-built laparoscopic OR1 operating theatres in which this surgery is carried out. The department hosts regular courses covering all aspects of advanced laparoscopic surgery and there is the opportunity to experience these other aspects of laparoscopic surgery during the Fellowship. This is a clinical hands-on Fellowship. Research opportunities are available. The Clinical Fellow will be on the On-Call rota with the Specialist Registrars.

Trainee selection criteria will include

• National Training Number in year 5/6 of surgical rotation
• Consolidated logbook evidence of experience in both open Colorectal Surgery and Laparoscopic Techniques
• Reference from STC Chairman - supporting your suitability for this fellowship and giving consent to six months leave of absence from regional rotation
• Reference from current consultant trainer
• Evidence of plans to maintain laparoscopic skills after the Fellowship is completed.

Consultants in post will also be considered for these fellowships if supported in writing by their Chief Executive and Medical Director and on the provision of a suitable record of operative experience.

TO APPLY

An application form [click here (801Kb download as Word document)] and current curriculum vitae accompanied by specified references must be submitted to

Anne O'Mara
2007 Laparoscopic Fellowships
Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland
at the Royal College of Surgeons of England,
35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PE