The Integrated Vascular Surgery residency at USF is among the original such training paradigms, and we have been training residents since our ACGME approval in 2007. In 2013 we expanded our program to include two positions.

Our fellowship has been continuously accredited since 1992 and accepts one fellow every other year (previously one fellow each year, however, this has evolved to accommodate the expansion of our integrated residency and maintain the robust clinical volume and diversity for all of our graduates). 

Integrated residents and fellows have shared clinical and administrative responsibilities.  We have maintained a strong collaborative relationship between the two training pathways, with the strengths of each complementing each other.  All of our graduates have gone on to succeed in academic, hospital-employed and private practices.  We are fortunate that the case diversity and volume in our group’s practice continues to allow our graduates to not only meet but more often exceed the expected case requirements for vascular surgery.

All vascular surgery training takes place with core USF vascular surgery faculty at one of three sites. Residents and fellows are integral members of the vascular surgery team and participate in preoperative evaluation, operative planning, and execution, as well as post-operative care and follow-up.  Trainees have continuous exposure to the inpatient evaluation and management of vascular disorders, ensuring the continual acquisition of skills and experience with progressive assumption of clinical responsibilities; residents and fellows spend one day per week in the outpatient clinic working directly with faculty. 

Trainees in their PGY 4 through PGY 7 years rotate exclusively on vascular surgery rotations.  Integrated residents complete a total of 18 months of core general surgery rotations with USF faculty, including rotations on general surgery, trauma and critical care, cardiothoracic surgery and transplant surgery.