VASCULAR FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Summary
- This fellowship has one opening each year. It is an accredited two year fellowship
- The objective of the Peripheral Vascular Fellowship Training Program is to acquaint trainees with all aspects of the noninvasive assessment and management of patients with peripheral vascular problems in the setting of a large University Medical Center.
- The two-year fellowship is designed to allow a trainee to begin preparation both for an academic career and also to develop a critical outlook towards published works on vascular surgery. It allows fellows to develop endovascular skills and provides them vascular lab expertise to become a Registered Vascular Technologist.
- Interested Applicants should access ERAS (Electronic Residency Application Service) at http://www.aamc.org/students/erasfellow. There you can review the Fellowship Applicant Information Sheet to understand the ERAS process. You can download the Common Application Form (CAF) Worksheet and complete it prior to on-line data entry, download the Letter of Recommendation (LOR) instructions memo and give to your letter writers, and work on your personal statement. Applications may not be transmitted to ERAS until December 1 of any year.
- For further information contact Jana Nieman, secretary, 356-8242 or jana-nieman@uiowa.edu or Dr W. John Sharp, Professor and Director, Division of Vascular Surgery, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Department of Surgery, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1086. The fax number is 319-384-6306. Dr Sharp's e-mail is william-sharp@uiowa.edu.