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Hunter, J. G. (2002). Fellowships in Minimally Invasive Surgery: A Fait Accompli. Seminars in Laparoscopic Surgery, 9(4), 216–217. https://doi.org/10.1177/155335060200900405

Madan AK, Frantzides CT, Deziel DJ. Survey of Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship Programs. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2006 Apr;16(2):99-104.

Swanstrom LL, Park A, Arregui M, Franklin M, Smith CD, Blaney C. Bringing order to the chaos: developing a matching process for minimally invasive and gastrointestinal postgraduate fellowships. Ann Surg. 2006 Apr;243(4):431-5.

Park A, Kavic SM, Lee TH, Heniford BT. Minimally invasive surgery: the evolution of fellowship. Surgery. 2007 Oct;142(4):505-11; discussion 511-3.

Grover, B. T., Kothari, S. N., Kallies, K. J., & Mathiason, M. A. (2009). Benefits of Laparoscopic Fellowship Training: A Survey of Former Fellows. Surgical Innovation, 16(4), 283–288. https://doi.org/10.1177/1553350609348298

Kohn GP, Galanko JA, Overby DW, Farrell TM. High case volumes and surgical fellowships are associated with improved outcomes for bariatric surgery patients: a justification of current credentialing initiatives for practice and training. J Am Coll Surg. 2010 Jun;210(6):909-18. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.03.005.

Hallowell PT, Dahman MI, Stokes JB, LaPar DJ, Schirmer BD. Minimally invasive surgery fellowship does not adversely affect general surgery resident case volume: a decade of experience. Am J Surg. 2013 Mar;205(3):307-11; discussion 311. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.01.005.

Kwazneski D 2nd, Six C, Stahlfeld K.The unacknowledged incidence of laparoscopic stapler malfunction. Surg Endosc. 2013 Jan;27(1):86-9. doi: 10.1007/s00464-012-2417-y. Epub 2012 Jul 18.

Mattar SG, Alseidi AA, Jones DB, Jeyarajah DR, Swanstrom LL, Aye RW, Wexner SD, Martinez JM, Ross SB, Awad MM, Franklin ME, Arregui ME, Schirmer BD, Minter RM. General surgery residency inadequately prepares trainees for fellowship: results of a survey of fellowship program directors. Ann  Surg. Ann Surg. 2013 Sep;258(3):440-9. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182a191ca.

Fowler, D.L. & Hogle, N.J. Fellowship Council: a decade of impact on surgical training. Surg Endosc (2013) 27: 3548. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-013-3007-3

Hogle NJ, Liu Y, Ogden RT, Fowler DL. Evaluation of surgical fellows’ laparoscopic performance using Global Operative Assessment of Laparoscopic Skills (GOALS). Surg Endosc. 2014 Apr;28(4):1284-90. doi: 10.1007/s00464-013-3324-6. Epub 2014 Jan 11.

Jeyarajah DR, Patel S, Osman H.The current state of hepatopancreatobiliary fellowship experience in North America.J Surg Educ. 2015 Jan-Feb;72(1):144-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2014.07.006. Epub 2014 Dec 10.

Kim PS, Telem DA, Altieri MS, Talamini M, Yang J, Zhang Q, Pryor AD. Bariatric outcomes are significantly improved in hospitals with fellowship council-accredited bariatric fellowships. J Gastrointest Surg. 2015 Apr;19(4):594-7. doi: 10.1007/s11605-015-2758-7. Epub 2015 Feb 10.

Bressan, A. K., Edwards, J. P., Grondin, S. C., Dixon, E. , Minter, R. M., Jeyarajah, D. R. and Ball, C. G. (2015), The adequacy of Hepato‐Pancreato‐Biliary training: how closely do perceptions of fellows and programme directors align?. HPB, 17: 791-795. doi:10.1111/hpb.12457

Nepomnayshy D, Alseidi AA, Fitzgibbons SC, Stefanidis D. Identifying the need for and content of an advanced laparoscopic skills curriculum: results of a national survey. Am J Surg. 2016 Feb;211(2):421-5. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2015.10.009. Epub 2015 Nov 19.

Gardner AK, Willis RE, Dunkin BJ, Van Sickle KR, Brown KM, Truitt MS, Uecker JM, Gentry L, Scott DJ. What do residents need to be competent laparoscopic and endoscopic surgeons? Surg Endosc. 2016 Jul;30(7):3050-9. doi: 10.1007/s00464-015-4597-8. Epub 2015 Oct 20.

Hutter MM, Behrns KE, Soper NJ, Michelassi F; SSAT Task Force on Advanced GI Surgery Training. Advanced GI Surgery Training-a Roadmap for the Future: the White Paper from the SSAT Task Force on Advanced GI Surgery Training. J Gastrointest Surg. 2017 Apr;21(4):755-760. doi: 10.1007/s11605-016-3331-8. Epub 2017 Jan 24.

Watanabe Y, Madani A, Bilgic E, McKendy KM, Enani G, Ghaderi I, Fried GM, Feldman LS, Vassiliou MC; Research Committee of the Fellowship Council. Don’t fix it if it isn’t broken: a survey of preparedness for practice among graduates of Fellowship Council-accredited fellowships. Surg Endosc. 2017 May;31(5):2287-2298. doi: 10.1007/s00464-016-5231-0. Epub 2016 Oct 14.

Siddiqui IA, Sastry AV, Martinie JB, Vrochides D, Baker EH, Iannitti DA. Fellows’ perspective of HPB training programs in North America: results of a survey. HPB (Oxford). 2018 Aug;20(8):695-701. doi: 10.1016/j.hpb.2018.01.012. Epub 2018 Mar 8.

Watkins JR, Pryor AD, Truitt MS, Jeyarajah DR. Perception versus reality: elucidating motivation and expectations of current fellowship council minimally invasive surgery fellows. Surg Endosc. 2018 Nov;32(11):4422-4427. doi: 10.1007/s00464-018-6184-2. Epub 2018 Apr 17.

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