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The Fellowship in Bariatric and Metabolic surgery at Laval University is based at the Quebec Heart and Lung Institute in Quebec City. This clinical fellowship is designed to train academic surgeons in the field of bariatric and metabolic surgery. This tertiary care center is specialized in metabolic surgery (Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch) but also offers exposure to other bariatric pocedures including Sleeve Gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y gastric Bypass and revisional surgery. The fellowship takes place in a French-speaking milieu and fluency in French is required. The fellow is integrated in a team of eight surgeons performing more than 800 bariatric cases annually and an additional 200 laparoscopic upper and lower GI cases. The fellow is implicated into the surgical program, which involves an integrative pre-operative evaluation, management of the surgical floor, short and long-term outpatient follow-up and endoscopic unit. Multiple opportunities are available to join or to initiate research projects, based on our prospective electronic database maintained over the last 25 years and with the support of our research Chair in Bariatric and Metabolic surgery. The candidate is expected to complete at least one project suitable for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. Additional funding is availabale for presentation of research project and attendance at a National/International bariatric meeting. Opportunity also exists to obtain a Master Degree through a second year of clinical research. We accept one candidate each year from the Fellowship Council Match and one candidate outside fellowship council.

Basic Program Information:

• Location: Quebec City, Canada
• Primary Program Site: Quebec Heart and Lung Institute
• Primary Hospital: Total bed size, # OR's, # Surgical ICU beds:
• Secondary Program Site:
• Secondary Hospital: Total bed size, # OR's, # Surgical ICU beds:
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• University Affiliation: Laval University
• School of Medicine Affiliation:
• Year Program and/or Designation Established: 2012
• Number of Faculty:
• % of Program Clinical: 80
• % of Program Research: 20

Additional Program Information:

• Interaction with Residents: Some cases shared
• Is there a General Surgery Residency at the Primary Institution? Yes
• Is there a General Surgery Residency at the Secondary Institution? No
• Is there a curriculum in place for fellowship? Yes
• Is there a skills lab at the institution with fellow access? No
• Are there teaching conferences available for the fellow? Yes
• Is there an evaluation tool for fellow by faculty in place? Yes
• Is there an evaluation tool for faculty by fellow in place? Yes
• Papers Accepted For Publication where PD was an author: 26
• Publications that Involved Input from the Fellow: 5
• Are funds available for the Fellow to attend conferences? No

Malpractice Insurance Information:

• No Information provided.

Contact Information For Questions:

Sandra Lacasse Lacasse
Phone: 418-656-8711 ext 5282
Fax: 418-656-4825
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.fmed.ulaval.ca/site_fac/chirurgie-bariatrique/1/?cHash=129156520e5b1358ec535b36b2537aeb

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Basic Science Research
Clinical Research
Simulation Lab