The Fellowship Council

President’s Welcome

Welcome to the Fellowship Council website!

It is with great honor and humility that I assume the leadership of this vibrant and dynamic organization.

I have personally followed the dramatic development of the Fellowship Council (FC) since its inception and have witnessed its rise from a loose amalgam of like-minded innovative and progressive surgeon educators, to becoming the world’s predominant body for the oversight, matching, and accreditation of non-ACGME fellowship programs.

The FC is a dynamic volunteer organization that is energized by forward-thinking surgeon-educators who willingly commit their valuable time towards the noble mission of safe-guarding the overall well-being of our fellows and supporting their program directors, thereby ensuring the delivery of the ideal educational and training experience. The FC is an umbrella organization of member non-ACGME fellowship training programs that qualify by meeting stringent criteria in faculty composition and case log volume. The Board of the FC and all its committees are composed of representatives from its sponsoring societies, including AHPBA, AHS, ASCRS, ASMBS, SAGES and SSAT. These societies provide the relevant educational and training curricula, all of which are standardized, creating one of the essential pillars for accreditation. The accreditation process is robust and is itself a central tenet of the FC that serves to minimize variance in quality of training, and helps set the tone for continued excellence in the training experience for both trainers and learners.

I have always been proud to declare that I am a product of such a fellowship program (Emory University 2000-2002). Based on my experience, I can attest to the fact that your fellowship will be the most influential and consequential stage of your long training. It will firmly set you on a track of progressive proficiency of skills, inquisitive research, scholarly contributions and, importantly, the transfer of such attributes to the next generation of master surgeons, should this be one of your aspirations.

We are so pleased to have you engaged with the FC. Whether you are an applicant applying to the matching process, a program director who is seeking information regarding our processes, or a program coordinator who provides the “glue” that keeps programs smoothly running, we warmly welcome you.

Samer G. Mattar, MD, FACS
President
The Fellowship Council

Case Log System Update

Important Message regarding the Fellowship Council’s Case Log System:

The new Fellowship Council Case Log System is now live.

2017-2019 and 2018-2019 Fellows:

For all Fellowship Council fellows who concluded their fellowship on July 31, 2019, the ability to add and edit cases was disabled on Wednesday, August 14, 2019. Fellows no longer have the ability to enter and edit cases, but do retain the ability to view and export the information.

2019-2020 and 2019-2021 Fellows:

All 2019-2020 and 2019-2021 fellows now have entry/edit capabilities to the new Fellowship Council case log system.  Fellows should retroactively enter the cases they performed since the beginning of their fellowship into the new system.  Additionally, from today through the conclusion of their fellowship, fellows should enter any new cases directly into the new Fellowship Council Case Log System.

2018-2020 Fellows:

All 2018-2020 fellows now have entry/edit capabilities to the new Fellowship Council case log system. Fellows should retroactively enter the cases they performed since losing entry access to the old Fellowship Council case log system on August 14. Additionally, from today through the conclusion of their fellowship, fellows should enter any new cases directly into the new Fellowship Council Case Log System.

2018-2019 Fellows with Approved Extensions

All 2019-2019 fellows with approved extensions will be using a separate system for the reminder of their fellowship.  Those fellows will receive login instructions later today.

Contact:

If you have any questions, please contact the Fellowship Council office at info@fellowshipcouncil.org.

Website Updates

The Fellowship Council website is moving towards being mobile-friendly. We have a new look and expect to make upgrades to the user experience in the near future. Stay tuned for more updates!