Vascular Surgery Fellowship

Program Overview

The Vascular Surgery Fellowship Program at UT Health San Antonio is a 2-year, academic institution-based fellowship training program with rotations at major clinical partners paired with strong didactic training, research opportunities and mentorship.

Our program offers a high case volume with a wonderful mix of training opportunities at three clinical partners: South Texas Veterans Health Care System – Audie L Murphy, University Hospital, local county hospital with level 1 trauma unit and IAC accreditation, and St. Luke’s Baptist hospital. The VA offers classic vascular disease cases such as aneurysmal disease, extra-cranial carotid disease, and general PAD. Fellows train in operative and clinic responsibilities under faculty supervision. University Hospital serves a large diabetic population with complex distal tibial disease and advanced limb salvage – especially in a younger population with limited access to health care. The trauma service is extremely busy and offers opportunity to treat acute aortic injuries, and other traumatic vascular cases. Additionally, there is opportunity to train with Dr. Sideman on spine exposures. At St. Luke’s Baptist, fellows work with Dr. Toursarkissian in an extremely busy private practice setting, not commonly found in academic fellowships.

Diverse clinical training is paired with a sound didactic training based on VSCORE curriculum, conferences, journal clubs, quality improvement and risk management training, ultrasound lectures, online courses, and practice exams. Trainees receive individualized professional and personal mentorship from a faculty with diverse clinical and research interests. Non-procedural areas of instruction include ethics training, fatigue and sleep training, leadership training, and coding and billing training.

Our faculty are highly experienced and well published with a wealth of knowledge. Together, we develop well-rounded surgeon leaders qualified to enter any type of practice upon graduation. The UT Health San Antonio Vascular Fellowship will provide you with a sound foundation on vascular surgery and disease management on every level expected of a modern vascular specialist.

Contact information:

Program Coordinator, Sonia Ray: rays4@uthscsa.edu or 210-567-2032
Business Administrator, Erika Perez: vascularfellowship@uthscsa.edu or 210-450-8445