Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship program facts

The Aurora Health Care Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship program is a two-year post-residency accredited training program that accepts one fellow per year.

This fellowship is designed to provide a robust experience in general surgical oncology including exposure to hepatobiliary, pancreatic, soft tissue and sarcoma, melanoma, foregut, colorectal, breast, endocrine, thoracic, urologic and reconstructive surgeries and all other facets of general surgical oncology.

The first-year fellow spends:

6 blocks on the surgical oncology/hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) service
2 blocks dedicated to research
2 blocks on breast surgical oncology
1 block on medical oncology, 1 block shared of pathology and radiation oncology

The second-year fellow spends:

7 blocks on surgical/hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) service
2 blocks on research
2 blocks on elective
2 blocks filled with colorectal/gynecologic and endocrine/head & neck surgery

Oncology call
Fellows take weekly pager call from home when on clinical service. On weekends, fellows round when on-service and the attendings are on-call. Fellows are expected to participate in any emergency or follow-up care relating to their patients (surgical and non-surgical).

Rotations

The majority of the clinical rotations will occur within Milwaukee; because we have no surgical residency, fellows participate in all cases and typically exceed the case volume requirements of the ACGME and Society of Surgical Oncology Fellowships within their first year.

Learn more about our clinical rotations

Meetings and conferences

The Aurora Health Care Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship offers multiple educational conferences with strong faculty participation.

The curriculum includes a weekly faculty-run educational conference, journal clubs, a blockly Interesting Case Conference, and weekly multidisciplinary tumor boards.

Fellows participate and present in rotation-specific multidisciplinary tumor board conferences. Presentation at local, regional and national meetings is encouraged, and our fellows have been prolific in both authoring publications and presenting across the country.

Research

Fellows in the Complex General Surgical Oncology program have 4 blocks to pursue clinical, basic science and translational research. Fellows can work with various faculty members based on their research interests and are encouraged to deeply explore cancer and its treatment.

The Aurora Research Institute (ARI), located on the Aurora Sinai Medical Center campus, has a full basic science and translational lab which is available to our fellows. We have an active precision medicine program and we are a National Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) grant site participating in many clinical trial research protocols.

Time is scheduled to allow fellows to start several projects and continue their research activities throughout their two-years of training. During the research blocks, fellows do not have any primary clinical or service call responsibilities, enabling dedication to academic endeavors. Fellows can develop their own research and are encouraged to present at local, regional and national meetings.

Salary & benefits

The Aurora Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship offers a competitive salary, comprehensive health coverage for you and your eligible dependents and many other perks.

Salary & benefits overview [PDF]

Apply to the fellowship

Learn how to apply to the Aurora Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship program. Get information about candidate requirements and the application process.

Apply to the Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship program