City/ University Rush University Medical Center and John H. Stroger Jr., Hospital of Cook County Chicago, IL Duration, Funding and Eligibility Of Clinical Fellowship A non-ACGME approved one year fellowship in endocrine surgery. Half time spent at Rush University and half at John H. Stroger Jr., Hospital of Cook County. Fully Funded Fellowship. Candidate should be American Board of Surgery eligible or certified. Program Director and Contact Person (including e-mail address) Richard A. Prinz, M.D. Rush University Medical Center Department of General Surgery 1653 W. Congress Parkway Chicago, IL 60612 Telephone: 312-942-6379 Fax: 312-942-7139 Email: rprinz@rush.edu Objectives of the Program To provide advanced endocrine surgical training with opportunity to do clinical and basic science research. The fellow will be responsible for the initial evaluation, preoperative preparation, operative management and postoperative follow-up of the endocrine patient. Exposure to pathology/cytopathology, nuclear medicine and endocrine disciplines. Highlights of the Fellowship (including number of cases and a description of the overall program) Opportunity to train with 2 endocrine surgeons: Dr. Richard Prinz and Dr. Subhash Patel 250 thyroid operations 150 parathyroidectomies 30 adrenalectomies 5-10 gastrointestinal endocrine tumors Office ultrasound for examination of the thyroid, parathyroids, lymph nodes, and guidance of FNA. Exposure to minimally invasive techniques. Exposure to advanced thyroid cancer at Stroger Cook County Hospital. Participation in the endocrine surgical laboratory and preparation of research protocols. Participation in combined endocrine/surgical conferences and endocrine tumor board. List of previous Fellows from this Program Dr. Scott Wilhelm (Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH) Dr. Kaare Weber (Mount Sinai, New York, NY) Dr. Todd Beyer (Albany Medical College, Albany, NY) Dr. Naris Nilubol (Mount Sinai, New York, NY) Dr. Emery Chen (University of California, San Francisco, CA)