City/University New Haven, Connecticut / Yale University School of Medicine Duration of the Fellowship and Funding 1 Year - Fully Funded Program Director and Contact Person (including email address) Sanziana Roman MD FACS Chief of Endocrine Surgery 333 Cedar Str PO Box 208062 New Haven CT 06520-8062 203-785-2563 - Fax: 203 737-4067 Sanziana.roman@yale.edu Application should include: 1. Curriculum Vitae. 2. Cover letter stating reason for applying for Endocrine Surgery and future career plans. 3. Three professional letters of recommendation. Interviews will be granted after review of the above application materials, and likely will be conducted in July and August. Match lists are due early September. Objectives of the Program Provide advanced endocrine surgical training and research opportunities in the field of Endocrine Surgery. This will be conducted in an academic department emphasizing preoperative evaluation, operative skills and long-term management. The fellowship is designed for individuals who have completed their general surgery training and seek to develop a career in endocrine surgery. Highlights of the Fellowship (including number of cases and a brief description of the overall program) Intensive endocrine surgery training with 3 experienced endocrine surgeons (Sanziana Roman, MD, Julie Ann Sosa, MD, and Robert Udelsman, MD) emphasizing the multidisciplinary care of the patient. Our wealth of endocrine surgical cases (over 450 thyroid, 300 parathyroid, 30 modified radical cervical lymphadenectomies, 30 adrenal and 5 endocrine pancreatic procedures per year) will afford the fellow extensive operative experience combined with advanced techniques including minimally invasive parathyroidectomy, laparoscopic adrenalectomy and neck dissections. The fellow will participate in clinical and translational research and, under appropriate mentorship, make substantive contributions to the scientific literature. The fellow will actively participate in weekly endocrine multispecialty conferences and interact extensively with endocrinology, cytology, sonography and nuclear medicine. List of Previous Fellows from this Program Fellow for July 2005 - 2006 Christina Maser MD (William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI) christinamaser@comcast.net Post fellowship: Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCSF-Fresno, CA Fellow for July 2006-2007 Tracy Wang MD MPH (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY) trawang@gmail.com Post fellowship: Assistant Professor of Surgery, MCW, Milwaukee, WI Fellow for July 2007-2008 Tobias Carling MD, PhD (Yale University, New Haven, CT) tobias.carling@yale.edu