Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship
Mission & Vision
Our mission is to provide an educational experience that will allow fellows to acquire the fund of knowledge and clinical/surgical skills to function independently in the field of colon and rectal surgery. This goal will be achieved through didactic sessions, hands-on experience, laboratory and virtual skills training and participation in clinical conferences and research.
The resident will be given increasing responsibility during the year of training based on the faculty’s assessment of the individual level of competence.
Mission & Vision
Our mission is to provide an educational experience that will allow fellows to acquire the fund of knowledge and clinical/surgical skills to function independently in the field of colon and rectal surgery. This goal will be achieved through didactic sessions, hands-on experience, laboratory and virtual skills training and participation in clinical conferences and research.
The resident will be given increasing responsibility during the year of training based on the faculty’s assessment of the individual level of competence.
Program Director’s Welcome
Our Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery is a multi-faceted practice that specializes and cares for patients with diseases of the colon, rectum and anus at several hospital sites throughout the Greater Miami Area. The Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery is part of the DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, and consists of academic surgeons who are diplomats of and/or eligible for the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery.
Program Director’s Welcome
Our Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery is a multi-faceted practice that specializes and cares for patients with diseases of the colon, rectum and anus at several hospital sites throughout the Greater Miami Area. The Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery is part of the DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, and consists of academic surgeons who are diplomats of and/or eligible for the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery.
The responsibilities of these physicians include teaching the principles of colon and rectal surgery to surgical fellows and medical students during their clinical years. The attending physicians also run a busy clinical practice. This clinical practice encompasses patient care at several institutions including Jackson Memorial Hospital, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and UHealth Tower, a University of Miami Hospital and Clinics Facility. In addition to Jackson Memorial Hospital and UHealth Tower, a very busy outpatient clinic service is provided by the colorectal division at The Lennar Foundation Medical Center, with current plans to expand outpatient care and screening for colorectal cancer to the community.
The division also runs a busy inpatient hospital census and service treating diseases limited to the colon, rectum and anus, including acute and chronic surgical problems, as well as the medical management of lower gastrointestinal bleeding, diverticular disease and inflammatory bowel disease.
Our division remains committed to providing a high level of patient care in addition to educating fellows, medical students and the neighboring community. Daily teaching rounds with staff physicians and surgical fellows and medical students, as well as weekly conferences relating to colorectal disease, are held. We are also continuously striving to pursue advances in the field of colon and rectal surgery through ongoing clinical research.
-Floriano Marchetti, MD
Description
The division also runs a busy inpatient hospital census and service treating diseases limited to the colon, rectum and anus, including acute and chronic surgical problems, as well as the medical management of lower gastrointestinal bleeding, diverticular disease and inflammatory bowel disease.
Our division remains committed to providing a high level of patient care in addition to educating fellows, medical students and the neighboring community. Daily teaching rounds with staff physicians and surgical fellows and medical students, as well as weekly conferences relating to colorectal disease, are held. We are also continuously striving to pursue advances in the field of colon and rectal surgery through ongoing clinical research.
-Floriano Marchetti, MD
Fast Facts
ACGME Accredited?
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
Number of Fellows per Year?
1
Duration of Fellowship?
1 year
Clinical Experience
Year 1
The Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship Program relies heavily on the clinical practice of colon and rectal surgery. The CRS resident will maintain a vital role on the colon and rectal surgery service, also known as the Elective 3 surgical service. This service has a general surgical chief resident, and, as such, there will be specific responsibilities for patient care that will be given to each resident.
The CRS resident will attend a faculty member’s private clinic when operative cases do not require their presence. The CRS resident and the general surgery chief resident will not participate together on the same operative case, except in instances where a surgical team would be used. In these instances the CRS resident and general surgery chief resident will perform separate portions of the surgical procedure. All clinical activities of the CRS resident will be overseen by one of the faculty.
The program allows for extensive experience in all aspects of colon and rectal surgery, including office-based practice and anorectal physiology; anorectal surgery; endoscopic ultrasound; lower gastrointestinal endoscopy and major abdominal surgery with a particular attention to minimally invasive surgery (laparoscopy and robotics).
The CRS resident will be involved in hospital care and the preoperative evaluation of surgical patients, as well as postoperative management and follow up. Inpatient and emergency room consultations will play an integral part in this advanced training.
Ultimately, the CRS resident must obtain competency in the following six areas as defined by the ACGME: interpersonal and communication skills; medical knowledge; patient care; practice-based learning and improvement; professionalism and systems-based practice.
Your Faculty
Luanne Force, MD
Assistant Professor, Clinical Surgery
Vanessa Hui, MD
Assistant Professor, Clinical Surgery
Floriano Marchetti, MD
Associate Professor, Clinical Surgery
Director, Colon and Rectal Surgery Residency Program
Nivedeh Paluvoi, MD
Assistant Professor, Clinical Surgery
Laurence Sands, MD, MBA
Chief, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Notable Alumni
Debbie Bakes, MD
2017
Jean Knapps, MD
2016
Shay Mansoor, MD
2019
Carlos Morales, MD
2015
Alexis Plasencia, MD
2018
Debbie Bakes, MD
2017
Jean Knapps, MD
2016
Shay Mansoor, MD
2019
Carlos Morales, MD
2015
Alexis Plasencia, MD
2018