The Hospital for Endocrine Surgery, a facility that is part of HCA Florida South Tampa Hospital, begins its endocrine surgery fellowship in July 2022. We will have one fellow per year, and the duration is one year. The fellowship is run in conjunction with HCA Graduate Education and the University of South Florida.
For more information, contact Tobias Carling, MD, PhD.
What are the objectives of the fellowship?
The goal of our fellowship is to train endocrine surgeons who will be leaders in their communities. We will do this by providing access to advanced endocrine surgical training and research opportunities in the field of endocrine surgery.
Where will the fellowship take place?
Fellowship training will be conducted within our endocrine-surgical hospital. It will emphasize preoperative evaluation, operative skills and long-term management of endocrine disorders.
Who is eligible for the fellowship?
The fellowship is designed for surgeons who seek to develop a career in endocrine surgery. It is open to surgeons who have successfully completed a five-year general surgery residency or a full ear, nose and throat (ENT) residency from a U.S. university.
What is the fellowship structure?
The fellow will see patients four days per week with one day per week reserved for research time. At least three days per week will be in the operating room.
The fellow will be expected to actively participate in weekly endocrine multispecialty conferences and to interact extensively with endocrinology, pathology, cytology, radiology and nuclear medicine.
Endocrine research
The fellow will participate in clinical and/or translational research. Additionally, under the mentorship of one or more faculty members, the fellow will be expected to make substantive contributions to the scientific literature.
Highlights of the fellowship
Our highly experienced and skilled surgical staff will provide intensive endocrine surgery training emphasizing multidisciplinary care. The fellowship will offer the fellow operative experience combined with advanced techniques that include:
- Parathyroidectomy
- Reoperative parathyroidectomy
- Thyroidectomy (partial and total)
- Reoperative thyroidectomy
- Central and lateral neck dissection for cancer
- Robotic and transoral thyroidectomy
- Retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy
- Thyroid ultrasound
- Fiberoptic laryngoscopy
- Radio-frequency ablation of thyroid nodules