The IU School of Medicine Department of Surgery offers 12 accredited fellowship programs open to physicians who have completed general surgery residency training: Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery; Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) Surgery (Transition to Practice); Minimally Invasive Surgery and Bariatrics; Surgical Critical Care; Acute Care Surgery; Pediatric Surgery; Abdominal Transplant Surgery; Vascular Surgery; and Plastic Surgery in the areas of burn, hand and craniofacial surgery. Residency graduates may also continue training through the Integrated Residency/Fellowship Program which encompasses three years of plastic surgery residency training and three years of fellowship experience.
![Photo of Carla Fisher MD, doing a operation](https://mc-34647c8d-0ad3-4e6c-832a-7092-cdn.azureedge.net/-/media/department/surgery/photo-of--carla-fisher-md-doing-a-operation.jpg?rev=092a3e2fb8ca46e08d9e18b28f39124e&la=en&h=533&w=800&hash=55D85FB07963109F4E01FC4DC1C4B0EC)
Breast Surgical Oncology
Breast Surgical Oncology fellows will rotate through four clinical sites, gaining exposure to a unique blend of community and academic practices.
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Burn Surgery
The Burn Surgery Fellowship offers specialty training in burn care and management.
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Cardiothoracic Surgery
The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery offers an ACGME-accredited three-year fellowship for those individuals who have successfully completed general surgery residency.
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Craniofacial Surgery
The Craniofacial Fellowship offers experience in craniofacial and cleft surgery, facial trauma, microsurgery, and aesthetic surgery at one of the largest craniofacial units in the United States.
![Hand Surgery](https://mc-34647c8d-0ad3-4e6c-832a-7092-cdn.azureedge.net/-/media/department/surgery/hand-surgery.png?rev=d34cac74108f40beaef7da503af64cfb&la=en&h=240&w=360&hash=8165CE29513B57C5636237F1E70A205A)
Hand Surgery
The Hand Surgery Fellowship is a challenging and multidisciplinary program that covers the full breadth and depth of the specialty.
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Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery
This one-year transition-to-practice program provides the most robust HPB operative experience available in North America and emphasizes preoperative, operative and postoperative care.
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Minimally Invasive Surgery
The Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) and Bariatric Fellowship exposes fellows to a rich blend of bariatric and advanced minimally invasive surgery.
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Pediatric Surgery
The Pediatric Surgery Fellowship offers extensive preoperative, operative and postoperative experience in neonatal surgery, pediatric surgical oncology, ECMO and pediatric trauma.
![Cori Rogers, Jeff Gross and Rachel Danforth working in the OR](https://mc-34647c8d-0ad3-4e6c-832a-7092-cdn.azureedge.net/-/media/department/surgery/plastic-surgery.jpg?rev=8461193923614d10b36592e2dc52e2cc&la=en&h=720&w=1079&hash=1D0035B96107EEE8E9634EF7BF4096AE)
Plastic Surgery
The Division of Plastic Surgery offers an ACGME-accredited three-year fellowship for those who have successfully completed general surgery residency.
![Photo of resident practicing surgery in a training lab](https://mc-34647c8d-0ad3-4e6c-832a-7092-cdn.azureedge.net/-/media/department/surgery/photo-of-resident-practicing-surgery-in-a-training-lab.jpg?rev=7e5ff1060fbb4f09b9588518e70daf52&la=en&h=533&w=800&hash=844D7F854818ED72302257404EDBFE84)
Surgical Acute Care
The Surgical Acute Care Fellowship uses a transition-to-practice model with experience in two Level I trauma centers.
![Residents practicing surgery during a cadaver lab](https://mc-34647c8d-0ad3-4e6c-832a-7092-cdn.azureedge.net/-/media/department/surgery/residents-practicing-surgery-during-a-cadaver-lab.jpg?rev=013e769e49724559ba83ffed6e9ea837&la=en&h=533&w=800&hash=3B9730507E8E0D47236EBC80C6E6B897)
Surgical Critical Care
The Surgical Critical Care Fellowship offers subspecialty training in unique dedicated surgical critical care environments including two level I trauma centers.
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Transplant Surgery
The Division of Abdominal Transplant Surgery is ASTS accredited for three fellows every two years.
![Vascular surgery faculty member working with residents during a training lab](https://mc-34647c8d-0ad3-4e6c-832a-7092-cdn.azureedge.net/-/media/department/surgery/vascular-surgery-faculty-member-working-with-residents-during-a-training-lab.jpg?rev=517c419895b34ff8aad8e8310b1a83fb&la=en&h=541&w=800&hash=D03873E7C35EBA62A48AD4ED2E63F08E)
Vascular Surgery
The Vascular Surgery Fellowship offers subspecialty training in the full spectrum of vascular surgery.