Thoracic Surgery Fellowship Program

College

Sidney Kimmel Medical College

Degree

Fellowship

Format

On Campus

Duration

2 Years

Starting Term

Summer

Enrollment Options

Full Time

Call to Actions

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Fellowship Benefits & Other Information
Name: Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili, MD, FACS
Position: Program Director
Name: Olugbenga Okusanya, MD, FACS
Position: Associate Program Director
Name: Shannon Petsch, MHA, MSL
Position: Education Director

ACGME ID:  4604100002

Cardiac Surgery Division
Thoracic Surgery Division

Affliate Hospitals

Thoracic Surgery Fellows will rotate at 3 locations during their fellowship.

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital is the primary teaching site, embedded within the Center City Campus.  Fellows will spend 15 months at this location during the 2-year fellowship, rotating on the Adult Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery services.

Our Center City Campus, located in the heart of Philadelphia, is home to colleges of Health Professions, Nursing, Pharmacy, Population Health, Life Sciences, Rehabilitation Sciences, and the Sidney Kimmel Medical College.

This campus is where more than 32,000 doctors, nurses, therapists, teachers, researchers, students, leaders, and healers work together every day to improve lives. 

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Website

Jefferson Abington Hospital

Fellows will spend 7 months at this location during the 2-year fellowship, rotating on the Mixed Cardiothoracic Surgery service.  

Jefferson Abington Hospital Website

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)

Fellows will spend 2 months of their second year on the Pediatric Cardiac Surgery service at CHOP.  CHOP will provide fellows with exposure to common and complex congenital heart diseases.