Overview
Cleveland Clinic's Colorectal Surgery educational program offers a 1-year ACGME accredited residency following the completion of a general surgery residency in the US or Canada. Our four ACGME positions are filled through the national residency matching program. In addition, we offer a 1-year fellowship for international trainees who have completed their general surgery residency. Appointments to the fellowship are made on a competitive basis and can be initiated via communication with our chairman, educational program director, or coordinator.
Our educational goal is to improve the knowledge and skills of our trainees in the full spectrum of colorectal surgery. Opportunities include patient evaluation and management, critical decision making, operative skills, clinical research, residency and hospital administration, medical student teaching, and a structured teaching program and conferences.
Our surgical staff includes over 20 surgeons with diverse clinical, research, and administrative expertise and interests. Many are well-known leaders in the field.
Colorectal Surgery continues to change and evolve with increased understanding of pathophysiology, enhanced technologies, and multi-disciplinary approaches to improving treatment outcomes. Our department is at the forefront of these advances, with a commitment to educate our trainees to become leaders in their chosen field.
Diversity & Inclusion
Discover the role diversity and inclusion plays at Cleveland Clinic and at its Graduate Medical Education program, as well as our diversity and inclusion efforts.
Learn moreStaff Physicians
Main Campus
Anuradha Bhama, MD
I. Emre Gorgun, MD
Stefan Holubar, MD, MS
Hermann Kessler, MD, PhD
Jeremy Lipman, MD
Joshua Sommovilla, MD
Scott Steele, MD, MBA
Michael A. Valente, DO
Fairview Hospital
Kristen Ban, MD
Bradley Champagne, MD
David Rosen, MD
Joseph Trunzo, MD
Hillcrest Hospital
Alumni Career Pathways
2021
- Nicholas Berger
Columbia Surgical Specialists, WA - Rebecca Gunter
Clinical Associate, Cleveland Clinic - Arielle Kanters
Clinical Associate, Cleveland Clinic - Ira Leeds
Yale University - Zhaomin (Tim) Xu
University of Rochester - Jamshid Darabnia
Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary - Gal Westrich
Sheba University
2020
- Christine Choi
University of Hawaii - Kristen Crowell
Attending Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Kellie Cunningham
UPMC - Kristina Guyton
University of Iowa - Robert Hollis
University of Alabama at Birmingham - Rodrigo Capona
Clinica Santa Maria Hospital del Salvador, Chile - Tasadooq Hussain
Clinical Associate, Cleveland Clinic - Nicholas Smith
Clinical Associate, Cleveland Clinic
2019
- Mo Abbass
Northwestern, Chicago, IL - Christy Cauley
Massachusetts General Hospital - Adina Feinberg
University of Toronto - Danica Giugliano
Cooper University Health Care - Jennifer Williams
Emory Healthcare - Tarek Hassab
Johns Hopkins, Residency - David Kearney
The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Ireland - Angus Lee
PMC Surgical Consulting, Australia - Emmeline Nugent
Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
2018
- Stephen Brandstetter, MD
Staff, Cleveland Clinic Akron General
Akron, OH - Michelle DeLeon, MD
Staff, Einstein Medical Center
Philadelphia, PA - Leonardo Duraes, MD
Clinical Associate, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD - N. Arjun Jeganathan, MD
Hospital of University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA - Peter Neary, MD
University Hospital Waterford/University College Cork
Ireland - David Schwartzberg, MD
New York University School of Medicine, Langone Medical Center
New York, New York - Jim Tiernan, MD
The Leeds Teaching Hospital, UK
2017
- Lior Segev
Sheba Medical Centre, Ramat Gan, Israel - Jorge Silva
The American British Cowdray, Medical Center, Mexico City - Daniel Fish
Baystate Health, Springfield, MA - Tarik Kirat
NYU Langone Health - Micahel Liu
Parkview Physicians Group, OH - Jeffrey Mino
Colorectal Clinic of Tampa Bay, FL - Meara Dean
Laparoscopic Fellowship, UK - Nouf Akeel
King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Saudi Arabia
Locations
Training environment
Our residents develop a rich clinical experience across the spectrum of surgical practice: a quaternary care research hospital, high volume community hospitals, the major regional trauma center and safety net hospital, and ambulatory surgical centers. All of our locations have excellent nursing, case managers, ancillary staff levels (with physician assistant on each service and physician assistant and general surgery junior support on the high volume services) allowing fellows to concentrate on their role as surgeons. One rotation per academic year will be spent in our regional service, which is comprised of our Beachwood Surgery Center and Hillcrest Hospital.
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland Clinic was founded in 1921 by George Crile Sr., a general and endocrine surgeon; Frank Bunts, a neurosurgeon; William Lower, an urologist; and John Phillips, an internist. It was a new kind of medical center: a physician-lead, not-for-profit, integrated hospital and group practice, equally dedicated to patient care, research, and education. Cleveland Clinic quickly became a world renowned training hospital, medical school and research institute, known for offering the most advanced medical care. Cleveland Clinic's main campus consists of 41 buildings and more than 85 operating rooms, with constant expansion and renovation. Cleveland Clinic’s subspecialty surgeons are at the forefront of surgical care and are behind its reputation as a top-ranked, quaternary care hospital with an international referral base, and high volume critical care transfer service, that cares for the most complex patients.
Cleveland Clinic is immediately adjacent to the University Circle Neighborhood, home of the Case Western Reserve University, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Clinic is centrally located and accessible from the downtown, east, and west side residential neighborhoods.
Beachwood Family Health and Surgery Center
Beachwood Family Health and Surgery Center is an ambulatory surgery center staffed by Cleveland Clinic Main Campus and Regional surgeons. Fellows perform colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy, management of benign anorectal pathology, outpatient CORS surgical procedures, in a fast track surgery environment.
Hillcrest Hospital
Hillcrest Hospital is a busy community hospital and Level 2 Trauma Center on Cleveland’s east side. Located on Cleveland’s east side, Hillcrest is easily accessed via freeway and is close to the Beachwood Place, and Legacy Village malls. Fellows perform colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy, management of benign anorectal pathology, outpatient CORS surgical procedures, hand-assisted laparoscopic colectomy in a fast track surgery environment.
Contact Us
Colorectal Surgery Clinical Training Program (Fellowship)
Kathrina Allen
Colorectal Surgery Education Coordinator
216.445.3832
Fax: 216.445.1079
allenk3@ccf.org
Graduate Medical Education
Main Office
1.800.323.9259
216.444.5690
Fax: 216.444.6112
Center for International Medical Education
(International Visiting Physician Programs)
216.445.1711
Visit the Center for International Medicine (CIME) website
