Upper GI / Bariatric Fellowship
Fellowship location
Fellowship Centre | Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton |
Fellowship Country | England |
Centre Town/City | Taunton |
Fellowship faculty
Fellowship Director | Mr Richard Welbourn |
Contact Number | 01823 342100 |
Faculty Email | Rachel.Tough@tst.nhs.uk |
Fellowship details
Speciality focus | UGI / Bariatric Surgery |
Duration | 12 months |
Salary | As per national fellow rates with on call commitment |
On-call | Yes |
Next available | October 2019 |
Fellowship history
Programme began | 2007 |
Previous fellows | Approximately 15 (several were fellows for 6 months) |
Current fellows | One in this scheme in addition to one hospital fellow and one SpR |
Operative experience | All able to do primary bariatric surgery independently on completion |
Fellowship contents
Oesophageal resection | No |
Gastric resection | No |
Liver resection | No |
Liver transplant | No |
Pancreas resection | No |
Bariatric surgery | Yes – The unit performs approximately 220 bariatric procedures per year. |
Research opportunities | Yes (clinical) |
Additional information
This has been an RCS approved fellowship since inception. Please feel free to contact any of our previous fellows, all of whom are in consultant posts, to find out about it.