OG cancer Fellowship
Fellowship location
Fellowship Centre | University Hospitals Plymouth |
Fellowship Country | England |
Centre Town/City | Plymouth |
Fellowship faculty
Fellowship Director | Mr Arun Ariyarathenam |
Contact Number | – |
Faculty Email | arun.ariyarathenam@nhs.net |
Fellowship details
Speciality focus | Oesophago-gastric cancer surgery |
Duration | 6 months (extendable to 12) |
Salary | As per NHS salary pay scale |
On-call | Yes (1 night every fortnight and a few cover weekends per year) |
Next available | October 2019 |
Fellowship history
Programme began | 2014 |
Previous fellows | 3 |
Current fellows | 1 |
Operative experience | Operative Experience of Previous Fellows: Post CCT from UK (independent in General Surgery, with declared Oesophago-gastric Surgery with minimum 1-2 year experience at Senior Reg level). |
Fellowship contents
Oesophageal resection | Yes (the unit performs 65-90 procedures per year) |
Gastric resection | Yes (the unit performs 20-30 procedures per year) |
Liver resection | No |
Liver transplant | No |
Pancreas resection | No |
Bariatric surgery | No (although the unit performs 50-60 procedures per year) |
Research opportunities | Yes (clinical) |
Additional information
The unit currently participate in the international/national studies such a ROMIO, OCCAMS and BEST3. There is a full time MD research registrar on the unit, but in addition the fellow gets opportunities to participate in Clinical research.