VASCULAR FELLOWSHIPS AND LABORATORY RESEARCH

Research activity has assumed an increasingly important role in the education of vascular surgeons and appears to exceed that of other graduate training programs. Laboratory research experience is an integral part of 42 (71%) of the 59 current vascular surgery training programs approved by ACGME- Residency Review Committee. Among existing laboratory experiences, 18 (43%) are fully integrated with research programs in the preclinical basic sciences. Laboratory experience in 30 programs (58%) precedes the obligatory 12-month clinical training program and is 1 year in duration.