Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship

The Colon and Rectal Surgery Residency at Trinity Health System is ACGME-accredited to match one Fellow for one clinical year. We participate in the National Resident Matching Program.

Our program emphasizes ACGME Core Competency, Evidence-based, and Best-Practice Parameters education, and 360-degree milestone evaluations. The strength of our program includes an ambitious educational curriculum, a wide variety of operative and endoscopic procedures, and an emphasis on quality and outcomes-based clinical research with the expectation of presentation at regional and national meetings, to include the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Annual Meeting.

Our Colon and Rectal Surgery faculty perform 775 abdominal cases a year to include open, laparoscopic, hand-assist laparoscopic, and robotic colorectal operations. Our clinical volume also includes over 600 anorectal cases, 275 colonoscopies, 500 inpatient and Emergency Department consults, and over 1800 Outpatient clinical office visits per year.

The Program Director is Co-Lead for the National Colorectal Surgery Residency Robotic Training Program, President of the Association of Program Directors for Colon and Rectal Surgery, and the Director of Research for the Department of Surgery. He has also been appointed to several committees in the Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative, including the Lead for the Enhanced Recovery Pathway Committee. The Colon and Rectal Surgery resident will have the opportunity to work with residents in other fully accredited Trinity Health Michigan residency programs in good standing, including General Surgery. Medical students from the University of Toledo and Physician Assistant students from the Eastern Michigan University rotate on our dedicated Enhanced Recovery Pathway Colon and Rectal Surgery Service.

We have partnered with the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery at the University of Michigan to enhance fellowship training especially with respect to pelvic floor disorders and complex IBD. The Program Director for the University of Michigan 3-month rotation is John C Byrn, MD.

We take institutional and program requirements seriously and expect our Colon and Rectal Surgery resident to meet and supersede experiences with essential disorders and procedures, as well as having substantial familiarity with anal physiology and pelvic floor disorders. Our program highlights several Quality and Patient Safety initiatives and research opportunities. The resident has an opportunity to present at several regional and national meetings. We are in full compliance with duty hour restrictions.

Application to the Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital Colon and Rectal Surgery Residency Program may be made through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). For more information on the ERAS application process, please visit their website at www.aamc.org. Please note the following NRMP numbers when selecting our program:

Program NRMP number is 1292060F0

Program ACGME Number is 0602512075

For further information regarding the application process or the Colon and Rectal Surgery program, please contact:

Haleigh Lang
Program Administrator
Phone: 734-712-2563
Fax: 734-712-8777
Email: haleigh.lang001@trinity-health.org