Program overview

The Fellowship in Gastrointestinal (GI) Surgery at MGA Medical Global Academy is an in-depth and specialized training program for doctors and surgeons looking to gain expertise in gastrointestinal surgical care. Fellowship training is focused on the diagnosis, surgical treatment and management of a diverse spectrum of gastrointestinal disorders involving the esophagus, stomach, intestine, liver, pancreas, biliary system and abdominal wall. The program is both academic and hands-on and includes open and laparoscopic, robotic, hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB), colorectal, bariatric, emergency and transplant related gastrointestinal (GI) surgical procedures. Participants acquire practical experience by doing clinical attachments, live surgical exposure, have case discussion with senior GI surgeons and get mentored by them, so that they develop high level surgical skills, which are in line with the updated standard and evidence based practices all over the world.

Skills You Will Gain

• Familiarity with Preoperative assessment, surgical planning, Patient optimisation and Perioperative care.

• Diagnosis and treatment of common and complex gastrointestinal diseases based on evidence.

• Experiences in open, laparoscopic and robotic gastrointestinal surgical procedures.

• Specialty in upper GI surgery such as GERD surgery, hiatal hernia repair, bariatric surgery and gastric cancer management.

• Broad understanding of hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) surgery including liver resection, biliary surgery and pancreatic surgery.

• Specialist surgical expertise in colorectal surgery, inflammatory bowel disease, proctology and stoma care.

• Knowledge of GI trauma management, emergency abdominal surgery and critical post op care.

• Exposure to GI endoscopy, colonoscopy, ERCP, EUS guided procedures and therapeutic endoscopic interventions.

• Experience with abdominal wall reconstruction, hernia surgery, management of fistulas and revisional GI surgery.

• Basic understanding of Liver Transplantation concepts, Portal Hypertension surgery, Advanced HPB surgery.

• Knowledge of nutritional optimization, enhanced recovery protocols and postoperative rehabilitation.

• Knowledge of new technologies such as robotic surgery, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, image-guided surgery and 3D surgery planning.

• Enhancement of surgical decision making, multi-disciplinary collaboration, patient counseling, and clinical research skills.

Career Outcomes After the Fellowship

• Develop a subspecialty of Gastrointestinal Surgery and Surgical Gastroenterology.

• Operate in top hospitals, GI surgical centers, academic institutions and multispecialty healthcare organizations.

• Improve skills of managing complicated gastrointestinal conditions and high-risk surgical patients.

• Increase employment opportunities related to minimally invasive surgery, bariatric surgery, transplant surgery and GI oncology.

• Develop and consolidate the role of a GI surgeon with advanced clinical and operative skills.

• Cooperate with various other specialist teams such as gastroenterologists, oncologists, radiologists, endoscopists, nutritionists and critical care specialists.

• Seek surgical department, gastrointestinal surgery unit and institutional management positions.

• Support academic teaching, clinical research, surgical innovation and development of evidence-based practice.

• Keep abreast of advances in robotic surgery, AI-assisted surgery, digital health technologies and modern GI surgical techniques.

• Set-up and develop an independent surgical practice specializing in gastrointestinal and minimally invasive surgical care.