MIS Fellowship
The Stanford Minimally Invasive Surgery/Bariatrics/Foregut Fellowship provides a one year fellowship offering a wide range of surgical exposure with a unique bariatric surgery experience at an American College of Surgeons certified Bariatric Center of Excellence.
Along with foregut/solid organ/and endoscopic training, the Stanford MIS fellowship has extensive bariatric surgery exposure including laparoscopic gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, gastric banding, and adolescent bariatric surgery. In addition to traditional laparoscopic experience, we also offer natural orifice surgery (Apollo/Esophyx) and single incision surgery (cholecystectomy, splenectomy).
Beyond this strong surgical experience, the successful applicant will also be given clinical instructor status at one of the most prestigious universities in the country with all the requisite resources including a teaching portfolio and access to an American College of Surgeons Education Institute.
Our former fellows have had success during fellowship winning best fellow presentations at both SAGES and ASMBS as well as placement both in community and academic settings. We are pleased to offer this one-year MIS fellowship at the Stanford Department of Surgery.
Apply
Interested parties can apply for the Fellowship at https://fellowshipcouncil.org/.
Current Fellow
Perisa Ruhi-Williams, MD
Perisa received her bachelor's degree in Biology from the University of Virginia and her medical degree from the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. She and her husband moved to Southern California from her home state of Virginia where she completed her general surgery training at the UC Irvine Medical Center. As a resident, Perisa received multiple honors, including the Golden Scalpel Award for exemplary teaching and induction into the Gold Humanism Honor Society. Perisa also completed an additional year of training as a Chief Resident in Quality and Patient Safety at the Long Beach VA Medical Center. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her two young daughters and husband. Perisa is very excited to continue her medical training at Stanford as the 2024-2025 MIS/Bariatrics fellow.
Incoming Fellow
Leadership
Dan Azagury, MD
Program Director
Yulia Zak, MD
Associate Program Director
