Training Facilities

The fellows perform all open, endovascular, and hybrid procedures, ranging from bread and butter to complex cases, across the full spectrum of vascular disease at 3 main campuses.

Saint Francis Health System serves as our primary site, offering a wealth of educational experiences and patient care responsibilities for our trainees. With its expansive infrastructure and substantial resources, including a 1,000-bed capacity, Saint Francis Health System is well-equipped to support advanced medical education. The institution’s ongoing commitment to enhancing patient care standards ensures that our trainees receive comprehensive, high-quality training in a dynamic and supportive environment.

The Jack C. Montgomery VAMC is part of the Eastern Oklahoma Health Care System, serving more than 52,000 Veterans in 25 counties in eastern Oklahoma every year.  The VA Health System offers numerous benefits to fellows. They gain exposure to complex vascular disease cases prevalent in the Veteran population and hands-on experience with healthcare delivery in a federal system. Fellows enjoy autonomy in patient care, decision-making, and supervised surgeries, and they have a direct influence in developing the VA’s endovascular program. Additionally, they participate in a multidisciplinary wound care clinic, including telemedicine, and have protected time for research and scholarly activities. Fellows also dedicate time to vascular lab study interpretation. The inclusion of the VA practice enhances weekly case conference discussions for all faculty and trainees.

St. John Medical Center serves as an ad hoc site for inpatient clinical care, featuring a 545-bed tertiary care center and an ACS level 2 trauma center.

Hillcrest Medical Center serves as an ad-hoc site tailored for our senior fellows to plan and implement complex cases. Cases are selected based on their educational value, providing exposure to a broader spectrum of both open and endovascular procedures. This experience complements their overall fellowship training.

University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine is the primary academic sponsor for the fellowship. Some educational and research activities are held at the main medical school campus including utilizing lecture halls, the Simulation Center of OU Tulsa (SCOUT), and anatomy lab.