Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology Fellowship Program

The mission of our three-year Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship is to prepare pediatricians for independent practice in pediatric gastroenterology and to be Board-eligible for the AAP subspecialty of pediatric gastroenterology. An emphasis is placed on fostering the ability to form and maintain effective physician-patient relationships and work as a member of a multidisciplinary team to provide excellent patient care.

This program includes an academic and research focus on physiology and pathophysiology of gastrointestinal disorders. The gastroenterology research laboratory occupies the entire sixth floor of the Steele Children’s Research Center, which is the research arm of the Department of Pediatrics. The laboratory is fully equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and is funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Throughout this one-year fellowship, Mohs and other surgical procedures will be performed under the supervision of the program director, Jason DuPont MD, an experienced American College of Mohs Surgery (ACMS) approved Mohs surgeon. As the training year progresses, the fellow transitions to greater independence based on demonstrated clinical and surgical skills.

Fellows work in tandem on a daily basis with the faculty providing continuous feedback and mentoring. The program director will directly observe the fellow conducting patient interviews and physical examinations, as well as performing all cutaneous surgical procedures, including destruction techniques, excision and Mohs micrographic surgery.

Residents and fellows spend their training between the Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System (SAVAHCS), Banner – University Medicine Multispecialty Services Clinic at Pima Canyon and the University of Arizona Cancer Center – North Campus.

Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS)

The Tucson VA Medical Center, the flagship facility for SAVAHCS, has one of the busiest VA dermatology departments in the country, with a high percentage of patients diagnosed with and treated for skin cancer. The Mohs unit includes a laboratory and two dedicated reconstruction rooms.

Banner – University Medicine Multispecialty Services Clinic at Pima Canyon

This freestanding building opened in June 2018, and is the primary clinical and administrative site for the Division of Dermatology. Residents’ weekly continuity clinics are held at this location with the availability of 17 exam and procedure rooms and a phototherapy treatment room. The building also holds a tech-friendly conference room dedicated to trainees’ educational activities as well as dermatology faculty and resident offices, where each resident has their own laptop computer and work space.

University of Arizona Cancer Center – North Campus

The U of A Cancer Center (UACC) – North Campus is a clinical unit of Banner – University Medical Center Tucson and affiliated with the research facilities of the University of Arizona Cancer Center on the U of A Health Sciences main campus north of Speedway Boulevard. UACC – North Campus is the site for the Cutaneous Oncology Program clinics, directed by Clara Curiel, MD, and the Mohs surgery suite, directed by Jason DuPont, MD, and Duane Whitaker, MD. These weekly procedural and oncology clinics offer trainees a rich experience in a wide variety of operative procedures.

PGY-5

Patrick Michael Jedlowski, MD

Fellow

pjedlowski@arizona.edu