Transcription: OSUWMC CRS Fellowship YouTube Video Dr. Kalady: My name is Matt Kalady, I’m the Division Director of Colorectal Surgery. We as a group do about two thousand cases a year. We have nine faculty now. Everybody does all types of colorectal surgery, but we also have people who focus on colorectal cancer, or inflammatory bowel disease, or pelvic floor abnormalities. Dr. Husain: The fellows rotate through individual services so they get a very well-rounded experience in inflammatory bowel disease, other benign conditions, and in endoscopy and outpatient procedures. Dr. Cunningham: Coming to a large institution like Ohio State, there are many different types of patients that you can care for here. So with having the Comprehensive Cancer Center with the James, you can take care of incredibly complex patients with advanced cancers. Dr. Husain: Faculty is really committed towards fellow education, so all of our efforts are really honed towards improving and enhancing the learning environment for our fellows. Dr. Kalady: Five of our faculty members actually have significant appointments within the College of Medicine dedicated to education and residency and fellowship training. Dr. Huang: As a surgical educator, I personally strongly believe in the zone of proximal development, meaning pushing people right into that zone where things are a little bit hard but still safe. Our fellows are education leaders on their services, so they are in charge of educating all of the residents and the medical students as well. Dr. Husain: On a regular basis, we work with urology, we work with gynecology, we work with surgical oncology, and we do a lot of these combined cases which often other fellowships may not have the opportunity to do. Dr. Huang: We strongly support our fellows’ participation in the ASCRS Annual Scientific Meeting, and usually our fellows are able to submit at least three or four abstracts for presentation. Dr. Krasnick: Every fellow here rotates at Nationwide Children's. We take part in pediatric colorectal surgery. I had never been exposed to colorectal surgery in the pediatric population prior to this year. Dr. Gasior: Nationwide Children’s Hospital is a quaternary referral center where we have a standalone department for pediatric colorectal surgery, which includes anorectal malformation and Hirschsprung’s disease. It’s really important as an adult colorectal trained surgeon that you have an appreciation and the ability to take care of these patients through adulthood. Dr. Cunningham: I was one of the last years who was able to interview in-person before, you know, COVID stopped all of that. It was a great city, the people that I met here were amazing, and so I really felt like this was where I wanted to be for fellowship. Dr. Huang: Columbus is a really really great place to live. We have a little bit of everything, and actually it’s the best little big city that there is. Really wish that you could come and visit us, but we know that it’s not possible in the virtual interviewing process. Dr. Krasnick: It is an extremely fun city with lots to do downtown in the Short North District. My kids have had a phenomenal experience playing in the parks around the city. Dr. Husain: Phenomenal sports culture. We have football, we have Ohio State Buckeyes! Dr. Whelan: I will touch base with prior graduates just to kind of run cases and you know, bounce ideas. I have come back the last two years to help teach the Ohio State’s robotic colorectal surgery course. Dr. Gasior: We do a ton of robotic surgery, whether it’s for benign disease, for cancer, as well as laparoscopic experience. Dr. Husain: We treat our fellows as our partners. We don’t treat them like a trainee, and that shows in the way we interact with them and that really helps them to learn as much as they can during their one year with us. Dr. Kalady: Once you come here, you become part of that Ohio State family, and that’s with you for the rest of your life.