Our fellowship offers 2 tracks: Pediatric (3 years) and Emergency Medicine (2 years) Each year contains 12 monthly blocks. Conference/Mentorship All fellows participate in the weekly conference. Conference covers core PEM content, simulation, POCUS, Procedural skills, Board Review, EBM, Article review, Case review, M&M, Specialist rounds, research meetings, journal watch, QI/patient safety, Adult EM topics, Wellness, as well as joint conferences with PEM programs in the region. The fifth week of the month is dedicated to fellow wellness.

Faculty Aline A Baghdassarian, MD Specialty: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics Close description about Inova Medical Group members Board-certified specialties granted by an ABMS Member Board. Learn more about board certification. Years of Experience: 17 Save Minal R Amin, MD Specialty: Emergency Medicine, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Close description about Inova Medical Group members Board-certified specialties granted by an ABMS Member Board. Learn more about board certification.

Second Year Fellow Christopher Kovaleski , MD Medical School: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center First Year Fellows Aditi Ghatak-Roy , MD Medical School: Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine Residency: George Washington University Emergency Residency Masouma Mohamed , MD Medical School: University of Khartoum Faculty of Medicine Residency: Inova Children’s Pediatric Residency Alumni Nicole Barbera , DO Medical School: W

"Since graduating from fellowship I have been in a hybrid academic/community Pediatric Emergency Room. At Inova, coming from a Peds residency, I was ecstatic about the varied backgrounds of our PEM attendings from both Gen Peds and Gen EM backgrounds. This allowed me to tap into each of their fortes, whether as simple as navigating difficult parents to doing more invasive procedures.

This one-year fellowship was established in 2003 and includes simultaneous clinical and research responsibility. The objectives are to develop a bariatric and advanced minimally invasive surgeon that can assume complete responsibility for the preoperative, operative, and postoperative surgical care of the general surgery patient undergoing minimally invasive surgery and the morbidly obese patient.

Program Leadership Amir Moazzez, MD, FACS Program Director Rajev Nain, MD FACS Associate Program Director Faculty Members Courtney Culbreath, MD Teaching Faculty Member Hamid Pourshojae, DO, FACS, FASMBS Teaching Faculty Member Jonathan Dort, MD, FACS Vice Chair for Education Department of Surgery John Moynihan, MD, FACS Chair, Department of Surgery

We utilize The Fellowship Council's Universal Fellowship Application and Match Service. Interested applicants must go to the council's website to create an account and a universal application. About The Fellowship Council The Fellowship Council is an association of program directors and specialty societies charged with oversight of fellowship training programs in order to uphold uniformly high standards and produce well trained surgeons.

For More Information About the Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, Please Contact: Kelsey Nieves Program Managerkelsey.nieves@inova.org

The Advanced Laparoscopic, Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship at Inova Fairfax Hospital was established in 2003. Since its inception, the program has attracted and trained an impressive group of surgeons.