Mashhad university of medical sciences (MUMS) is one of the main academic centers in Iran and pediatric surgery department of MUMS is the only sub special pediatric surgery department that provides health care for sick kids in the eastern part of the country. Sarvar children hospital is designed specifically for children and neonates and consisted of operating rooms, pediatric surgery ward, day care ward, NICU, PICU and para clinical units which provides health care for neonates and children. Several Congenital anomalies, general and thoracic surgeries Mashhad department of pediatric surgery is also pioneer in the field of pediatric minimally invasive surgery and even complex congenital anomaly such as esophaged atresia repair is performed thoracoscopicly as stat of art procedure in pediatric surgery in this center and urologic procedure are performed in this department annually besides pediatric surgery department is also active in research programs in the field of pediatric surgery and also training of medical student, surgery residents and pediatric surgery fellows and it’s fellow trainees succeeded to gain the first rank in national board in 2013 and 2014.
According EUEMS Report on the site visit to the pediatric surgical training center of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Dr. Sheikh Paediatric Hospital, Sarvar Foundation, Mashhad
Detail of pediatric surgery international fellowship program include accepting pediatric surgery fellows with a recommendation letter from the head of their training pediatric surgery department for up to 6 months. During this period the guest fellow will be the shadow of academic pediatric surgeons and attend all educating programs such as morning reports, lectures, and discussions, joint meetings with collateral groups, tumor boards and also local congress at the time period.
Also he/she will take part in pre-post-operative process and also in operative procedures as the assistant surgeon accompanying the consultant pediatric surgeon who is responsible for the surgical care of the patient.