Table 1.

Opinions of fellowship training modalities by survey respondent status type

	What do you think is the best way to train HPB surgeons?
	HPB surgery fellowship	Surgical oncology fellowship	Transplant surgery fellowship	Not applicable – we are training too many HPB surgeons already
What is your current status?	N (%)
Current fellow	15 (68.2)	4 (18.2)	1 (4.5)	2 (9.1)
Matched incoming fellow	2 (66.7)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (33.3)
HPB-interested resident	3 (50.0)	1 (16.7)	2 (33.3)	0 (0)
Practicing HPB surgeon > 5 years post training	36 (43.4)	13 (15.7)	15 (18.1)	19 (22.9)
Practicing HPB surgeon <5 years post training	30 (55.6)	9 (16.7)	5 (9.3)	10 (18.5)
Total	86 (51.2)	27 (16.1)	23 (13.7)	32 (19.0)

HPB, hepato-pancreato-biliary.