While operating at both the VCU Medical Center (VCUMC)
and the Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans
Administration Medical Center (MVAMC),
the Division of Vascular Surgery is a distinct
geographic surgical unit with its own exclusive
housestaff.
At VCUMC, the
service is run by a Chief Resident with
a PGY-II and two PGY-Is, while the service
at MVAMC is overseen by the Vascular Fellow with the help of two PGY-IIs.
At the VCU Medical Center
in the last year, over 300 major vascular
operations were performed by the housestaff
under the direct supervision of four
board-certified Vascular Surgical specialists,
including abdominal aortic procedures,
mesenteric and renal reconstruction,
infrainguinal procedures, carotid endarterectomy,
venous surgery, and a large number of
major vascular trauma reconstructions.
By the time the resident completes his/her
surgical training at VCU's Medical Center,
he/she will have been Primary Surgeon
for well over 50 major vascular reconstructions
with a broad range and depth of experience
in the field of peripheral vascular surgery.
At McGuire VA Medical Center, the Vascular Fellow who is
responsible for a 16-bed inpatient unit
leads the vascular team. The Vascular
Service is supervised by the entire faculty
in the division. Over 150 major vascular
procedures are performed yearly, including
carotid endarterectomies, aortic reconstructions,
and a wide range of peripheral arterial
reconstructions as well as vascular access.
The vascular surgical outpatient clinics
see a large number of patients with a
wide variety of arterial and venous surgical
problems at VCU Medical Center and VA Medical Center.
Fully equipped, state-of-the-art, non-invasive
vascular laboratories add to the vascular
education and experience treating vascular
diseases.
Tuesdays, 7:15 - 8:15am, Main 3-201
Teaching
conferences at VCU's medical campus consist
of a weekly case presentation conference,
widely attended by community based
Vascular Surgeons and the faculty of
the division. Members of the Division
of Cardiovascular Surgery and Interventional
and Diagnostic Radiology also attend
this meeting.
This conference is run
by the Fellow and once a month a visiting
professor delivers a didactic subject
of clinical and/or researches vascular
surgical interests. Also weekly teaching "walk-rounds" on
the Vascular Surgical Inpatient Unit
at the VCUMC and MVAMC are
conducted by the faculty of the divisions.
Surgical Grand Rounds at VCUMC and MVAMC is yet another forum for didactic
and clinical education.
