VCU Department of Surgery | About the Department

CLINICAL PROGRAMS AND PATIENT CARE
While operating at both MCV Hospital 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 MCV Hospitals, 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 MCVHospital in the last year, over 300 major vascular operations were performed by the housestaff under the direct supervision of four board-certified Vascular Surgical specialist, 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 MVAMC, the Vascular Fellow who is responsible for a 16-bed inpatient unit leads the vascular team. The Vascular Service is supervised 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's MCV Hospitals and MVAMC. Fully equipped, state-of-the-art, non-invasive vascular laboratories at VCU's medical campus and MVAMC add to the vascular education and experience treating vascular diseases.

DIVISIONAL CONFERENCES
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 interest. Also weekly teaching "walk-rounds" on the Vascular Surgical Inpatient Unit at VCU's MCV Hospitals and MVAMC are conducted by the faculty of the divisions. Surgical Grand Rounds at VCU's MCV Hospitals and MVAMC is yet another forum for didactic and clinical education.