General
Surgery Curriculum 2006 - 2007
TEACHING
CONFERENCES
In addition
to the departmental conferences,
each division has its own teaching
conference/s which residents
are expected to attend the conferences
while rotating on these services.
The following is a list describing
each of these conferences.
Surgical Oncology 7:30-8:30
Tuesday morning: Dr.
Harry Bear, Chair of Surgical
Oncology, facilitates.Residents
and fellow present cases and
management of the patient is
discussed
Breast
Conference 8:30-9:30 Tuesday
morning: Dr. Huan
Vu, Surgical Oncology, facilitates.
Multidisciplinary conference
in which all patients seen
in the breast clinic are discussed
with mammography and pathology.
Tumor
Board MCVH Every other Tuesday
3:30 -4:30- Dr.
Harry Bear, Chair of Surgicalfacilitates.
Residents from surgery, surgical
specialties and medicine present
cases on a multidisciplinary
fashion.
Gastrointestinal
Tumor Center 1:30-2:00 Thursday
afternoon: Dr. Brian
Kaplan, Surgical Oncology facilitates.
Multidisciplinary conference
in which all patients seen
in the busy GI oncology clinic
are discussed with imaging
and pathology.
Vascular
Conference 9:30-11:00 Thursday
Morning: Dr. Mark
Levy, Chair of Vascular Surgery
facilitates. Multidisciplinary
conference with radiology in
which all preoperative cases
are discussed. Residents and
faculty from the Vascular services
of both VCU and VAMC participate.
General
Surgery Conference 7:30-9:00
Tuesday morning : Dr. James
Maher, Chair of General Surgery
facilitates. Residents present
cases and management of patients
is discussed. Residents also
present complications and deaths
at this conference.
VAMC
General Surgery Service and
D&C, 7:30-9:00 Friday
morning: Dr. Thomas
Miller, Chief of Surgical Services
facilitates. Residents present
cases and management of the
patients is discussed. Death
and Complications are also
discussed during this conference.
Trauma
Conference 12:00-1:00 Tuesday: Dr.
Rao Ivatury, Chair of Trauma/Critical
Care facilitates.Residents
and fellows present trauma cases
and management of critically
ill patients in the STICU.
Transplant
Teaching Conference 12:00-2:00
Thursday: Dr.
Marc Posner, Chair of Transplant
Surgery facilitates. Residents
and the fellow present transplant
cases and management is discussed.
Once monthly the service has
D&C conference, once monthly
there is Transplant Journal
Club, and occasionally invited
speakers.
Tumor
Board VAMC-3:30- 4:30 Wednesday: Dr.
Walter Lawrence, Professor Emeritus,
Surgical Oncology facilitates.
Residents from surgery, surgical
specialties and medicine present
cases in a multidisciplinary
fashion.
GI/Radiology/Surgery
Conference-MCVH 4:30-:600 Dr.
Brian Kaplan, Surgical Oncology
facilitates. Residents who
are rotating on endoscopy present
an interesting case weekly
to residents, fellows, and
attendings from the Surgical
Oncology,General Surgery and
Endoscopy. This conference
highlights system based practice
as the resident is able to
focus on how the patient fits
into the greater context of
the health care system
VAMC
GI/Radiology/Surgery Conference
8:00-9:30 . Dr
Walter Lawrence and GI attendings
facilitate.Residents
rotating at the VAMC present
an interesting case weekly
to residents, fellows, and
attendings from the previously
mentioned departments. This
conference highlights system
based practice as the resident
is able to focus on how the
patient fits into the greater
context of the health care
system.
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Divisional
Journal Club
The
surgical oncology, vascular,
transplant, and trauma services
have their own journal clubs
focusing on current literature
which meet once a month.
Residents
assigned to these services
are required to attend the divisional
journal club. They are responsible
for reviewing articles from
current surgical journals and
leading the discussions at journal
club.
The form below
is to
aid in the evaluation of the article(s)
in order to provide a
critical assessment.
Journal Club Entry
Form (PDF)
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