Surgery Curriculum

Conferences/Rounds

The conference schedule is comprehensive, involving one to two activities most days. Protected time (no elective cases scheduled) is set aside for Thursday morning Morbidity and Mortality Conference, Grand Rounds, Basic Science Lecture and Journal Club. State-of-the-art conference facilities are provided. The department uses digital photography (both still and video recording) in the operating room and for documentation and teaching of interesting cases and principles.

Monday
Trauma/Surgical Critical Care Rounds

Tuesday
Critical Care Rounds
Multidisciplinary Tumor Conference
Basic Science Course

Wednesday
Breast Conference

Thursday
Journal Club
General Surgery Case Review
Surgical Excellence Educational Conference

Friday
Critical Care Rounds

Major rotations at Stamford Hospital include the two general surgery services, subspecialty surgery and critical care. Additional educational experience is provided by month-long rotations in anesthesiology, gastrointestinal endoscopy, and a rotation in the Burn Unit at Westchester Medical Center , the University Hospital of New York Medical College. One-month rotations in transplantation at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York and trauma surgery at University Hospital in Las Vegas are also valuable features of the program. Only four months (two in the PGY-2 year, one in the PGY-3 year, one in the fourth year) are spent at rotations outside of The Stamford Hospital.

You will receive outpatient experience through the hospital's clinics and offices of private attending surgeons, where you will rotate for instruction in both pre-operative and post-operative care. Opportunities for clinical research are encouraged and supported using the latest in computer technology and the expertise of a research nurse and personnel for data collection. Residents have presented many papers at regional and national meetings that have been published in peer-reviewed journals.