Program & Rotations
The Residency Program
The Department of Surgery believes strongly in the role of the surgeon
in the continuous care of his or her patients. Throughout your residency
in the Division of General Surgery, you will see patients both pre- and
postoperatively on every service. The only exceptions will be when you
leave the service for another rotation.
PGY-1
Your initial year is primarily dedicated to pre- and postoperative
care, but you will perform many basic operations - for example, hernia
repair, removal of pilonidal cysts, appendectomies, and simple mastectomies.
You will gain broad experience from rotations through a variety of surgical
specialties, including neurosurgery, thoracic surgery, plastic surgery,
pediatric surgery, and transplantation. You will also participate in
a laparoscopic training course including didactics, a simulator course,
and an animal lab.
PGY-2
The second year is organized to give you experience in additional
surgical specialties with an emphasis on critical care. You will rotate
on the burn service, cardiothoracic service, trauma service and a private
hospital general surgery service. Rotations outside of the department
occur on anesthesiology, endoscopy, and critical care. Your first experiences
in laparoscopic surgery will occur in this year.
Research
Two additional research years may be taken between the second and third
years of your residency. This research experience accommodates two of
the five categorical residents each year. Residents often present their
laboratory and clinical research at a variety of national meetings.
Click here, to see a current list
of resident research topics and the conferences they presented at.
PGY-3
Your third year consists of general surgery rotations at UW Hospital
and Clinics and the adjacent VA Hospital. You will be first assistant
on many major operations. You will be primary surgeon on most operations
of moderate difficulty - e.g., complex herniorraphy, mastectomy, cholecystectomy,
partial colectomy, and thyroid lobectomy. On the transplant service
at UW Hospital, you will perform many of the cadaver renal transplants,
most of the vascular access procedures, and a majority of the general
surgical operations on patients on the transplant service. You will
also have busy rotations in vascular surgery.
PGY-4
The fourth year will be the first to provide you with senior responsibilities.
You are the senior resident on the pediatric surgery and trauma surgery
services. In addition you will rotate as the chief of the night float
service during this year. Additional time is spent on dedicated Breast
Surgery and Minimally Invasive rotations as well as at one of the
private practice hospitals (St. Mary’s Hospital).
Chief Residency
Your chief residency consists of five rotations. Two of these are
on the two general surgery services at UW Hospital, one on the general
surgery service at the VA Hospital, one on the combined vascular service
of UW and VA Hospitals, and one on the general surgery service at Meriter
Hospital.
Rotation Schedule
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Number of Weeks on Each Rotation
|
| Rotation |
PGY-1 |
PGY-2 |
PGY-3 |
PGY-4 |
PGY-5 |
| Anesthesia |
|
4 |
|
|
|
| Breast Service |
|
|
|
5 |
|
| Minimally Invasive |
|
|
|
5 |
|
| Burn Service |
|
7-8 |
|
|
|
| Cardiothoracic Surgery |
6 |
7-8 |
|
5 |
|
| Critical Care |
|
4 |
|
|
|
| Endoscopy Service |
|
7-8 |
|
|
|
| General Surgery - UW Hospital
Blue Service
(oncology, hepatobiliary and general surgery) |
5-6 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
| General Surgery - UW Hospital
Green Service
(trauma and general surgery and critical care) |
|
7-8 |
|
10 |
|
| General Surgery - UW Hospital
Orange Service
(colorectal, endocrine and
general surgery) |
5-6 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
| VA Hospital |
5-6 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
| Meriter Hospital |
|
7-8 |
|
|
10 |
| Neurosurgery |
5-6 |
|
|
|
|
| Night Float |
5-6 |
7-8 |
|
10 |
|
| Pediatric Surgery |
|
|
|
|
|
| Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery |
5-6 |
|
|
|
|
| Transplant Service |
5-6 |
|
10 |
|
|
| Vascular Surgery (VA & UW) |
5-6 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
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