Program & Rotations
Overview
When you match into our Integrated Residency model here at UW, the major goal of our program is to produce a well-rounded, broad-based plastic and reconstructive surgeon with the ability to assume any type of practice - academic, private, or specialized fellowship. Two residents are appointed each year. Our Integrated Residency Program proposal was approved by the RRC in May 2000.
Integrated Residency
Senior Resident (PGY - 4)
Your
first full year of plastic surgery training during the the fourth clinical
year of the integrated program, is divided into three-month rotations.
Two of these will be completed at UW Hospital, with a broad program of reconstructive and subspecialty surgery. You will operate on a wide variety of complex cases (cancer, trauma, etc.) that overlap with other specialties such as orthopedics, urology, and gynecology. Unique to this program is the training you will receive in dental techniques from John F. Doyle, D.D.S.
You'll also spend three months at St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center, about three miles from UW Hospital. This rotation provides you with broad-based private-practice experience, including cosmetic surgery.
You will spend a dedicated rotation performing hand surgery at UW Hospital and Meriter Hospital, getting experience from plastic and orthopedic surgeons in our combined service.
Chief Resident (PGY - 5)
Your
chief year is also divided into three-month rotations - one at St. Mary's
and two shared between the adjoining UW and UW Children's Hospital.
During the fourth rotation, you will spend 12 weeks on a combined Aesthetic surgery/VAMC rotation, benefiting from the experience of full-time and clinical faculty. As part of your final year, you will have the opportunity to spend time in a developing nation, concentrating on cleft lip and palate surgery.
Integrated Residency Block Diagram
| PGY 1 | |||||||||
| General Surgery (orange) UWHC |
Night Float UWHC |
Thoracic Surgery UWHC |
General Surgery VAMC |
Neurosurgery UWHC |
Vascular Surgery UWHC |
Transplant Surgery UWHC |
Plastic Surgery * UWHC |
Pediatric Surgery UWHC |
General Surgery (blue) UWHC |
| PGY 2 | |||||||||
| General Surgery Meriter |
Trauma Surgery & Night Float UWHC |
Cardiac Surgery UWHC |
Burn Surgery * UWHC |
TLC (ICU-Critical Care Medicine) &
Night Float UWHC |
Orthopedic Trauma Surgery UWHC |
Hand Surgery * UWHC / Meriter Hospital |
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| PGY 3 | |||||||||
| Trauma Surgery UWHC |
Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery UWHC |
General Surgery St. Mary's Hospital |
Plastic Surgery * UWHC |
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| PGY 4 | |||||||||
| General Plastic Surgery & Microsurgery UWHC |
Hand Surgery UWHC/Meriter Hospital |
Subspecialty Surgery (Burn Unit, Mohs, Oto/HNS) UWHC |
General Plastic Surgery St. Mary's Hospital |
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| PGY 5 | |||||||||
| General Plastic Surgery & Microsurgery UWHC |
Craniomaxillofacial & Pediatric Surgery UWHC |
Aesthetic & General Plastic Surgery UWHC, VAMC, Meriter and St. Mary's Hospital |
General Plastic Surgery St. Mary's Hospital |
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