Curriculum Overview/Rotations
Curriculum for the Vascular Surgery Residency Program is structured with the first 3 years doing rotations. All trainees follow the same rigorous regimen, which include all the surgical disciplines, with 3-4 months of vascular surgery rotations. The last two years are concentrated in vascular surgery.
The surgical internship consists of acquiring broad basic skills in the general surgical specialties of gastrointestinal, colorectal, surgical oncology and trauma. In addition, there are ACGME-mandates exposures in such specialties as neurosurgery, urology, orthopaedics, otolaryngology, anesthesiology, plastic and reconstructive surgery, gynecologic surgery and cardiothoracic surgery.
After the first year, all vascular surgery residents are integrated at the PGY-2 level into progressively independent leadership responsibilities, commensurate with the increasing levels of experience. This includes surgical exposure to intensive care, as well as trauma, general, vascular, breast, colorectal and endocrine surgery.
The PGY-3 year includes clinical experience in cardiac, surgical oncology, transplant and vascular surgery.
The PGY-5 year of training is devoted to independent operating and clinical decision making, as well as oversight and administration of other surgical residents. The Chief Resident is responsible for maintaining her/his own independent resident service in emergency surgery at Strong Memorial Hospital, as well as chief resident service in vascular surgery.
Rotation Schedule
The Vascular Surgery Residency Program employs a rotation schedule designed to give its trainees broad, intensive and useful exposure to all required surgical disciplines. Below is an example of a typical rotation schedule.
Resident Operative Experience
View the operative experience in the Surgery Residency.
Clinical Practice
The Clinical Practice aspect of the Vascular Surgery Residency Program provides activities and involvement that seek to combine the breadth of operative experience with early leadership responsibilities. It it based on a high-volume, high-case complexity clinical experience. Residents are exposed to a broad range of skills, including endovascular skills development, and open skills including AV fistulas, open aortic aneurysms, carotids and leg bypasses. Our skill lab includes practice in suturing, knot tying, hand positioning, anatomy, surgical exposures, clamp placement and dexterity.
Clinical Curriculum
| Rotation PGY1 |
Year 1 PGY2 |
Year 2 PGY3 |
Year 3 PGY 4 |
Year 4 PGY 5 |
Year 5 |
| Month 1 | Core Surgery (Anesthesia) |
Core Surgery (Trauma) | Vascular (SMH Vascular Surgery) | Vascular (SMH Vascular Surgery) | Vascular (SMH Vascular Surgery Chief) |
| Month 2 | Core Surgery (Gen Surg Float) | Vascular (Cardiology) | Vascular (SMH Vascular Surgery) | Vascular (SMH Vascular Surgery) | Vascular (SMH Vascular Surgery) |
| Month 3 | Core Surgery (Pediatric Surgery) | Core Surgery (HH Gen Surgery) | Vascular (SMH Vascular Surgery) | Vascular (SMH Vascular Surgery) | Vascular (SMH Vascular Surgery) |
Month 4 |
Vascular (Imaging) | Core Surgery (Thoracic) | Vascular (SMH Vascular Surgery) | Vascular (SMH Vascular Surgery) | Vascular (SMH Vascular Surgery) |
| Month 5 | Core Surgery (Burn Surgery) | Vascular (SMH Vascular Surgery) | Vascular (FL Vascular Surgery) | Vascular (SMH Vascular Surgery) | Vascular (SMH Vascular Surgery) |
| Month 6 | Vascular (SMH Vascular Surgery) | Core Surgery (Surgical ICU) | Vascular (Neurology) | Vascular (SMH Vascular Surgery) | Vascular (SMH Vascular Surgery) |
| Month 7 | Core Surgery (Surgical Oncology) | Core Surgery (Trauma) | Vascular (Cardiology) | Vascular (SMH Vascular Surgery) | Vascular (SMH Vascular Surgery) |
| Month 8 | Core Surgery (HH Gen Surgery) | Core Surgery (RGH Gen Surgery) | Vascular (Vein Center) | Vascular (SMH Vascular Surgery) | Vascular (SMH Vascular Surgery) |
| Month 9 | Core Surgery (Trauma) | Vascular (Vascular Medicine) | Core Surgery (Cardiac Surgery) | Vascular (FL Vascular Surgery) | Vascular (SMH Vascular Surgery) |
| Month 10 | Core Surgery (HH Gen Surgery) | Core Surgery (Surgical ICU) | Core Surgery (Cardiac Surgery) | Vascular (Vein Center) | Vascular (SMH Vascular Surgery) |
| Month 11 | Core Surgery (Surgical ICU) | Core Surgery (Plastics) | Core Surgery (Surgical ICU) | Core Surgery (Trauma Chief) | Vascular (SMH Vascular Surgery) |
| Month 12 | Vascular (Vascular Surgery) | Vascular (Vascular Surgery) | Core Surgery (Sugical ICU) | Core Surgery (Trauma Chief) | Vascular (SMH Vascular Surgery) |
| Totals | 9 Core Surgery, 3 Vascular |
8 Core Surgery, 4 Vascular |
4 Core Surgery, 8 Vascular |
2 Core, 10 Vascular |
12 Vascular |
Conference Schedule
| Morning | Indications Conference | Moore Chapter Review/ V-SITE Prep Ultrasound Lecture once/mo. |
Morbidity and Mortality Joint Cardiology Conference once/mo |
Grand Rounds APDVS Basic Science Conference Endovascular Simulator Time (10am-noon) |
Clinical Vascular Topics Conference |
| Afternoon | Attending Rounds | Research in Progress Meeting 1x/mo. |
