Rotation Schedules

PGY-1

  • Thoracic (July-August)
  • Clark Regional (September-October)
  • Cardiac (November-December)
  • Peds ICU (January)
  • Etho/Cath Lab (February)
  • CT-ICU (March)
  • Surgical Critical Care (April)
  • Thoracic (May-June)

 

PGY-2

  • Cardiac (July-September)
  • Pediatric Surgery (October)
  • Thoracic (November-January)
  • Clark Regional (February-March)
  • Thoracic (April)
  • Cardiac (May)
  • CT-ICU (June)

PGY-3

  • Thoracic (July-September)
  • IP/Cath Lab (October)
  • Clark Regional (November-December)
  • Cardiac (January-March)
  • CT-ICU (April)
  • St. Elizabeth (May)
  • Thoracic (June)

PGY-4

  • Cardiac (July)
  • Congenital (August)
  • Transplant/ECMO (September)
  • Thoracic (October-March)
  • Cardiac (April-June)

PGY-5

  • Thoracic (July-September)
  • Cardiac (October)
  • Transplant/ECMO (November)
  • Cardiac (December-March)
  • Transplant/ECMO (April)
  • Cardiac (May-June)

PGY-6

  • Cardiac (July-September)
  • Thoracic (October)
  • Cardiac (November-April)
  • Thoracic (May)
  • Transplant/ECMO (June)

Rotation Specialties

  • Cardiac - Adult cardiac surgery with broad exposure to coronary, valve, and aortic surgery including experience with heart failure and transplant. Includes consult coverage and bimonthly clinics at on-site Veteran's Administration (VA) facility. (All VA patients go to UK Hospital for surgery and post-op management.)
  • Thoracic - General thoracic surgery with broad exposure to lung, esophageal, chest wall, pleural, and mediastinal diseases
    • Includes on-call coverage of on-site VA facility for thoracic emergencies
  • Congenital - Congenital cardiac surgery
  • CT-ICU (Cardiothoracic ICU)  - Comprehensive critical care management for cardiothoracic patients
  • Surgical Critical Care - Management of emergency general surgery patients in a critical care setting
  • ECHO/Cath Lab - Cardiology focused rotation teaching performance and interpretation of cardiac testing. Hybrid rotation with the cath lab and interventional pulmonary experience, including diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
  • Peds ICU - A hybrid rotation with Pediatric ICU for congential cardiac patients and evaluating congenital heart disease in cath and echo labs.
  • Track-specific Chief Rotation - Varies depending on planned practice focus of resident either cardiac or thoracic at UK

Elective Options

  • Cardiac - Adult cardiac surgery with focus on complex patients

  • Thoracic - General thoracic surgery with focus on complex patients

  • Congenital - Congenital cardiac surgery

  • Interventional Pulmonary - Focusing on airway interventions

  • Cath Lab / TAVR - Focused time for minimally invasive cardiac valve surgery including TAVR and mitraclip

  • Heart failure/Transplant - Focus on heart failure clinic, transplant conferences, ECMO management, organ procurements, and transplants

Locations

St. Elizabeth HealthCare

The health care system serving the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky region consists of six regional hospitals.

Clark Regional Medical Center

A 79-bed regional hospital serving the east central region of Kentucky. A member of LifePoint Health, the hospital is located in Winchester, Kentucky and is the focal point of a network of community hospitals serving counties adjoining the Lexington/Fayette County region.