General Surgery Rotation Schedule
To broaden their understanding of the role of surgical management in various disease processes, general surgery residents rotate on surgical subspecialty services during the junior years including pediatric surgery, transplantation, cardiothoracic surgery, orthopaedic surgery, urology, plastic surgery, etc. Senior residents rotating on the pediatric surgery and the cardiothoracic services gain a more comprehensive experience in these principal areas of general surgery.
Most of the training is done at the UK Chandler Medical Center, the parent institution for the general surgery residency program. UK HealthCare rotations will include UK Good Samaritan Hospital. The VA Medical Center is integrated into the training program, connected via a tunnel and staffed by general surgery faculty. University and VA teaching conferences are combined. During the PGY-2 year, residents rotate at the UK-affiliated community hospital, St. Claire Medical Center in Morehead, Ky. These rotations allow the resident to participate in a large volume of operative procedures while gaining a perspective on general surgery in urban and rural community settings. Volunteer surgical staff are active in resident education during these rotations.
PGY-1
i. Anesthesiology
ii. Colon and Rectal Surgery
iii. Emergency General Surgery Floor
iv. Emergency General Surgery ICU
v. General Surgery
vi. Minimally Invasive Surgery
vii. Pediatric Surgery
viii. Surgical Oncology
ix. Thoracic Surgery
x. Transplant Surgery
xi. VA General Surgery
xii. Vascular Surgery - UK
PGY-2
i. Colon and Rectal Surgery
ii. Emergency General Surgery
iii. Emergency Surgical Service
iv. General Surgery at Good Samaritan
v. General Surgery at St. Claire in Morehead, KY (x 2)
vi. Thoracic Surgery
vii. Vascular Surgery
PGY-3
i. Emergency General Surgery
ii. Emergency General Surgery ICU
iii. MIS, Foregut, Hernia, and Bariatric Surgery at Good Samaritan
iv. Endocrine Surgery at Good Samaritan
v. Pediatric Surgery
vi. Surgical Oncology
vii. Transplant Surgery
viii. VA General Surgery
PGY-4
i. General Surgery at Good Samaritan
ii. Emergency General Surgery
iii. MIS, Foregut, Hernia, and Bariatric Surgery at Good Samaritan
iv. Pediatric Surgery
v. Surgical Oncology
vi. Trauma
vii. Vascular Surgery
PGY-5*
i. Colon and Rectal Surgery
ii. Emergency General Surgery
iii. MIS, Foregut, Hernia, and Bariatric Surgery at Good Samaritan
iv. Endocrine Surgery at Good Samaritan
v. Surgical Oncology - GI
vi. VA General Surgery
vii. VA Vascular Surgery
viii. Transplant Surgery
ix. Surgical Oncology - Breast
*Each chief rotates on 6 of these 9 services during the chief year