Surgical Education at UCLA - Rotation Schedules

Service Information

UCLA Medical Center (Westwood Campus)

“U” service

The U service is staffed by Drs. Hiyama, Sack, Yeh, and Yoo. The clinical interests represented include:

Colorectal surgery
Endocrine surgery (Reading materials available on resident portfolios under "Core Reading Materials")
Gastrointestinal surgery

Goals and Objectives for the U service

R1	R3	R5

U service weekly schedule (2007-2008)

Mon

Tues

Wed

Thu

Fri

Yeh OR (R5/R3)

Hiyama OR(R5/R3)

Yoo SCTR

M&MGrand rounds

Yeh OR(R5/R3)

Hiyama
SCTR

Sack SCTR

Yoo OR
(R5/R3)

Sack SCTR

Yoo clinic*

Sack clinic

Sack OR
(R5/R3)

Hiyama
clinic*
(10A-2P)

Yeh clinic
10A-1P

Sack SCTR

Yeh clinic*

Sack clinic*

4PM U svc attg rounds

Time management on U surgery
Either the R5 or R3 will be in the OR daily, on a case level appropriate manner
The remaining R5/R3 resident is expected to be in clinic
R1 priorities are discharges>SCTR cases>clinic & ward duties

Clinic sessions
Standard start times are 8:00 AM and 1:00 PM unless otherwise specified
Please be prompt
*Primary clinics for each attending. These should be attended by the R5 or R3 resident who is not operating that day.

Reading Materials for U Service

Approach to common anorectal problems

Rectal CA Review article Bland et al

"C” service

The C service is staffed by Drs. Economou, Fred Eilber, Fritz Eilber, Hines, Reber, and Tomlinson. The clinical interests represented include:

Surgical oncology
Pancreatic and hepatobiliary surgery
Gastrointestinal surgery

Goals and Objectives for the C service

Reading Materials for the "C" Service

Breast Cancer	Article 1	Article 2	Article 3	Article 4
Colon/Rectal Cancer & Liver Metastases	Article 1	Article 2	Article 3	Article 4
Gastric Cancer	Article 1	Article 2	Article 3	Article 4
Melanoma	Article 1	Article 2	Article 3	Article 4	Article 5
Pancreatic Cancer	Article 1	Article 2	Article 3	Article 4
Soft Tissue Sarcoma	Article 1	Article 2	Article 3	Article 4
Palliative	Article 1

“L/A” service

The L/A service is staffed by Drs. Cryer, Hiatt, Schmit, and Tillou. The clinical interests represented include:

Trauma surgery
Emergency general surgery
Surgical Critical Care

Goals and Objectives for the L/A service

R4 and R5

Trauma Confrence Schedule

Anesthesia service

Golas and Objectives for Anesthesia service.

R1

Cardiothoracic service

The cardiothoracic service is staffed by Drs. Laks, Plunkett, Ardehali, Esmalian, and Begyui. In addition to general cardiothoracic surgery, the faculty have particular clinical interests in:

Congenital heart disease
Heart transplantation
Lung transplantation

Goals and Objectives for the Cardiothoracic service

Head & Neck service

Golas and Objectives for Head and Neck service.

R1

MIS service

The MIS service is staffed bu Drs. Dutson and Mehran.

MIS	R1

Neurosurgery service

The Neurosurgery service is staffed by Drs. Martin and Kelly.

Goals and Objectives for Neurosurgery service.

R1

Orthopedic Surgery service

The Orthopedic service is staffed by Drs. Finerman, SooHoo, Cracchiolo, Johnson, Oppenheim, Hame, Motamedi, and McAllister.

Goals and Objectives for Orthopedic Surgery service.

R1

Outpatient Surgery service

Goals and Objectives for Outpatient service.

R1

Dr. Dutson	MIS	Article 1	Article 2
Dr. Hiatt	Abdominal Wall	Article
Dr. Tillou	Trauma	Slides
Dr. Gordon	Liver/Billiary	Quiz

Pediatric service

The pediatric service is staffed by Drs. Atkinson, Fonkalsrud, Dunn, Shew and DeUgarte. In addition to general pediatric surgery, the faculty have particular clinical interests in:

Pectus excavatum repair
Laparoscopic pediatric surgery
Pediatric surgical oncology

Goals and Objectives for the Pediatic service

Plastic Surgery service

The plastic surgery service is staffed by Drs. Miller, Rudkin, Da Lio, Watson, Bradley, Crisera, and Festekjian.

Goals and objectives for Plastic Surgery service.

R1

Surgical Endoscopy

Goals and objectives for Surgical Endoscopy service.

R4

Transplant service

The transplant service is staffed by Drs. Busuttil, Ghobrial, Farmer, Lipshutz, Gordon, Gritch, and Singer. The clinical interests represented include:

Liver transplantation
Primary and metastatic tumors involving the liver
Kidney transplantation
Pancreas transplantation
Small bowel transplantation

Goals and Objectives for the Transplant service

Please see Dr.Lipshutz/Monica Martinez prior to start of rotation to obtain reading material. Room # 62-255, 310-794-4276.

Reading materials for Liver Transplant Service

Welcome Note from Liver Transplantation
Module 1- Liver Transplantation	Module 2- Transplantation: Concerns/Considerations
Indications for OLT - J. Hong	Drug Interactions- C. Holt
Hepatitis C - S. Saab	Immunosuppressive Agents - C. Holt
Hepatitis B: Natural Course, Treatment, and Liver Transplantation - S. Han	Nutrition in Liver Failure & Liver Transplant Recipients - S. Burroughs
Transplantation Immunology - R. M. Ghobrial	Infection in Transplantation - D. Winston

Module 3 - Transplantation: Special Populations	Module 4 - Other Aspects
Fulminant Liver Failure - F. Durazo	Case Studies in Liver Surgery - R. W. Busuttil
Pediatric Liver Transplantation: Indications, Outcomes, Long-Term Issues & Update - R. Venick	Preoperative Evaluation for OLT - C. Wray
Pancreas Transplant: History & Outcomes - G. Lipshutz	Hepatocellular Carcinoma - M. Tong
Small Bowel Transplantation - D. Farmer

Thoracic service

The Thoracic is staffed by Drs. Cameron and Maish. The clinical interests represented include:

Lung cancer and mesothelioma
Esophageal disorders
Bariatric surgery

Goals and Objectives for the Thoracic Service/MIS service

Urology Surgery service

The Urology service is stafffed by Drs. DeKernion, Lerman, and Litwin.

Goals and Objectives for Urology Surgery service.

R1

Vascular service

The vascular service is staffed by Drs. Lawrence, Moore, Quinones, Gelabert, and Rigberg. In addition to general vascular surgery, the faculty have particular clinical interests in:

Endovascular aneurysm repair
Lower extremity occlusive disease and limb salvage

Goals and Objectives for the Vascular service

Locations

UCLA-Santa Monica Medical Center
The Santa Monica surgical service is staffed by Drs. Chandler and Foster.

Golas and Objectives for UCLA-Santa Monica service.

Olive View-UCLA Medical Center
The Olive View surgical service is staffed by Drs. Thompson, Bennion, Schmit, Hiyama, Maggard, and Grise. [More]

Goals and Objectives for the General Surgery at Oliver View service

R1	R2	R3	R5

West LA Veterans Administration Hospital
The VA surgical service is staffed by Drs. Stelzner, Sawicki, Ko, and Tomlinson. The clinical interests represented include:

Colorectal surgery
Endocrine surgery
Gastrointestinal surgery
Surgical oncology

Goals and Objectives for the General Surgery at West LA Veterans Administration Hospital service - Caroline Stone (310-268-3026)

Kaiser Hospital , Panorama City
Residents spend 1 month at Kaiser-Panorama City during their 2nd year.
Residents spend 1 month at Kaiser-Panorama City during their 4th year.

Goals and Objectives for the Kaiser service - Jennifer Bodar 818-375-2311

USC, Burns unit
Residents spend 1 month on the burns unit during their 2nd year.

Goals and Objectives for the Burns Unit service - Pat Diaz - 323-226-7750

R2

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