E L E C T I V E S
DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY
A400 Vascular
Surgery - Montefiore Medical Center |
A401 Subinternship
on the Trauma Service - Jacobi Medical Center |
A406 Head &
Neck Surgery - Montefiore Medical Center |
A
408 Surgical Oncology- MMC|
A601 Pediatric
Surgery Subinternship - Montefiore Medical Center
|
A602 Subinternship
in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit - Jacobi Medical Center |
A603 Subinternship
on the General Surgical Service - Jacobi Medical Center |
A604 Transplantation
Surgery Subinternship - Montefiore Medical Center |
A700
General Surgery- LIJ |
A701
Pediatric Surgery- LIJ |
A702
Surgical ICU-LIJ |
A703
Vascular Surgery- LIJ |
A704
Pediatrics Surgery- LIJ/SCH |
A706
Experimental Surgical Research- LIJ |
A800
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy- Beth Israel |
A801
Head and Neck Surgery- Beth Israel
This four week clinical
experience is meant to provide an in-depth exposure to vascular medicine
and surgery for the medical student who has completed the require Junior
year clerkship in general surgery. The student will be an integral part
of the vascular surgical service and act as a sub-intern with patient
exposure in the hospital through daily rounds and the operating room,
and in the office seeing outpatients.
Students will participate
in vascular surgical procedures, angioplasties, and other newer interventions
performed on the service including the management of arterial and venous
disease of both the upper and lower extremities. Although the emphasis
will be on lower extremity occlusive disease, there will also be considerable
exposure to carotid and aortic disease and new endovascular techniques.
An introduction for
the non-invasive vascular laboratory and vascular radiology will also
be a part of this elective.
Dr.
Evan Lipshitz (718.920.4800)
Half Module
All Modules
Maximum 2 students
Students are to call prior to the start of the elective for time and place
of meeting.
This elective will
offer the opportunity for a student to function as a PGY-1 with appropriate
responsibilities and duties including:
1. In-patient work-ups
with day to day follow up for continuity of care.
2. Surgical clinical where patients will be primarily examined, assessed,
and reviewed with residents and attendings surgeons.
3. Attending surgical conferences, presenting and discussing patient cases.
During this elective,
the student will be expected to take in-house call on a regular rotation
and function as a PGY-1 assisting in the full management of the patient
with responsibilities for minor surgical procedures, starting IV therapy,
suturing minor wounds, first and second assisting in the operating room
during surgical procedures.
Patterns for coverage
include one month in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit and one month on
either the Trauma or General Surgery services.
Drs. R. Simon, S.
Teperman (918-5598)
All Modules , Half Modules
Maximum 1Student
Students should contact preceptors to arrange elective.
The student will
participate in the activities of the Montefiore Head & Neck Service, essentially
joining the junior house staff in their daily activities. These include:
daily rounds and patient care, attendance of all teaching sessions and
conferences, and attendance in the operating room. Projects will be assigned.
Optional time may be spent with the Otolaryngology Services or with current
research projects.
Dr. Randall Owen
(718) 920-4308
Half Modules
All Modules except 1B
Max 1 Student
First day of elective meet in the Head & Neck Surgery Office, Gold Zone,
First Floor - 9:00 a.m.
Students should have written permission from Dr. Owne before
signing up for elective.
The student will
gain clinical experience in the office and in the OR, research experience
with ongoing clinical trials, and participate in defined clinical
projects.
The student may also participate in ongoing projects for the Department of
Surgery basic science laboratories. Current areas of interest
include: colorectal cancer genetics, treatment of hepatic metastases with
cryotherapy and radio frequency ablation, tumor vaccines and IL-2.
Many of the outgoing research projects involve medical student
participation.
This elective can be chosen for up to 5 half-modules. In this case,
students are expected to begin and complete a project and usually will be
co-author of at least one published manuscript.
Dr. Arnold Berlin
Half-Module
All Modules
Maximum 1 student
Students need permission from Dr. Berlin (718) 920-6693 prior to the onset of the elective.
The student will participate
in the full spectrum of pediatric surgical care including pre- and
post operative management, office visits, diagnostic studies, the
operating room, multi-disciplinary conferences and parent
counseling. This course is designed for students interested in
pediatrics, surgery or related specialties.
Dr.
Gerard Weinberg (718. 920.6443)
All Modules
Maximum 1 student
By prior arrangement with Dr. Weinberg.
This subinternship
allow the student to become integrated into a very active service which
treats the most critically ill patients on the Surgery Service. The student
takes part in the use of the modern diagnostic and therapeutic modalities
available to help care for such patients. Daily ward rounds and teaching
rounds are made by the attending staff.
Major topics for
instruction include: fluid and electrolyte management, total parenteral
nutrition (IV hyperalimentation), resuscitation and care of patients with
extensive burns (including respiratory tract injury), management of severe
infections, clinical hemodynamic measurements using Swan-Ganz catheters
(including cardiac output, pulmonary arterial and wedge pressures,
oxygen
delivery and consumption), and psychiatric considerations of the patients
requiring intensive care and isolation.
Drs. R. Simon,
S. Teperman, M. Stone (918-5598)
All Modules; Half Modules
Maximum 2 students
First day meet on hospital ward 6 West, Jacobi Hospital - 8:00 a.m.
The student participates
as a sub-intern on the surgical service. The student will be responsible
for rounding with the attending and house staff, for taking of his/her
patients on the wards, seeing them in clinic, participating in their care
in the operating room, and functioning as a full member of the surgical
team under the direct tutelage of the attending staff. The student will
participate as well in the formal didactic lecture series which takes
place on 6 West and will receive additional instruction from the attendings
on the service.
Dr. Harry Delany
(918-5565)
Half Module, All Modules except 1A
Maximum 1 student
Contact Dr. Delany (918-5565) for time and place of first meeting.
The student will participate
in the inpatient and outpatient care of transplantation surgery patients.
The student's responsibilities will include:
1. Participation
in the operating room based upon the student's technical skills. Activities
will include multiple organ harvesting, living related and cadaveric transplantation,
as well as dialysis access surgery.
2. Patient work-ups
with day to day follow-up allowing for continuity of care.
3. Attendance at
Renal Transplant clinic where patients will be examined and assessed,
and reviewed with residents and attending surgeons.
4. Attendance at
transplant conferences which include a weekly basic science,
lecture, journal conference, and pathology conference.
During this rotation
the student will take call on a regular rotation and function as a PGY-1.
By the end of the rotation it is expected that the student will have a
good understanding of all aspects of transplantation, especially renal
transplantation; including workup o f a prospective candidate, management
of immunosuppression, post-operative management of transplant patients,
and dynamics of multi-organ donation.
Dr. Milan Kinkhabwalla (718.920.6659)
Half Modules
All Modules
Full Time
Maximum 1 student, with second module preferably being research.
Students are to call prior to the onset of elective..
Students are given broad exposure to the diagnosis of the surgical patient including pre-and post-operative care. They participate as clinical clerks under the supervision of the resident and attending staff. This program includes history taking, physical examinations, routine diagnostic and therapeutic ward procedures, scrubbing in the operating room and participation on post-operative care with clinical follow-up. These actives are closely supervised in order to maximize the clinical benefit. Students attend scheduled departmental conferences and have daily seminars on previously assigned topics. They attend morning and evening Housestaff rounds and are on call for emergencies every third night. A full-time Attending is designated as the preceptor and holds frequent conferences to guide the student and evaluate his/her progress.
Dr. Marie Ward (718)
470-7670
mward@lij.edu
Half Module
All Modules
Maximum 2 students
Students are to call prior to the onset of the elective for the time and place of meeting.
This elective includes daily rounds with discussion of pediatric surgical patients including laboratory data and X-rays. Monday is devoted to pediatric surgical research in the animal OR. Students will scrub in the OR on Tuesday and Wednesday for elective cases and listen to all discussion between parents and surgeons. Students attend weekly pediatric and surgical conferences.
Dr. Alberto Pena (718) 470-3636
Half Module
All Module
Maximum 1 or 2 students
Students are to call prior to the onset of the elective for the time and place of meeting.
This four-week exposure to the surgical ICU will familiarize the student with the care of critically ill patients. The student will get involved with the complete care of these patients. Including pre- and post-operative care. The student will gain a "hands-on" experience of the use of the Swan-Ganz catheters, ventilators and other newer technological advances. The student will work closely with the Surgical Residents and Surgical ICU Attendings. There will be daily ward rounds where management of the ICU patients is discussed in detail. The student will participate in all surgical conferences. At the end of this rotation, the student will not be afraid to walk into the ICU nor will "all those lines and tubes" overwhelm him.
Dr. Corrado Marini (718) 470-4507
Half Module
All Modules
Maximum 1 or 2 students
Students are to call prior to the onset of the elective for the time and place of meeting.
This four-week clinical experience is meant to provide an in-depth exposure to vascular surgery for the medical student after having completed their required Clerkship in Surgery. Student become an integral part of the Vascular Surgical service and act as a subintern with patient exposure through daily rounds and in the OR. Students will participate in vascular surgical procedures performed on the service including management of arterial, venous and lymphatic disease of both the upper and lower extremities.
Dr. Marie Ward (718)
470-4670
mward@lij.edu
Half Module
All Modules
Maximum 1 or 2 students
Students are to call prior to the onset of the rotation for the time and place of meeting.
The
Division Of Pediatrics Surgery at the Schneider Children's Hospital
offers a one-month elective for 4th year medical students. This is
a very busy pediatric surgical service. We enjoy a large volume of
patients with many diverse clinical problems. Students on our
service will interact with a large group of pediatric surgical
attendings. In addition, general surgery residents from NS-LIJ
rotate through the service and are actively involved in patient care.
We are proud to have one of the country's few fully approved fellowships
in pediatric surgery. Our fellow runs daily rounds and oversees
the service. One morning a week is dedicated to formal didactics
and the medical student will be integrated into the service with
clinical responsibilities. The student will be expected to help us
solve problems and support our spirit of lifelong learning. Our
entire faculty shares a commitment to role modeling and education.
This rotation should appeal to students interested in pediatrics and
pediatric subspecialties. It will be of interest to future
surgeons who want exposure to pediatric surgery.
The student likely to appreciate this experience is one who works hard
and becomes actively involved in problem solving.
The director of the elective is Dr. Stephen Dolgin, Chief of Pediatric
Surgery at Schneider Children's Hospital. The contact person on
the staff is Ms. Rosanne Milano who can be reached at (718) 470-3135.
Dr. Dolgin would like to speak to interested students before they commit
to this experience.
A706 Experimental Surgical Research- Long Island Jewish Medical Center
The Department of Surgery at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center has several active laboratories for surgical research in Vascular Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Pediatric Surgery, General Surgery and Plastic Surgery. Some of the areas of interest include Aortic Elastin Metabolism. Pancreatic Exocrine function, Stress Ulceration, Estrogen Receptors in Breast Cancer, non-invasive measurements or cardiac output, ano-rectal malformations, and liver regeneration. Laboratory experience includes methods of cell culture, HPLC, biochemical techniques and molecular biology. May of the ongoing research projects include medical student participation. Students are expected to begin and complete a project and usually co-author of at least one published manuscript. Several projects are supported by external funding, so that, a student stipend is available on some projects. This elective is also available for a 12-week period (1-½ modules).
Dr. H. Hank Simms (718) 470-7210
Half Modules
All Modules
Maximum 1 or 2 students
Students are to call prior to the onset of the rotation for the time and place of meeting.
The student will observe a wide variety of endoscopic procedures including fiberoptic colonoscopy and polypectomy, esophagoscopy, duoenoscopy. Endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP) and laser Endoscopy. Teaching devices, films videotape recordings and slides will be used. He/she will attend GI rounds and conferences.
Dr. Burton Surick (212) 420-4520
Half Module
Modules 2B, 3A, 5B, 6A & 6 B ONLY
Minimum 1
Maximum 2
Part-time students are to call prior to the onset of the elective.
The student will participate in the management of a large variety of surgical problems of the head and neck. Special emphasis is placed on diagnosis, surgical anatomy and operative and post-operative management. Physical diagnosis staging and interpretation of specialized radiological procedures will be stressed.
Dr. Moses Nussebaum (212) 420-4335
Half Module
Modules 2B, 3A, 3B, 5B, 6A & 6B ONLY
Maximum 1 student
Students are to call prior to the onset of the elective.
First day, students are to meet at Dazian Pavilion. 9th Floor, Beth Israel Medical Center at 7:30AM
A802 Subinternship in General Surgery- Beth Israel Medical Center
The students will participate in the daily activities of the surgical service in the same capacity as an intern; this includes ward rounds OR scrubs (in assigned cases only) work up of patients and conferences. They will participate in the extensive teaching program of the surgical service including Grand Rounds, Attending Rounds, seminars and surgical specialty meetings. This program will be on a highly individualized basis to extend the student’s scope of General Surgery. Extra participation in surgical specialties, such as, Vascular Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery, and Surgical Oncology, etc. can be
arranged.
Dr. Andrew Lo
Half Module
Modules 2B, 3A, 3B, 5B, 6A ONLY
Students are to call prior to the onset of the elective.
First day, students are to meet at Baird Hall, 16th floor, at 7:30AM
The student will serve in an intern position on the Colorectal Service, caring for patients with Rectal Cancer, Colon Cancer, Diverticulitis, etc. Participation in the Operating Room will be a priority with exposure to sphincter-preserving resections, autonomic nerve-preserving pelvic dissections, and Liver resections for Metastases, etc. Teaching conferences, Professors Rounds, videotapes are a part of the exposure, with an emphasis on the basic physiology and patho-physiology of pelvic organ function, as they affect postoperative results and management.
Dr. Warren E. Enker (212) 420-3690
Half Module
Modules 2B, 3A, 5B, 6A & 6B ONLY
Maximum 1 student
Students are to call prior to the onset of the elective. First day students are to meet at Baird Hall, 16th
Fl at 8:30AM.
