Off-site Clinic Orientation for Internal Medicine Residents

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Off-site Clinic Orientation for Internal Medicine Residents

Orthopedics:

Location:

Times:

Attending

Supervision:

Contact:

1 st Floor Subspecialty Clinic and 3 rd Floor Surgical Suite

Monday 7am-12pm; 1pm-4pm

Thursday 7am-12pm; 1pm-4pm

Dr. DeTorre, Dr. Martel

Dr. James DeTorre (James.Detorre@va.gov , or call 843-422-0563)

From 7-8am, screen inpatient consultations (3 rd Floor surgical suite)

In Clinic, you are responsible for seeing new consults and general orthopedic patients [you are not responsible for preoperative history and physical or postoperative follow-up] (1 st floor Subspecialty clinic)

Responsibilities: Orthopedics Clinic typically sees 60 patients in clinic per day

Please be mindful that surgeons have a different mindset and they do not intend to be gruff – it is simply a different environment.

**In return for the orthopedic clinic hosting us, we should be teaching them something about medicine (medicine reconciliation, chronic disease conditions, etc.)

You are invited to review Radiology imaging (plain films, MRI primarily) with the surgeons Mondays and Thursday during the lunch hour in the 3 rd floor conference room if you wish.

GYN:

Location:

Times:

Cannon Street (from our Bee street garage, walk past the President street garage, then some apartments and a bus stop, then there is a stone building called cannon place that you go into). Take elevator to 2nd floor and go to suite 201 on the left.

Monday 8am-12pm (Fylstra); Wednesday 8am – 12pm (Lazenby); Friday

1pm – 5pm (Carter)

Attending

Supervision: as above

Contacts:

Responsibilities:

Dr. Carlton Schwab (Chief), Amanda Joley RN – Clinical Nurse Manager

876-6327 (Julie Colna RN – backup); Dr. Ashlyn Savage (Faculty)

You will be responsible for seeing 4-6 new and/or return general GYN patients each half-day session. Each patient much be checked out to the attending. You will be working alongside GYN residents, but you will have your own panel to see – it is imperative that you contact our IM Chief

Resident as soon as possible if you have an emergency which prevents you from going to clinic on your appointed day.

The GYN clinic is hosting us – we expect you to be a flexible team player during this rotation. Offer to help!

Psychiatry:

Location: IOP – 1 South near drink machines (enter from Doughty St)

Times:

Attending

Supervision:

Contacts:

Tues 1pm – 5pm; Thursday 8am – 12pm

Dr. Temeia Martin

Dr. Temeia Martin

Responsibilities:

You will be evaluating and treating patients with chronic pain, mood disorders, and substance abuse disorders alongside Dr. Martin and her team.

As this is a new experience, please be flexible and work together for the benefit of the patients.

Allergy:

Location:

Times:

Attending

Supervision:

Contacts:

North Charleston Specialty Clinic MUSC 8992 University Blvd., Suite 200

The clinic will be on the left side of the road

Wed 8:30am-12pm; Thur 8:30am- 12 pm

Sonia Bains, MD

Page Dr. Bains, or call the clinic 876-2722

Responsibilities:

You will assist in the evaluation and treatment of patients with a wide variety allergic disorders and asthma.

Pharmacotherapeutics:

Location: UIM 8 th

floor RT

Times:

Attending

Supervision:

Contacts:

Thur 1pm-5pm

Amy Thompson, PharmD

Amy Thompson, PharmD

Responsibilities:

The resident will assist in the management of patients on chronic anticoagulants, diabetes and polypharmacy. They will also counsel patients on smoking cessation and inhaler use.

Preop clinic:

Location: RT 1 st

Floor

Times:

Attending

Supervision:

Contacts:

Thur 8:30am – 12pm

Fletcher Penney, MD

Fletcher Penney, MD

Responsibilities:

You will be evaluating patients prior to surgery to determine perioperative cardiac risk, medication needs the day of surgery and other recommendations for the surgeon (including DVT prophylaxis).

VA Dermatology clinic:

Location:

VA – 2 nd floor near call room. Go through the creepy door to the conference room

Fri 1pm – 5pm Times:

Attending

Supervision:

Contacts:

Richard Marchell, MD

Richard Marchell, MD

Responsibilities: You will be evaluating patients with a variety of Dermatologic complaints.

ENT:

Location:

Times:

Tues AM (Halstead) & Thurs AM 2 nd Floor RT;

Tues PM (Waters) 1600 Midtown Ave, Mt Pleasant 3 rd floor

Tues AM (Schlosser) Sinus Center ( RT Room 191) across from the café,

Tues AM – Halstead voice; Schlosser sinus

Tues PM – Waters General ENT

He has no Tues PM clinic on the 1 st Tuesday of each month

He has Tues PM clinic in East Cooper on the 2 nd , 3 rd , 4 th , and 5 th Tuesday of each month.

Thur AM – Gen ENT

Attending

Supervision:

Dr. Lucinda Halstead

Contact:

Responsibilities:

Dr. Lucinda Halstead

Anita Cheslek

You will be assisting in the evaluation and management of patients with ENT and voice complaints.

VA Sleep Clinic:

Location: 1 st Floor Subspecialty Clinic VA

Times:

Attending

Supervision:

Contact:

Friday 1pm – 4:30pm

Dr. Fitzgerald Drummond

Dr. Drummond fitzgerald.drummond@va.gov

Responsibilities:

You will be evaluating patients with fatigue or sleep complaints and helping with the interpretation of sleep studies.

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