Division of Vascular Surgery; St Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University
DIVISON OF VASCULAR SURGERY
2007- 2008
VASCULAR SERVICE CURRICULUM:
The Division of Vascular Surgery at St Luke’s – Roosevelt wishes to lead
the way to maximizing the residents’ staff learning experience by
revamping its teaching style and mission. Our goal as a faculty is to train
the resident staff to be the best clinicians they can be. Therefore, our
approach to a new curriculum is to provide –PGY level and campus
specific core knowledge and process goals; these are to serve as focus
points to maximize you Adult Learning process.
Resident Expectations:
Operating Room:
All interns/residents will know what case(s) they are scrubbing the following day,
they will be expected to have read the appropriate section in “Cameron” for the
case, (at a minimum). They will be prepared to answer questions prior to and
during the case as to the pre-operative evaluation, the intra-operative decision
making and the post operative management of the patients. They may be asked
to leave the operating room if they are not prepared. Therefore, you must know
what case you are doing the next day prior to leaving the hospital. Please feel
free to discuss the case the day prior with the Attending Surgeon of Record.
Clinic: **For members of the Vascular Service, NO OTHER clinic
supercedes vascular clinic.
The goal of clinic is to learn the outpatient management of the patient with
vascular and general surgical disease. In addition it is to provide continuity of
care. (Please note during the recent oral exams it was very obvious that most
senior residents did not understand the outpatient management of vascular
disease).
When you graduate from this program you will never feel that you have not done
enough cases, no matter how much clinic you go to you will NEVER feel like you
have mastered outpatient management.
You are encouraged to attend clinic whenever you have free time even if it is only
for an hour.
Floor Management:
The vascular surgery patient represents the most complex and ill patient type
that the surgical resident will encounter. Therefore, they require a
comprehensive approach, just getting a medical consult is not the way to think
about these problems.
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On a daily basis each patient’s problem list needs to be reviewed, and more
importantly acted upon. Abnormal lab values need to be corrected, or
addressed as to why they are not being corrected. Fluid status and wounds
need to be assessed daily. Antibiotics need to be chosen based on objective
data.
It is the responsibility of the senior resident to make sure that the junior resident
understands the medical management of each patient, and the junior resident
instructs the interns.
Notes: The daily progress note on the Vascular patient should state at the top:
Hospital day/Post operative day
Anti-biotic day (and what anti-biotic)
The labs are to included in the daily note
These are not chores these are opportunities to learn. In addition it is the
residents job to ask; why is this patient in the hospital, what am I doing to get
them better today…..the answer to this should be reflected in the note.
ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL:
Clinic occurs on Tuesdays in 5G77, 9 am – 4 pm. This clinic is staffed by Dr.
Lantis. There is also vascular office on Monday and Wednesday in 5G77 staffed
by Dr. Todd. (Attendance in Clinic on Monday and Wednesday is by
arrangement with Dr Todd)
ST LUKE’S HOSPITAL:
Monday Clinic – 12th Floor 1090 Amsterdam 9- 5 – Dr Benvenisty
Wednesday Clinic – 12th Floor 1090 Amsterdam 10- 3 Dr Benvenisty
Thursday Clinic – 7th Floor 1090 Amsterdam 11 – 4 Dr Mendes
Friday Clinic – 12th Floor 1090 Amsterdam – 9- 4 – Dr Lantis
Walk Rounds/Teaching Rounds:
At present there is no formal walk round schedule. Attendings and residents are
encouraged to find each other and make co-joined rounds on patients as their
schedules permit. As vascular attending and coverage staff grows we will try to
formalize at least a weekly – campus walk round schedule.
Vascular Conference:
This educational conference remains weekly on Tuesday Morning from 7-7:45
AM. This conference is designed to be RESIDENT DRIVEN, meaning that cases
and topics that the residents have recently encountered are to be a used as the
fulcrum for discussion.
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Final Exam:
In order to make sure that the educational goals of the individual on each rotation
are being met a final exam for the Vascular Rotation at all levels has been
added. The goal of this curriculum is to prepare the resident for the ABSITE and
Mock Orals (with the ultimate goal being first time passage of the ABS Certifying
and Qualifying exam).
All interns/residents will have a 30-minute exam at the end of their rotation (by
appointment) with one of the Vascular Attending Staff. This exam will consist of
10 written, SESAP/ABSITE style, level appropriate questions (10 minutes to
complete); and one or two level appropriate oral exam questions. From this a
grade as part of your valuation for the rotation will be forwarded to the
Residency Program Director.
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CORE CURRICULUM: (By “Cameron” Chapter Headings and Page Number)
St Luke’s Campus
PGY 4/PGY 3/ PGY 1
Senior Resident
Tibioperoneal Arterial Occlusive disease 781
Axillofemoral bypass 792
Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease: Angioplasty, Stenting, and Endovascular
Graft Treatment 797
Infected Vascular Graft 808
Peripheral artery embolus 817
Consult Resident
Vascular Access 828
False aneurysm and Arteriovenous fistula 741
Buerger’s Disease 821
Vascular Trauma- 984
Penetrating Neck Trauma 1018
Necrotizing Infections of the Skin and Soft Tissue1082
Gas gangrene of the extremity 1079
Extremity Compartment syndrome 989
Intern
Skin lesions: Evaluation, Diagnosis and Management 1043
Nerve injury 1066
Varicose Veins 864
Venous reconstruction 871
Gangrene of the Foot 813
Management of Lymphedema
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Roosevelt Campus
PGY 5/PGY 4/ PGY 2/PGY 1
Chief Resident – A Rotation
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Open Repair 703
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Endovascular repair 709
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm and Unexpected Abdominal Pathology 718
Brachiocepahlic reconstruction 758
Profunda Femora Reconstruction 789
Chief Resident – B Rotation
Thoracoabdominal Aneurysms 723
Acute Aortic Dissection and its Complications 729
Upper Extremity Occlusive Disease 801
Acute mesenteric Ischemia 846
Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia 849
Atherosclerotic Renovascular Disease 831
Senior Resident
Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm 713
Transperitoneal vs. Retroperitoneal Approach to the Aorta 721
Popliteal and femoral artery aneurysms 732
Carotid endarterectomy 747
Recurrent Carotid Stenosis 751
Balloon Angioplasty and Stents in Carotid Occlusive Disease 755
Aneurysms of the Extracranial Carotid and vertebral Arteries 762
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome 840
Reynaud’s Syndrome 838
Consult Resident
Nonoperative treatment of claudication 768
Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease 772
Femoropopliteal Occlusive Disease 777
Cardiovascular pharmacology 1141
Acute renal failure 1147
Coagulopathy in the critically ill patient 1184
Peripheral Arterial and Bypass Graft Occlusion: Thrombolytic Therapy 824
Pulmonary Thromboembolism 876
Vena Cava Filter Placement 879
Intern
Fluid and electrolyte therapy 1087
Pre-operative assessment of the elderly patient 1101
Perioperative care and monitoring of the surgical patient 1105
Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in the Surgical Patient 884
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Surgical site infections 1118
The diagnosis of Venous Insufficiency 860
Deep Venous Thrombosis 869
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AWARDS
Three awards will be given out by the Division of Vascular Surgery to reward
outstanding achievement while on the Vascular Surgery Rotation. The recipients
will be agreed upon by the Vascular Surgery Attending Staff. Appropriate patient
management, informed input to clinical and operative care, participation in
conference and teaching rounds, and active participation in clinic are considered
the minimum requirements. The recipient of any of the award(s) may be
planning to pursue a career in any subspecialty, NOT only vascular surgery.
Each recipient will be announced at the year-end dinner and the will be able to
add the commendation under Awards Section of their Curriculum Vitea.
Outstanding Vascular Senior Resident: 1-year subscription to Journal of
Vascular Surgery
Outstanding Vascular Consult Resident: 1-year subscription to Annals of
Vascular Surgery
Outstanding Vascular Intern: 1-year subscription to Wound Repair and
Regeneration
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