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Residency & Fellowship Programs General Surgery Doctors Hospital at Renaissance Program Description

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Program Description

The new University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Residency Training Program in General Surgery at Doctors Hospital at Renaissance in Edinburg, Texas, has continued accreditation by the Residency Review Committee for surgery under the auspices of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACMGE) for four categorical residents at each year. The initial intern class began July 1, 2015. Since our program is in its infancy, our initial five years of matched residents have a unique opportunity to “set the stage” for the future of our program throughout their five years.

Organization of Surgical Service
Residents in our program have the opportunity to learn from experienced private practice general surgeons who provide care for patients in all areas of general surgery. Residents will complete monthly rotations on surgical services that have been designed to capitalize on the true broad-spectrum general surgery practice while ensuring that all residents receive sufficient depth in all surgical sub-specialties. All rotations will be performed at Doctors Hospital at Renaissance (DHR) in Edinburg, Texas,

PGY-1

PGY 1 Rotation Info
Rotation Length Location
Endocrine Surgery
General Surgery
1 month Doctors Hospital At Renaissance
GS Red Service 3 months Doctors Hospital At Renaissance
Transplant Surgery 2 months Doctors Hospital At Renaissance
Colorectal Surgery 2 months Doctors Hospital At Renaissance
Trauma Surgery 2 months Doctors Hospital At Renaissance
GS Green Service 2 months Doctors Hospital At Renaissance

PGY-2

PGY 2 Rotation Info
Rotation Length Location
Transplant Surgery 3 months Doctors Hospital At Renaissance
Trauma PIT 3 months Doctors Hospital At Renaissance
Breast Surgery 2 months Doctors Hospital At Renaissance
Pediatric Surgery 3 months Doctors Hospital At Renaissance
Endocrine Surgery
General Surgery
1 month Doctors Hospital At Renaissance

PGY-3

PGY 3 Rotation Info
Rotation Length Location
Plastic Surgery 2 months Doctors Hospital At Renaissance
Thoracic Surgery 1 month Doctors Hospital At Renaissance
GS Red Service 3 months Doctors Hospital At Renaissance
GS Green Service 3 months Doctors Hospital At Renaissance
Trauma Surgery ICU 3 months Doctors Hospital At Renaissance

PGY-4

PGY 4 Rotation Info
Rotation Length Location
Elective 2 months Doctors Hospital At Renaissance
Plastic Surgery 1 month Doctors Hospital At Renaissance
Transplant Surgery 2 months Doctors Hospital At Renaissance
Bariatric Surgery 1 month Doctors Hospital At Renaissance
Endoscopy Surgery 1 month Doctors Hospital At Renaissance
Colorectal Surgery 1 month Doctors Hospital At Renaissance
Thoracic Surgery 2 months Doctors Hospital At Renaissance
GS Red Service 1 month Doctors Hospital At Renaissance
Trauma Surgery 1 month Doctors Hospital At Renaissance

PGY-5

PGY 5 Rotation Info
Rotation Length Location
Trauma Surgery 2 months Doctors Hospital At Renaissance
GS Green Service 2 months Doctors Hospital At Renaissance
Colorectal Surgery 2 months Doctors Hospital At Renaissance
Bariatric Surgery 2 months Doctors Hospital At Renaissance
GS Red Service 2 months Doctors Hospital At Renaissance
Transplant Surgery 2 months Doctors Hospital At Renaissance

GS Red Service – General surgery with an emphasis on vascular surgery
The goal of the Red Surgery Service is to continue the overall objectives of General Surgery with emphasis on vascular surgical disease to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to evaluate, diagnose, treat, and manage patients with peripheral vascular, aortic, and carotid disease.

GS Blue Service – General surgery with an emphasis on acute care surgery, surgical critical care
The goal of The Blue Surgery Service is to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to evaluate, diagnose, and manage the acute care surgery patient. This is comprised of complex tertiary surgical cases, complex re-operative surgical cases, surgical critical care, and plastic surgery patients.

GS Green Service – General surgery with an emphasis on colorectal surgery, surgical oncology, and lower endoscopy
The goal of the Green Surgery Service is to continue overall objectives of general surgery with an emphasis on surgical oncology, colorectal surgery, and hepatobiliary surgery. Residents will develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to evaluate, diagnose, treat, and manage colorectal and oncology patients.

GS Orange Service – General surgery with an emphasis on minimally invasive surgery, bariatric surgery, and upper GI endoscopy
The overall goal of the Orange Surgery Service is to continue the objectives of General Surgery with emphasis on Bariatric Surgery and Upper GI Endoscopy to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitude necessary to evaluate, diagnose, treat, and manage the Bariatric patient

Breast Surgery
The goal of the breast surgery service is to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to evaluate, diagnose, and manage patients with benign and malignant breast diseases.

Trauma/Emergency Surgery/STICU
GS-E is responsible for the ER surgery consults, any surgery required within 24 hours of admission (other than gallbladder disease) and, of course, trauma. This service also covers the SICU, which is responsible for ventilator management, central line placement, PEG/trach, nutrition access. Residents spend two months on GS-E and SICU and rotate with PGY2, PGY3, and PGY4 residents and work closely with several excellent clinical nurse specialists and PAs.

Pediatric Surgery
Our General Surgery Residency Program will provide broad-based experience in pediatric surgery under the leadership of Dr. Ambrosio Hernandez. The woman’s Center at Doctors Hospital at Renaissance currently has 800 live births per month, which will provide an excellent experience with all levels of index cases in pediatric surgery. There are no pediatric surgery fellows; therefore, all cases will be available to the General Surgery Resident on rotation.

Elective
Residents in year 4 may choose one elective rotation. These selections may be an opportunity for specialty training in particular areas of interest for the resident or additional practice in specific areas.

Transplant
Very busy transplant service that primarily deals with liver and kidney transplant. Also involves complex hepatobiliary cases. Good exposure to transplant ICU patients.

Endoscopy
The goal of the endoscopy rotation is to develop an in-depth fund of knowledge of the more common gastrointestinal disorders likely to be encountered by the general surgeon.

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