General Surgery Residency
Education Schedule
Departmental System-wide Conferences
Resident Education
- Wednesdays, 8:00-10:15 am
Didactics are led by residents as well as faculty. We follow the SCORE curriculum to prepare our residents to manage complex patients and to perform well on board and in-service exams.
Grand Rounds
- Fourth Wednesday of the month, 7-8 am
- Currently hybrid. Will resume in Kulas Auditorium when possible.
- Grand Rounds is followed by a a case conference and career development program with the residents and visiting professor.
Journal Club
- Meetings are once a month, 7-9 pm
- Dates are randomly determined. Participants are notified via email of dates.
- Monthly event where medical students, residents and faculty come together to discuss peer-reviewed articles.
- Currently hybrid. Will resume at off campus location (local restaurant or faculty surgeon’s home).
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Morbidity & Mortality
- Wednesdays (except fourth Wednesday), 7- 8 a.m.
- Currently virtual. Will resume in Kulas Auditorium when possible.
Service-Specific Conferences
Breast Tumor Board
- Thursdays, 4-5 pm
- Currently virtual. Will resume in UH Breen Women's Health Pavilion Conference Room when possible.
Colorectal Conference
- Mondays, 5-6 p.m.
- Currently virtual. Will resume in UH Breen Women's Health Pavilion Conference Room when possible.
Gastrointestinal (GI) Tumor Board
- Wednesdays, 4:30-5:30 p.m.
- Currently virtual. Will resume in Lerner Tower B151 when possible.
Melanoma Tumor Board
- Mondays, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
- Currently virtual. Will resume in Lerner Tower 3rd Floor when possible.
Med/Surg Conference
- Tuesdays, 5-6 p.m. (sometimes 4-5 p.m.)
- Virtual or socially distanced in Kulas Auditorium.
Pancreas Case Conference
- Wednesdays, 8-9 a.m.
- Currently virtual. Will resume in Lakeside Conference Room when possible.
Rectal Cancer Tumor Board
- Wednesdays, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
- Currently virtual. Will resume in Lerner Tower B151when possible.
Sarcoma Tumor Board
- Mondays, 12:15 – 1:15 p.m.
- Currently virtual. Will resume in UH Breen Women's Health Pavilion Conference Room when possible.
Surgical Oncology Teaching Conference
- Once a week with dates and times sent to the resident team in advance.
- Currently virtual. Will resume in Lakeside Conference Room with virtual option when possible.
Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
MORBIDITY & MORTALITY
- Thursdays, 7-8 a.m.
SERVICE-SPECIFIC CONFERENCES
Vascular Teaching Rounds & Conference
- Tuesdays, 7-8:30 a.m.
- Surgical Intensive Care Unit Conference Room
General Surgery Conference
- Thursdays
- Surgery Conference Room
General Surgery Teaching Rounds
- Thursdays, 10-11 a.m.
General Surgery Clinic
- Thursdays, 12:30-4 p.m.
Tumor Board
- Thursdays, 8-9 a.m.
- Basement Conference Room