Cardiopulmonary Surgery

Course No.:  CSUR 709A
Duration:  4 weeks
Credits:  6
Term:  Any
Prereq:  SURG 720
Contact:  Dr. Pasala Ravichandran, 4-7820

Clinical clerkship in cardiopulmonary surgery with laboratory experience. This course provides close exposure to all aspects of cardiac and thoracic surgery including congenital heart surgery on neonates and infants, surgery for valvular and coronary heart disease, surgery for arrhythmia, and heart and lung transplantation. Students work with house staff and faculty with responsibilities for working up patients, assisting in operations and following postoperative care. Laboratory experience includes heart, heart-lung, double-and single lung transplantation in primates. Preliminary reading in adult and pediatric cardiology would be helpful.

Cardiopulmonary Surgery/Away

Course No.:  CSUR 709Z
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Medical students are responsible for making their own arrangements for an away rotation, including receiving the department's review and approval prior to leaving for the rotation. The student must submit approval forms to Education and Student Affairs Office prior to leaving for rotation.

Surgery Research

Course No.:  SURG 701A
Duration:  4-12 weeks
Credits:  4-12
Term:  Any
Prereq:  MS3 or above
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Students participate in surgery research.

Clinical Experience Surgery Subinternship

Course No.:  SURG 709
Duration:  4 weeks
Credits:  6
Term:  Any
Prereq:  SURG 720
Contact:  Dr. Karen Kwong, 4-7344

Clinical subinternships are offered in General Surgery, Trauma Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Pediatric Surgery and Surgical Oncology at sites including OHSU, Emanuel, St. Vincent's, Three Rivers Community Hospital (Grants Pass), Sacred Heart Medical Center (Eugene), VAMC, Bay Area Hospital (Coos Bay - Rural General Surgery) and Good Samaritan (Portland - General Surgery). Students act as fully participating members of surgical teams in preoperative and postoperative care, evaluating patients in the emergency room and outpatient clinic and assisting in surgery. 

Available Hospitals - Cardiothoracic Surgery:
OHSU/VAMC

Available Hospitals - General Surgery: 
OHSU (SURG 709B)
VAMC ( SURG 709V)
Three Rivers Community Hospital (Grants Pass, OR) (SURG 709K)
St. Vincent's (SURG 709S)
Sacred Heart Medical Center (Eugene, OR)
Good Samaritan
Bay Area Hospital

Available Hospitals - Oncology:
OHSU (SURG 709H)

Available Hospitals - Pediatric Surgery:
OHSU - Doernbecher (PSUR 709A)

Available Hospitals - Plastic Surgery:
OHSU or Community - Dr. Nguyen (PLAS 709A)

Available Hospitals - Trauma:
Emanuel (SURG 709T) - MS4s only

Available Hospitals - Vascular:
Vascular VAMC
Vascular OHSU (SURG 709G)

Surgical Intensive Care Unit

Course No.:  SURG 709A
Duration:  4 weeks
Credits:  6
Term:  Any
Prereq:  SURG 720, MS4
Contact:  Dr. Karen Kwong, 407344

Clinical Subinternships are offered at OHSU or the VAMC Hospital. Students participate in patient care in the surgical intensive care unit and learn principles for managing severely ill, injured, and postoperative patients.

Clinical Experience Community Setting

Course No.:  SURG 709C
Duration:  4 weeks
Credits:  6
Term:  Any
Prereq:  SURG 720
Contact:  Dr. Karen Kwong, 4-7344

A clinical preceptorship in general surgery is offered with a specific community surgeon (student is responsible for making arrangements). Students participate in the evaluation of patients in the office and in their pre-and post-operative care as well as assist in surgery.

Surgery Preceptorship

Course No.:  SURG 709J
Duration:  2-4 weeks
Credits:  3-6
Term:  Any
Prereq:  MS3 or above
Contact:  Dr. Karen Kwong, 4-7344

Clinical Experience in any of the surgical specialties at OHSU, VAMC, or in community hospital (by arrangement). Students participate under supervision in the care of surgical patients in the hospital and outpatient setting and learn principles in the care of surgical patients preoperatively and postoperatively.

Rural Surgery - Three Rivers (Grants Pass)

Course No.:  SURG 709K
Duration:  4 weeks
Credits:  6
Term:  Any
Prereq:  MS4
Contact:  Dr. Mark Deatherage

Rural Surgery - Coos Bay

Course No.:  SURG 709M
Duration:  4 weeks
Credits:  6
Term:  Any
Prereq:  MS4
Contact:  Dr. Carla McKelvey, 541-267-5151 x386

Students will be assigned a preceptor surgeon who will supervise their experience. The majority of the time will be spent in general surgery but will have the opportunity to rotate through other surgical specialties including ENT, Urology, Gynecology or Orthopedics. Students will (1) Have exposure to a rural general surgery practice and identify the important issues involved in being a rural surgeon (that differ from practicing in a tertiary referral center), (2) Develop a higher level of comfort evaluating, diagnosing, and treating surgical patients, (3) Identify critical points in inpatient and outpatient follow up of surgical patients, (4) Have exposure to the broad spectrum of rural general surgical procedures, and (5) Hands on experience with minor office procedures.

Surgical Nutrition

Course No.:  SURG 709N
Duration:  4 weeks
Credits:  6
Term:  To be arranged
Prereq:  SURG 720
Contact:  Dr. Karen Kwong - 4-7344
               Dr. Robert Martindale - 4-9145

4-Week elective requiring 5-10 hours per week of discussion/didactic sessions with faculty, plus 20-30 hours per week of clinical responsibilities - will average about 35 hours per week over four weeks. Students will be expected to take overnight call on a schedule determined by faculty availability. Student responsibilities include working up patients, participating in operations, and postoperative care of patients on the OHSU surgical services. Students will participate in teaching and patient care rounds with surgical, wound care, nutritional, and multidisciplinary teams. Didactics and discussions will focus on topics and literature relevant to surgical nutrition. In clinical duties, special emphasis will be placed on care of patients with special nutritional needs. At the completion of the rotation, students should be able to design and implement a plan for nutrition management for a patient throughout the course of their surgical condition.

Special Elective

Course No.:  SURG 709X
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Students may make special arrangements with a faculty member in the department for a specific basic science of clinical research project or for directed reading.

Clinical Surgery/Away

Course No.:  SURG 709Z
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Medical students are responsible for making their own arrangements for an away rotation, including receiving the department's review and approval prior to leaving for the rotation. The student must submit approval forms to Education and Student Affairs Office prior to leaving for rotation.

Pediatric Surgery

Course No.:  PSUR 709A
Duration:  4 weeks
Credits:  6
Term:  Any
Prereq:  All core
Contact:  Dr. Mark Silen, 4-7764

Students choosing this elective will participate with resident and intern staff at a level comparable to that of an intern in the preoperative, operative, and postoperative care of pediatric patients with surgical problems.

Research in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Course No.:  PLAS 701A
Duration:  4-8 weeks
Credits:  6
Term:  Any
Prereq:  SURG 720
Contact:  Dr. Juliana Hansen, 4-7824

Students actively participate in a clinical or laboratory project with ample opportunity to learn how to prepare and publish a research paper from beginning to end. Students may either perform a clinical/laboratory research project of their own or actively participate in one that is underway. Depending on a student's initiative, there is opportunity to be a coauthor on a publication or presentation at a national surgical meeting. If a student's work is accepted at such a meeting, expenses will be paid for the student to present the paper. Current projects include: small bowel transplantation, bone-graft substitutes, cytokine studies in surgical patients, and other surgically related projects.

Surgery for Dummies:  An Introductory Course to the Operating Room

Course No.:  PLAS 705A
Duration:  2 weeks
Credits:  1 for class; 2 for extra credit
Term:  Winter
Prereq:  MS1 or MS2
Contact:  Dr. Juliana Hansen, 4-7824

This class is designed to introduce first and second year medical students to the operating room. The class will consist of 5 combined didactic/practical sessions each two hours long. They are as follows: Intro to the Operating Room, Instruments of the OR, Knot Tying, Running Suture, and the final Practicum. Students will be able to obtain 2 extra credits by working with a surgeon of their choice on an upcoming surgery. To obtain extra credit, you must read about the upcoming surgery, interview the patient, attend the surgery, fill out the provided forms, write an op-note, have the surgeon sign the notes, and hand them in.

Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Course No.:  PLAS 709A
Duration:  4 weeks
Credits:  6
Term:  Any
Prereq:  SURG 720
Contact:  Dr. Juliana Hansen, 4-7824

Students are exposed to an extraordinary variety of congenital and acquired defects in both children & adults. Cranio-facial anomalies, maxillofacial trauma, microsurgery, and unusual surgical problems are seen daily. Cosmetic surgery and reconstructive surgery of the hand, head, neck, torso, and lower extremities are common procedures. Students will have the opportunity to evaluate patients and actively participate in the operating room, clinics, and wards interacting directly with the attendings and plastic surgical residents.

Urology/Renal Transplant

Course No.:  UROL 709A
Duration:  4 weeks
Credits:  6
Term:  Any
Prereq:  SURG 720
Contact:  Dr. John Barry, 4-8470

Students participate in patient care in adult urology and renal transplant clinics and in the University Hospital as part of the renal transplant service, including assistance during urological and transplant operations. Students are introduced to transplantation immunology and selected urologic specialty topics through readings, conferences, patients care and attending rounds.

Pediatric Urology Subinternship

Course No.:  UROL 709B
Duration:  4 weeks
Credits:  6
Term:  Any
Prereq:  SURG 720
Contact:  Dr. Steven Skoog, 4-8470

Students function as interns on a service staffed only by a urology resident and staff. They actively participate in surgery to the extent of doing minor cases. This experience provides an excellent preparation for students interested in surgical careers.

Clinical Experience General Urology

Course No.:  UROL 709C
Duration:  4 weeks
Credits:  6
Term:  Any
Prereq:  SURG 720
Contact:  Dr. Eugene Fuchs

Students function as subinterns on the University adult urology service, including both inpatient and outpatient work. The curriculum focuses on: urology oncology, male infertility, stone disease, and other common urological disorders.

Adult Clinical Urology

Course No.:  UROL 709V
Duration:  4 weeks
Credits:  6
Term:  Any
Prereq:  SURG 720
Contact:  Dr. John Barry, 4-8470

Students function in a "subintern" role on the urology service at the Portland VA Medical Center, and participate in all educational activities of the OHSU urology program. Students can expect to observe and participate in the management of wide variety of adult urological disorders including bladder outlet obstruction, hematuria, urologic cancers, UTI, stone disease, erectile dysfunction, and continence problems.

Special Elective

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Students may make special arrangements with the department for individual programs of study.

General Urology/Away

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Off-campus urology electives may be scheduled at another medical school, or under certain conditions, at a local private urology practice. A curriculum with written objectives and performance criteria equivalent to that of the urology sections of Surgery 721 must be approved by the Chairman of the OHSU Urology Division. Medical students are responsible for making their own arrangements for away rotations, and approval forms must be submitted to the Student Affairs Office before leaving for the rotations.

Clinical Research in Surgical Oncology

Course No.:  SURG 701B
Duration:  4 weeks
Credits:  6
Term:  Any
Prereq:  IMED 720, SURG 720
Contact:  Dr. Kevin Billingsley, 4-5501

Students gain experience in clinical oncology through participation in radiotherapy and chemotherapy clinics, tumor clinic and tumor board, surgery conferences, and inpatient rounds.

Clinical Experience in Surgical Oncology

Course No.:  SURG 709D
Duration:  4 weeks
Credits:  6
Term:  Any
Prereq:  IMED 720, SURG 720
Contact:  Dr. Kevin Billingsley, 6-5501

Students gain experience in clinical oncology through participation in radiotherapy and chemotherapy clinics, tumor clinic and tumor board, surgery conferences, and inpatient rounds.