General Surgery

Department/ Rotation	Hours per Week	Methodology
Surgery Overall	68	New Innovations
Burn & Trauma	79
Emer Surgery ESS	65
Gen Surg A/Vasc UH	81
Gen Surgery B UH	73
Gen Surgery VA	73
Pediatrics UH	68
Vascular VAMC	68
Plastics UH	58
Lovelace	68
Presbyterian	65
SICU	67
Thoracic VAMC	64
Orthopedics UH	57
Urology VA	68

PGY Level	Rotation	Length	Location
1	General Surgery	8 weeks	Univ. New Mexico Hospital
1	General Surgery	8 weeks	Veteran Affairs Health Center
1	General Surgery	4 weeks	Lovelace Medical Center
1	Plastic Surgery	4 weeks	Univ. New Mexico Hospital
1	Vascular Surgery	4 weeks	Univ. New Mexico Hospital
1	Orthopedic Surgery	4 weeks	Univ. New Mexico Hospital
1	Neurosurgery	4 weeks	Univ. New Mexico Hospital
1	Urology	4 weeks	Veteran Affairs Health Center
1	Burn & Trauma	4 weeks	Univ. New Mexico Hospital
1	Surgical Intensive Care Unit	4 weeks	Univ. New Mexico Hospital
1	Vascular/Transplant	4 weeks	Univ. New Mexico Hospital
2	General Surgery	19.5 weeks	Univ. New Mexico Hospital
2	Burn & Trauma	13 weeks	Univ. New Mexico Hospital
2	Emergency Surgery Service	13 weeks	Univ. New Mexico Hospital
2	Surgical Intensive Care Unit	13 weeks	Univ. New Mexico Hospital
3	Pediatric Surgery	13 weeks	Univ. New Mexico Hospital
3	Emergency Surgery Service	13 weeks	Univ. New Mexico Hospital
3	General Surgery	13 weeks	Veteran Affairs Health Canter
3	General Surgery	13 weeks	Lovelace Medical Center
4	Burn & Trauma	13 weeks	Univ. New Mexico Hospital
4	Vascular Surgery	6.5 weeks	Univ. New Mexico Hospital
4	Emergency Surgery Service	6.5 weeks	Univ. New Mexico Hospital
4	General Surgery	13 weeks	Presbyterian Hospital
4	General Surgery	13 weeks	Lovelace Medical Center
5	General Surgery	26 weeks	Univ. New Mexico Hospital
5	Vascular Surgery	6.5 weeks	Univ. New Mexico Hospital
5	Emergency Surgery Service	6.5 weeks	Univ. New Mexico Hospital
5	General Surgery/Vascular Surgery	13 weeks	Veteran Affairs Health Center

The general surgery program allows residents to take on increased responsibility for patient care early in their training, partly due to the absence of fellows at our institution. Interns rotate through the surgical ICU as well as see consults in the emergency department. R2's are the mid-level resident on their services and are expected to operate. The R3's perform trauma resuscitations and gain considerable experience in pediatric surgery. The R4's as well as the R5's are the chief resident on their rotations.

Night call at UNM Hospital is covered by our 'night float' service in the Emergency Surgery Service from 5pm to 6am on Sunday through Thursday nights. Weekend call is covered via rotation of the residents from the day services.