General Surgery Residency Program

Department of Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Orientation Schedule
2018-2019
Date/Time Location Person Responsible/Topic
Sat. and Sun., Faculty Office 7:00 – 7:00 pm Chris Dente, MD
June 23 and 24 Building, 1st floor, Director, Advanced Surgical Courses
Grady Campus  ATLS Course
(directions attached)
Mon., June 25 Emory University 7:30 am Keith Delman, MD, Program Director
Hospital, 1st floor,  Introductions/Welcome
Office of Surgical 8:00 – 9:00 am Surgical Boot Camp
Education  Overview and Instructions
9:00 – 12:30 pm Practical Sessions
Classrooms 108/110
12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch
(Breakfast and Lunch 1:30 – 5:00 pm Practical Sessions
provided)
Tues., June 26 Emory University 8:00 am Surviving Plastic Surgery Quad Call
Hospital, 1st floor, Paul Ghareeb, MD, Plastic Surgery Chief Resident
Office of Surgical 9:00 am Tips for Success on the Pediatric Surgery Service
Education Irving Zamora, Sr. Pediatrics Fellow
10:00 am The Urology Survival Guide: Foley Catheters,
Stones and Other Pearls
Mo Said, MD, Urology Chief Resident
11:00 am Jahnavi Srinivasan, MD, Assoc. Program Director
 Simulation and Elective Programs
Classrooms 108/110 11:45 am Break
12:00 – 1:30 pm Lunch with Administrative Chief Resident
Amir Razavi, MD
1:30 pm Break
1:45 pm Class Photograph by Jack Kearse
2:30 pm Kimberly Ramonell, MD
Chair, Resident Curriculum Committee
(Lunch provided) 3:00 pm Steven Kim , MD
Chair, Resident IT Committee
3:30 pm Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Rachel Medbery, MD
4:15 pm Johanna Hinman, Associate Director of Education
 Introduction
 H-Wing Do’s and Don’ts
 Training Supplies

General Surgery Orientation 1 2018 - 2019

 General Surgery Residency Program
Department of Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Date/Time Location Person Responsible/Topic
Wed., June 27 Grady Trauma 8:00 – 12:00 noon Grady Orientation
Auditorium, Ground
Floor, Main Hospital, (does not include OMFS or Luis Vera)
80 Butler Street,
Grady Hospital, Main 1:00 – 4:00 pm Grady EPIC Training (Electronic Medical Records)
Campus
Must complete online modules prior to attending classroom training.
(directions attached)
Room 3H004
1. Kirsten Baecher 12. Galimat Khaidakova
2. Ciara Brown 13. Jessica Labib
3. Callan Brownfield 14. Jonathan Li
4. Jesse Codner 15. Richard Meena
5. Dale Deas 16. Michelle Sheng
6. Sameer Farooq 17. Constance Shreckengost
7. Syed Safder Hasan 18. Michael Silverman
8. Benjamin Hazen 19. David Swift
9. Carson Hoffman 20. Carolyn Taillon
10. Aileen Johnson 21. Giacomo Waller
11. Jessica Keilson 22. Anna West
Atlanta Fish Market 6:30 – 9:00 pm John Sweeney, MD
265 Pharr Road, NE W. Dean Warren Distinguished Professor of Surgery
Atlanta, GA 30305 Chair, Department of Surgery
(404-262-3165)  Intern’s Welcome Dinner
Thurs., June 28 Emory University, 6:30 – 5:00 pm Office of Graduate Medical Education (GME)
School of Medicine University Orientation
Note 2 Bldg., 1st Floor Hiring, orientation, pagers, parking, benefits, ID cards, etc.
(Breakfast and Lunch) (does not include OMFS)
Fri., June 29 Emory University 8:00 am Keith Delman, MD, Program Director
Hospital, 1st floor,  Program Overview
Office of Surgical 10:00 am Ravi Rajani, MD, Associate Program Director
Education  Grady Rotations and Expectations
10:30 am Barbara Pettitt, MD
Director, Surgical Clerkship/M4 Programs
 Residents as Teachers
(Lunch – On Your  Feeding your M3
Own) 12:00 noon Michael Lowe, MD
Note 1  Extramural Activities
Emory University General Surgery CATEGORICAL Residents Only!
Hospital, Annex, 1:30 pm ACS Entering Residents Readiness Assessment
Room N206
Sun., July 1 Report to your rotations!
 Note 1 – Bring a copy of your medical school diploma, ACLS Certificates, USMLE scores not submitted
through ERAS (we must have Part I, Part II CK and CS)
 Note 2 – Bring I-9 documents and $10 for registration/parking at Grady.

General Surgery Orientation 2 2018 - 2019