Georgetown University Medical Center

Intensive Care Units (Surgery)

Section: 4th Year Elective Catalog

ELECTIVE FILLED - CLOSED - Surgical Critical Care: 4353-541

Department: Surgery/General

Instructor:  Jeffrey Plotkin, MD

Contact: Mary Nguyen

Phone: (202) 444-8885

Location: Georgetown University Hospital

Duration: Four Weeks

Max Students: Two per time period

Description: An intensive four-week course in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit with both practical and theoretical basis for critical care in a surgical intensive care unit setting.  Fundamentals of Ventilator support, interventional cardiac monitoring, etc. will be reviewed during this elective.  In-house call will be every third night and it will be synchronized with the two surgical residents taking every-other-night call while on the critical care rotation. 

ELECTIVE FILLED - CLOSED - Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care: 4353-560

Department: Trauma Services

Instructor: Samir M.Fakhry, MD

Contact: Alyssa Thurman

Phone: (703) 776-6699

Location: Inova Fairfax Hospital

Duration: Four Weeks

Max Students: Two per time period

Description: The Students will rotate on the Trauma Surgery/ General Surgery I Service.  They will have the responsibility for the management of patients on the surgical ward, the Intermediate Care Unit (IMC) and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) commiserate with their experience and the severity of the patient?s illness.
ELECTIVE FILLED - CLOSED - Surgical Intensive Care Unit: 4353-562

Department: Medicine/Intensive Care

Instructor: Arthur St. Andre, MD

Contact: Raymond DiPhillips, MD

Phone: (202) 877-7259

Location: Washington Hospital Center

Duration: Four Weeks

Max Students: Two per time period

Description: This elective rotation is an introduction to the management of the medical and surgical problems of acutely ill surgical patients, including cases involving trauma, neurosurgery, cardiovascular-thoracic, abdominal, and other surgical subspecialties.  This is an excellent rotation for students interested in medicine or surgery.  Over 200 patients per month are treated for vital organ dysfunction.  Students will participate with attendings, fellows, and residents in patient evaluation, presentation, and management, including intensive care procedures.  Night call is approximately every fourth evening.  Additional critical care faculty of surgical and internal medicine backgrounds include Drs. Herr, DiPhillips, Sample, Hockstein, Lee, Wang and Sava .