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Resident Rotations
The Department of Surgery residents rotate through the three principal hospitals on the Health Sciences Campus gaining comprehensive knowledge and technical skills in a progressive manner throughout the residency program.
First Year
Interns rotate through the three principal teaching hospitals on the USC Health Sciences Campus, LAC+USC Medical Center, USC University Hospital and the USC/NORRIS Cancer Hospital and Research Institute. For eight months, interns are assigned to admitting or specialty services within the Department of Surgery. The remaining four months are spent on rotations to Otolaryngology, Neurosurgery, Cardiac, Orthopedics or Urology. The predominant emphasis of the internship year is development of a comprehensive understanding of pre-operative and post-operative care. Training in technical skills is initiated with interns performing surgical procedures such as appendectomy and hernia repair.
Service Location
Thoracic/Foregut LAC+USC Medical Center
Colorectal LAC+USC Medical Center
Tumor and Endocrine LAC+USC Medical Center
Hepatobiliary LAC+USC Medical Center
Vascular LAC+USC Medical Center
Trauma A LAC+USC Medical Center
Trauma B LAC+USC Medical Center
Trauma C LAC+USC Medical Center
Emergency Non Trauma A LAC+USC Medical Center
Emergency Non-Trauma B LAC+USC Medical Center
Emergency Non-Trauma C LAC+USC Medical Center
Cardiac LAC+USC Medical Center
Pediatrics LAC+USC Medical Center
Pediatrics Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
Cardiac Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
Thoracic/Foregut USC University Hospital
Vascular Transplant USC University Hospital
Cardiac USC University Hospital
Colorectal/Tumor and Endocrine USC University Hospital
Norris Cancer Center
Second Year – Two-month rotations
Second year residents experience an increased level of patient care responsibility. Rotations include time at the LAC+USC Medical Center on trauma and burn services and the two main teaching services at USC University Hospital in addition, rotations in Pediatric Surgery and Cardiac Surgery occur at the Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.
Service Location
Burns/Plastics LAC+USC Medical Center
Cardiothoracic Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
Pediatric Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
Trauma LAC+USC Medical Center
Non-Trauma LAC+USC Medical Center
Vascular Transplant/ Thoracic Foregut USC University Hospital
Third Year - One and One-half-month Rotations
The third year of surgical training is a transition year. Residents
have a level of primary senior level responsibility on the Emergency/Non-trauma
service at LAC+USC Medical Center and the Tumor/Endocrine Service
at the USC Norris Cancer Hospital and Research Institute. Specialty
service rotations on Cardiac and Vascular Surgery are also part
of the third year.
Service Location
Tumor and Endocrine Norris/ USC University Hospital
Vascular LAC+USC Medical Center
Non Trauma Emergency C LAC+USC Medical Center
Cardiac LAC+USC Medical Center
Non Trauma Emergency B LAC+USC Medical Center
Tumor and Endocrine LAC+USC Medical Center
Cardiac LAC+USC Medical Center
Cardiac USC University Hospital
Fourth Year - One and Two-thirds-month Rotations
Fourth year residents serve as senior resident on a Trauma/Critical Care service at LAC+USC Medical Center, as well as the senior resident on the Thoracic/Foregut. Gold (Vascular, Hepatobiliary, Laparoscopic) and Colorectal surgical services at the USC University Hospital. For two months, the resident works closely with the USC Department of Surgery voluntary faculty at the Hospital of the Good Samaritan, a 426-bed private hospital in downtown Los Angeles, caring for a high volume of commonly seen general surgery problems.
Service Location
Trauma/Critical Care LAC+USC Medical Center
Pediatrics LAC+USC Medical Center
Thoracic/Foregut USC University Hospital
Vascular Transplant USC University Hospital
Colorectal USC University Hospital
Hospital of the Good Samaritan
Huntington Hospital
Fifth Year – Two-month rotations
As a chief resident, primary responsibility for all patient care activities on the Hepatobiliary, Tumor and Endocrine, Vascular, Colorectal, Advanced Laparoscopic and Trauma/Critical Care surgical services at the LAC+USC Medical Center is assumed. The chief resident spends two months on each service and is responsible for organizing the staff and major teaching conference participating in medical student reaching and performing service administrative responsibilities.
Service Location
Colorectal LAC+USC Medical Center
Tumor and Endocrine LAC+USC Medical Center
Hepatobiliary LAC+USC Medical Center
Vascular LAC+USC Medical Center
Trauma C LAC+USC Medical Center
Non-Trauma Emergency A LAC+USC Medical Center
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