International Visiting Medical Student Course Catalog
80-515 SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
Department
SURGERY
Campus
Birmingham
Course Type(s)
Surgery AI-Inpatient, Elective, Elective AI
Facility
UAB Medical Center
Course Director
SUSHANTH REDDY, MD
Enrollment Limit
2
Contact
SUSHANTH REDDY, MD
Enrollment Minimum
1
Email
sreddy@uabmc.edu
Address
BDB 581
Phone
(205) 934-5916
Fax
Prerequisites
Medicine and Surgery Clerkships plus one additional Clerkship. Medicine, Surgery, Family Medicine, Neurology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry
Course Description
The student will function as an acting intern on this service. Students will be exposed to broad spectrum of malignant diseases including those of the GI tract (esophagus, liver, pancreas, and stomach), skin (melanoma, cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, and basal cell carcinoma), and soft tissue (sarcoma). In addition, the student will care for patients with benign hepatopancreatobiliary diseases including complex pancreatitis and pancreatic cystic disease. Students will be assigned direct patient care responsibilities to be undertaken under the supervision of both faculty members and the house staff. The student will be responsible for direct presentations to the faculty on a daily basis and will be supervised in the operating room and in outpatient clinic settings by those faculty members. Students are expected to learn principles of cancer disease both pathophysiology and normal physiology and are exposed to the multidisciplinary approach for the management of these diseases. Faculty members on this service include Drs. Tanya Arora, Sarah Bateni, Kristy Broman, Vikas Dudeja, Annabelle Fonseca, Martin Heslin, Kimberly Kopecky, Sushanth Reddy, and J. Bart Rose.
Where To Report
For reporting instructions, please contact the Surgical Oncology chief resident (on call) 2-3 days prior to beginning the service via the UAB Paging Operator at (205) 934-3411 or Tameka Lawrence (Surgical Oncology Administrator) at tlawrence@uabmc.edu.
Requirements
See course description.
Evaluation
Pass/Fail. Direct faculty and resident evaluation of student performance on service. The student will be assessed for the likelihood of success in general surgery residency.
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