The first year experience includes 2 months of Plastic Surgery, 2 months of Vascular Surgery, 2 months of Trauma, 4 months of General Surgery and 2 months of Night Float, all at Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center.
During PGY-2 residents complete 1 month of Transplant Training (Piedmont Hospital), 3 months of General Surgery (Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center), 4 months of Trauma (Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center), 2 months of General Surgery (Wellstar North Fulton Medical Center) and 2 months of Night Float.
Year 3 (PGY-3) requires the following rotations—2 months of Pediatric Surgery (Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite Hospital), 2 months of Surgical Oncology (Piedmont Atlanta), 4 months of General Surgery (Wellstar North Fulton Medical Center) and 4 months of Vascular Surgery (Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center).
During PGY-4 surgery residents devote 2 months to General Surgery (Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center), 4 months to Trauma (Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center), 2 months to Vascular Surgery/Colorectal Surgery (Piedmont Fayette Medical Center), 2 months of Hepatobiliary Surgery (Piedmont Atlanta Hospital) and 2 months of Night Float.
Chief (PGY-5) year rotations include 3 months of Vascular Surgery/Colorectal Surgery (Piedmont Fayette Medical Center), 2 months of General Surgery (Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center), 3 months of Hepatobiliary Surgery (Piedmont Hospital), 1 month of Thoracic Surgery (Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center), 1 month of Breast Surgery (Wellstar Cobb Hospital) and 3 months of Night Float.