During the first six months (Julyl 1- December
31), the fellow will be based at the Hospital of the University
of Pennsylvania, where he/she will be a full member of the General
Thoracic Surgical team. The fellow will perform operations on the
lung, airways, chest wall, esophagus, and mediastinum under supervision
of the attending physician staff (Joel Cooper, MD; John Kucharczuk,
MD; ). He/she will participate in the pre- and postoperative care
of patients in the out-patient clinics, and on the surgical floors
and intensive care units as part of a team consisting of the attendings,
a cardiothoracic surgical resident, two general surgical residents,
and several mid-level practitioners (ie, physician assistants and
nurse practitioners). During this first six months, the fellow will
take nighttime call in the cardiothoracic surgical intensive care
unit on an approximately every 5th night basis, during which time
he/she will be the senior in-house physician responsible for both
all inpatient cardiac and general thoracic patients.
During the last six months of the fellowship
year (Jan 1-June 30), the fellow will be expected to continue clinical
activity, but at a significantly slower pace. Surgery and clinical
care performed by the fellow during this period will be dependent
upon the needs of the attendings who operate at each of the institutions
within the University of Pennsylvania Health System. The fellow
may be asked, on any given day, to assist in surgery or clinical
care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Presbyterian
Hospital, Pennsylvania Hospital, or the Philadelphia Veterans Administration
Medical Center. It is not anticipated that the fellow will be required
to take night-time in-house call during these six months. Since
the clinical load will be far less during this six month period
as compared to the first six months, the fellow will be expected
to aggressively participate in the clinical research activities
of the Section, with the goal of bringing at least two research
projects to presentation/publication. This is expected to be a time
that the fellow will become familiar with all aspects of clinical
research, including data collection, data analysis, statistics,
ethical issues is research, and scientific writing/presentation.
His/her presentations and publications will allow him entry into
the academic General Thoracic Surgical community in preparation
for career-long involvement in clinical research. |
The
clinical fellowship in General Thoracic Surgery is designed to provide
broad exposure to all , and in particular the most complex aspects
of, General Thoracic Surgery in preparation for an academic career
in the field.