Surgery

Catalog description

The objective is to learn to care for patients with peripheral vascular disease emphasizing diagnosis, examination, appropriate testing, including ultrasounds, vascular lab, angiography, and CT scans. Students will also be familiar with the natural history of peripheral vascular disease and the role of surgical and non-surgical treatments. In addition the student will gain knowledge of venous disease to include management and treatment of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. The student will be expected to see patients on rounds, assist in surgery, and perform preoperative evaluation of patients with vascular disease. The student will see patients both as in-patients and out-patients. Prerequisite: SGRY 975.