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General Surgery Residency Program2021-2022cedars-sinai.org
About Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterCedars-Sinai is one of the largest nonprofit academicmedical centers in the U.S. with 886 licensed beds, 2,100physicians, 2,800 nurses and thousands of otherhealthcare professionals and staff. Clinical programsrange from primary care for preventing, diagnosing andtreating common conditions to specialized treatments forrare, complex and advanced illnesses. In addition,Cedars-Sinai serves the community through its MedicalNetwork, which includes the highly rated Cedars-SinaiMedical Group and Cedars-Sinai Health AssociatesCedars-Sinai rankings:6th on U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals HonorRoll.”Regional Rank:#2 in California#2 in Los AngelesNationally Ranking Hospital in 11 Adult Specialties andRated High Performing in 1 adult specialty and 17 r6930444GENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCYPROGRAM2
Program LeadershipBruce Gewertz, MDChairman,Department ofSurgeryRodrigo Alban, MDAssociate ProgramDirectorFarin Amersi, MDProgram DirectorEdward Phillips, MDExecutive Vice ChairChief, GeneralSurgeryGENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCYPROGRAM3
Department of Surgery Residency ProgramAlthough not all pictured, we have 28 clinical categorical residents, 8 categorical residents onresearch and 74 faculty. Also rotating with our residents are 4 orthopaedic interns (6 rotations),12 anesthesia interns (5 rotations), 2 urology interns (8 rotations), 2 thoracic interns (9rotations), 2 ENT interns (4 rotations), 2 neurosurgery interns (2 rotations), and 1 podiatricsurgery intern (1 rotation)GENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCYPROGRAM4
About the General Surgery Residency Program 6 Categorical General Surgery Interns, annuallyTraining length: 5 yearsResearch opportunity: 1-2 years, optional research Clinical and Basic Science Research available Funded by the Department of Surgery Academic Meeting support for presentations Faculty Mentor-Resident Mentee Program All residents participate Faculty are available throughout the year Resident “Families” – peer mentorship programGENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCYPROGRAM5
About the Program Character of Residency Demanding and Supportive Collegial relationship with attendings Less hierarchical Broad Range of surgery and approaches Culture of cooperation between residents Work Environment Compliant with work hours Call q4d on average Day off (1 in 7 days) In house Teams: IV, blood draw, transport Food allowance, Free Parking Medical Library, Residents’ Lounge EMRGENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCYPROGRAM6
About Didactics Grand Rounds, Wednesdays, 7-8amBasic Science, Thursdays, 7-8am ABSITE preparation (in lieu of Basic Science, Thursdays, December – January) M&M Conference, weekly, Thursdays, 8-9am Visiting Professor Rounds, 4-5 times annually, Tuesdays, 4-5pm Other Discipline Specific M&Ms and Conferences Thoracic Conference Trauma Conference SICU Journal Club SICU Core Curriculum Tumor Board Surgical Oncology Conference Bariatric Conference Colorectal Conference Breast Conference Vascular Conferences Gen Surg Case Conference Transplant Core CurriculumGENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCYPROGRAM7
About Skills LabSkills LabInterns, Mondays, 3-5pm Intern Bootcamp Suturing, knot tying Central Line Placement Basic Laparoscopic Skills Hernia anatomy Instruments Surgical Olympics, 2 times, annually Clinical scenarios Technical challengesR2-R5, Wednesdays, 8-10am FLS skills sessions FES skills sessionsAnimal Labs (2-4 times, annually)GENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCYPROGRAM8
About Women’s Guild Simulation Center for Advanced Clinical Skills Testing ground for new technologyLaparoscopic & Endoscopic Skills TrainingRobotics Training Components 2 Simulated Operating Rooms, with controlrooms 1 Simulated Trauma Room 1 Simulated ICU Room 1 Simulated NICU Room 1 Simulated LDR Room 1 Heart Sounds Lab 3 Airway Skills Lab 1 “Romper Room” – Computer Skills Lab 4 De-briefing rooms 2 teaming rooms 2 staff offices Reception/Work RoomGENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCYPROGRAM9
About Research Opportunities Cardiothoracic SurgeryStem Cell Biology (RMI)OR of the FuturePediatric SurgeryTransplant ImmunologyIslet Cell TransplantationMinimally Invasive Surgical Tech InstituteSurgical OncologyTrauma ResearchClinical TrialsCLINICAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM – designed for residents, fellows, and youngfaculty with aspirations to become clinician-scientists Year 1: Curriculum in translational medicine and clinical research Year 2: Research under the supervision of an experienced mentorGENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCYPROGRAM10
About the Leadership in Advancing Performance (LEAP) ProgramLed by our chairman, Dr. Bruce Gewertz.OBJECTIVES To understand the most effective andrelevant tools, mindsets, and strategies fromLean, Six Sigma, and Human Factors. To appropriately scope a QI project applyingthese methodologies To further develop leadership and emotionalintelligence competencies to effectivelyfacilitate changeGENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCYPROGRAM11
About The RotationsAcute Care Surgery (ACS)PGY 1PGY 2PGY 3PGY 4PGY 5# of rotations# of months# of months# of months# of months1223ACS/Gen Surg – Pomona21Advanced General Surgery (AGS)11AGS/Peds-CSMC1Colorectal1112Minimally Invasive Surgery/BariatricsNight Float32Kidney TransplantLiver Transplant/Hepatobiliary111211111Outpatient Surgery1Peds – CHLA2Plastics1SICU14Surg n21One 4-week blockFour 1-week blocksFour 1-week blocksFour 1-week blocksFour 1-week blocksGENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCYPROGRAM12
About Our Operative VolumesOperative Volumes, Chief 17282263320728249302742527125228310DCR 2020a 2020b 2020c 2020d 2020e 2020f 2021a 2021b 2021c 2021d 2-yearMinavgTotalChiefTAGENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCYPROGRAM13
About Medical StudentsThe Department of Surgery is devotedto surgical education, and medicalstudents are an integral part of thesurgical care we give our patients.Students are involved in the dailypatient care on their surgical team.The surgical team consists of residents,fellows, and attendings.The Department of Surgery's MedicalStudent Education Program offersmedical students a wide variety ofopportunities to learn and grow. Ourteaching faculty are dedicated toenhancing student education at alllevels MS-III Rotations Acute Care Surgery Advanced General Surgery Minimally Invasive Surgery Colorectal Surgery Vascular Surgery MS-IV Rotations Acute Care Surgery Advanced General Surgery Minimally Invasive Surgery Colorectal Surgery Plastic Surgery Pediatric Surgery Surgical Oncology SICU Thoracic Surgery Vascular SurgeryGENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCYPROGRAM14
About Our Residents – R5Akbarshakh (Shah) Akhmerov, MDMD: Cornell UnivUGRD: Emory UnivHometown: Atlanta, GAAbigail Fong, MD, MBAMD: Univ of Chicago Pritzker SOMGrad: Univ of ColoradoHometown: New York City, NYDeven Patel, MDMD: Michigan StateUGRD: UC, San DiegoHometown: Fremont, CAAdam Truong, MD, MSMD: UC, IrvineUGRD: UC, IrvineHometown: Huntington Beach, CAGENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCYPROGRAM15
About Our Residents – R4Jiaxi “Jesse” Chen, MDMD: Univ of TexasUGRD: Univ of TexasHometown: ChengDu, ChinaDaniel Delgadillo, MDMD: UC, San DiegoUGRD: CSUSBHometown: Montclair, CALauren Evans, MDMD: Albany Medical CollegeUGRD: UC, Santa BarbaraHometown: Portola Valley, CARaymond Huang, MDMD: State Univ of NYUGRD: UC, BerkeleyHometown: Los Angeles, CADesmond Huynh, MDMD: Icahn SOMUGRD: Univ of WashingtonHometown: Shoreline, WAJaewon Lee, MDMD: Tufts Univ SOMUGRD: Tufts Univ MedfordHometown: Lexington, MAGENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCYPROGRAM16
About Our Residents – R3Srivarshini Cherukupalli, MDMD: Northwestern UnivUGRD: Northwestern UnivHometown: Cupertino, CAWilliam Lee, MDMD: Univ of Hawaii, John A Burns SOMUGRD: UC, San DiegoHometown: Honolulu, HIGreigory Park, MDMD: State Univ of New York DownstateUGRD: The Pennsylvania State UnivHometown: Brooklyn, NYRami Srouji, MDMD: The American Univ of BeirutUGRD: The American Univ of CairoHometown: Saida, LebanonRobert Tung, MDMD: Univ of Kansas SOM - WichitaUGRD: Univ of KansasHometown: Leawood, KSLucille (Lucy) Yao, MDMD: Drexel UnivUGRD: Duke Univ.Hometown: Chapel Hill, NCGENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCYPROGRAM17
About Our Residents – R2Michie Adjei, MDMD: Tufts UnivUGRD: Univ of Central FloridaHometown: Vereeniging, South AfricaCourtney Chen, MDMD: UC, San DiegoUGRD: California Institute of TechnologyHometown: Chicago, ILShelby Chun Fat, MDMD: Tufts UnivUGRD: Loyola Marymount UnivHometown: Honolulu, HIEileen Lu, MDMD: New York Medical CollegeUGRD: Duke UnivHometown: Cupertino, CAShruthi Nammalwar, MDMD: Geisel School of Medicine atDartmouthUGRD: Columbia UnivHometown: Troy, MISandra (Aricia) Shen, MDMD: UC, IrvineUGRD: Univ of PennsylvaniaHometown: Kaohsiung,Taiwan/Newport Beach, CAGENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCYPROGRAM18
About Our Residents – R1Umar Bhatti, MDMD: Aga Khan Univ Medical CollegeUGRD: Sadiq Public SchoolHometown: Bahawalpur, PakistanMonica Justo, MDMD: DG SOM UCLAUGRD: Rice UnivHometown: Chattanooga, TNRobert Matthews, MDMD: Keck SOM of the USCUGRD: UC, BerkleyHometown: Campbell, CAJoshua Ng, MDMD: Thomas Jefferson UnivUGRD: Univ of PennsylvaniaHometown: Birmingham, ALArmin (Allen) Razavi, MDMD: Tufts UnivUGRD: Case Western Reserve UnivHometown: Pleasanto, CAAdam Surti, MDMD: Washington UnivUGRD: UC, BerkeleyHometown: Palos Verdes, CAGENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCYPROGRAM19
About Our Residents – ResearchEvan Adams, MDMD: DG SOM UCLAUGRD: UC, BerkeleyHometown: Sacramento, CAQiudong (Kevin) Chen, MD, MSMD: Case Western ReserveGrad: Boston UnivHometown: Nanjing, ChinaStephanie Chen, MDMD: Keck SOM of the USCUGRD: Brown UnivHometown: Danville, CATimothy DiPeri, MDMD: E. Tennessee State UnivUGRD: E. Tennessee StateHometown: Franklin, TNNicole Fierro, MDMD: Keck SOM of the USCUGRD: UC, Los AngelesHometown: West Covina, CANicholas Gonsalves, MDMD: Univ of ILUGRD: Wesleyan UnivHometown: Torrance, CASusan Kuo, MDMD: Harvard Medical SchoolUGRD: Dartmouth CollegeHometown: Los Altos, CAAmy Roach, MDMD: Eastern Virginia MedicalUGRD: College of William & MaryHometown: Vienna, VAGENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCYPROGRAM20
About Our Graduates – Where did our 2021 Graduates Match to?Jerald Borgella, MDUniv of Miami /Jackson MemorialHospital – SurgicalCritical CareKjirsten Carlson, MDMD Anderson CancerCenter – BreastSurgeryMarissa Srour, MDMemorial SloanKettering – BreastSurgeryNavpreet Dhillon, MDR. Adams CowleyShock TraumaCenter/University ofMaryland MedicalCenter– Surgical CriticalCare / Acute CareSurgeryGENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCYPROGRAM21
About Our GraduatesFellowship Matches2020FellowshipsInstitutionMelissa Chen, MDTransplantPenn MedicineNicholas Manguso, MDSurgical OncologyMoffitt Cancer CenterEmily Siegel, MDBreast OncologyMoffitt Cancer CenterJustin Steggerda, MDTransplantNorthwestern UniversityJoshua Tseng, MDMinimally Invasive SurgeryResearchCedars-Sinai Medical CenterHalley Vora, MDBreast OncologyMassachusetts General HospitalGENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCYPROGRAM22
About Our GraduatesFellowship Matches2019Joshua Chan, MDFellowshipsInstitutionCardiothoracic SurgeryStanford University MedicalCenterUniversity of North CarolinaHospitalsR. Adams Cowley ShockTrauma Center/University ofMaryland Medical CenterJeffrey Johnson, MDSurgical OncologyAra Ko, MDSurgical Critical CareYassar Hashim, MDSurgical Critical CareCedars-Sinai Medical Center2018FellowshipsInstitutionMonica Jain, MDEndocrineUC, San FranciscoPratik Mehta, MDLiver TransplantBaylor College of MedicineDerek Serna-Gallegos, MDThoracicUniv. of PittsburghGENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCYPROGRAM23
About Our GraduatesFellowship Matches2017FellowshipsInstitutionMichael Choi, MDMinimally Invasive SurgeryWeill Cornell Medical CenterDaisy Chou, MDVascular SurgeryOhio StateChristos Colovos, MDSurgical Critical CareCedars-Sinai Medical CenterHeidi Reich, MDCT SurgeryCedars-Sinai Medical CenterRyan Spurrier, MDPediatric SurgeryOregon Health & s Barmparas, MDSurgical Critical CareCedars-Sinai Medical CenterDouglas Liou, MDThoracicStanford UniversityRichard Jason VonDerHaar, MDPlasticsUniversity of PennsylvaniaGENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCYPROGRAM24
About Our GraduatesFellowship Matches2015FellowshipsInstitutionSeth Felder, MDColorectalUniversity of MinnesotaAlexandra Gangi, MDSurgical OncologyMoffitt Cancer CenterSilvia Kurtovic, MDPlasticsDuke UniversityScott Short, MDPediatricsUniversity of UtahMatthew Singer, MDTraumaUniversity of Arizona2014FellowshipsInstitutionCherisse Berry, MDTraumaUniversity of MarylandBrandice Durkan, MDMISCedars-Sinai Medical CenterOmar Hussain, MDPlasticsMayo ClinicDanny Shouhed, MDMISMount-SinaiGENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCYPROGRAM25
About Our GraduatesFellowship Matches2013FellowshipsInstitutionMichel Dias, MDMISCedars-Sinai Medical CenterTsuyoshi Todo, MDTransplantStanford UniversityKaren Zaghiyan, MDColorectalCedars-Sinai Medical Center2012FellowshipsInstitutionMoshe Barnajian, MDColorectalSUNY- Stony BrookSherry Cavanagh, MDVascularRUSH UniversityManabu Fujita, MDSurgical OncologyJohn Wayne Cancer InstituteAnkur Gupta, MDVascularHarbor UCLAGENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCYPROGRAM26
About the Resources Offered (not all-inclusive list)Institution and GME Free Parking Housing Stipend Medical License Reimbursement DEA Reimbursement Step 3 Reimbursement Medical Library electronic access Meal stipend 403(b) matchingFor information on Compensation and Benefits: ormation.aspxProgram Travel Reimbursement for presentations Chief conference/board review course Book fund Loupes TrueLearn subscription SCORE subscription DeckerMed subscription ACS membership SESAP subscriptionGENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCYPROGRAM27
Application RequirementsEligibility USMLE Step 1, Step 2 CS and Step 2 CK (Step 2 must be completed prior to starting internship– Step 2 is not required at the time of applying) Graduation from an accredited U.S. or Canadian medical school, or have a valid ECFMGcertificate plus eligibility letter from the California Medical BoardApplication Medical School Transcript Three letters of recommendation USMLE Transcripts Dean’s Letter For IMGs only, required at the time of applying: ECFMG Status report California Application Status Letter For more information: tes.aspxCompleted applications requested by mid-October to allow time for reviewGENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCYPROGRAM28
Contact UsVan ChauProgram ManagerGeneral Surgery Residency Program8700 Beverly Blvd., 8215NTLos Angeles, CA 90048Phone: 310-423-6637Email: Van.Chau@cshs.orgMedina CheekProgram CoordinatorMedical Students / Skills Lab8700 Beverly Blvd., 8215NTLos Angeles, CA 90048Phone: 310-423-4508Email: Medina.Cheek@cshs.orgConnect with us @GenSurg CSFor more information:Official Cedars-Sinai uatemedical/residency/generalsurgery.htmlPadlet: We compiled program andinstitutional information in onepage for ease of access.https://padlet.com/csmcgensurg/GenSurg CSGENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCYPROGRAM29
About Medical Students GENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCY PROGRAM The Department of Surgery is devoted to surgical education, and medical students are an integral part of the surgical care we give our patients. Students are involved in the daily patient care on their surgical team. The surgical team consists of residents, fellows, and attendings.
