Program Schedule

Call

Call in the PGY1 year is based on the surgical service for each rotation. Call in the PGY2 – PGY5 years is home call with the PGY2 taking primary calls and the PGY3-5 backing up. The exceptions are rotations at Cook County Hospital, both the PGY2 and PGY4 are in-house call. The residency is fully compliant with the ACGME requirements.

Program Schedule

Responsibilities on each service are commensurate with residency experience.

PGY – I
(1 month rotations)

1. General Surgery (4 months)
2. Neurosurgery
3. Plastic Surgery
4. Trauma Surgery/Intensive Care (2 months)
5. Rheumatology
6. Radiology
7. Vascular Surgery
8. Orthopedics

PGY – II
(10 Week Rotations)

1. Sports Medicine
2. Joint Replacement
3. Spine
4. Hand/Foot/Ankle
5. Trauma – Cook County Hospital

PGY – III
(10 Week Rotations)

1. Sports Medicine
2. Joint Replacement
3. Hand/Foot/Ankle
4. Pediatrics/Tumor/Trauma
5. Research

PGY – IV
(10 Week Rotations)

1. Hand/Foot/Ankle
2. Trauma – Cook County Hospital (2 rotations)
3. Pediatric Spine – Shriners Hospital for Children
4. General Pediatrics – Shriners Hospital for Children

PGY – V
(10 Week Rotations)

1. Joint Replacement
2. Spine
3. Sports Medicine
4. Trauma – Rockford Memorial Hospital/St. Anthony’s Hospital
5. Tumor/Trauma/Pediatrics