All surgical house officers must attend major surgical teaching conferences, meetings and lectures, including:

Chairman's Management Conference

Biweekly, in-depth discussion of a specific clinical problem among surgical residents moderated by Dr. Simms.

Surgical Case Review Conference

Weekly teaching conference, morbidity and mortality review.

Core Curriculum/Basic Science Lecture Series

Key element in the educational program. Employs surgical and basic science texts.  Conference held on a weekly basis. 

Resident Grand Rounds

Biweekly, each categorical resident is assigned to present along with an attending sponsor.

Trauma Conference

Monthly, multidisciplinary conference discussing current case management, reviewing protocols and featuring didactic presentations from house staff and attending physicians.

Optional Conferences

Optional conferences include Transplantation Conference, Tumor Board, and specific cancer conferences in breast, gastrointestinal, pulmonary, head and neck cancers and melanoma. Vascular conference also takes place regularly. The department provides financial support for residents above the first-year level to attend one major surgical meeting per year. The department offers stipends for all residents to attend peer-reviewed meetings at which they present papers.