Educational Activities

“I spent my final two years of residency at St. Luke’s after my original program closed and I sincerely believe it’s one of the greatest things that has ever happened to me. When you become a part of this program, you truly become part of a family. A family that prides itself not only on providing exceptional patient care, but training exceptional surgeons while at the same time actively encouraging wellness and the “work-life balance”.

- Graduate Steadman Wang

Weekly Conferences

• 1. Core Curriculum: A four hour weekly SCORE based attending led teaching conference
• 2. Morbidity & Mortality
• 3. Tumor Board: Thoracic, GI, Colorectal and Breast each have a separate tumor board once a week
• 4. Vascular Surgery Resident Teaching Conference

Monthly Conferences

• 1. Mock Orals
• 2. Journal Club
• 3. Trauma Surgery Morbidity and Mortality
• 4. Vascular Surgery Morbidity & Mortality
• 5. Foregut Conference
• 6. Research Conference

Grand Rounds

St. Luke’s has 2-3 Grand Rounds a year, frequently with guests visiting from outside institutions. Below are some of our most recent speakers:
Russell Samson, MD, RVT, FACS – Vascular Surgery, Sarasota, Florida
“The Role of Heparin Bonded PTFE in Patients with Chronic Limb Ischemia or Claudication”

Edie Y. Chan, MD – Program Director, General Surgery, Rush University
“Burnout: Tips on Stoking the Flame and Avoiding Burnout”

Anthony W. Kim, MD - Professor of Clinical Surgery, Division Chief – Thoracic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC – Los Angeles, CA
“Relying on Big Data to Shape a Thoracic Surgeon’s Academic Career”