Drexel University College of Medicine

Rotation Locations

• HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (HUH)
  Located at Broad and Vine Streets in Center City Philadelphia, Hahnemann University Hospital is a 636-bed tertiary referral center. General surgery experience focuses on complex GI surgery, colorectal surgery, vascular surgery, and surgical oncology. This hospital is also the site of the Minimally Invasive Surgery program that provides focused experience in laparoscopic procedures, and is a Level I Regional Resource Trauma Center supported by a separate trauma/critical care service. A multiple organ transplantation service specializing in kidney and pancreas transplant is also based at Hahnemann University Hospital. The kidney transplant program is the busiest in the Delaware Valley area.

• ST. CHRISTOPHER’S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN
  This freestanding 183-bed pediatric specialty hospital in Philadelphia is the site of a fully approved fellowship in pediatric surgery. The surgery residents are fully integrated in the general pediatric surgery and the pediatric multiple organ transplantation programs. Currently our program offers exposure to pediatric surgery at both the junior and senior levels.

• CROZER CHESTER MEDICAL CENTER/BURN UNIT
  Crozer Chester is a 489-bed tertiary care community hospital in Upland, PA, approximately 20 minutes south of Philadelphia and easily reached by Interstate 95. PGY-2 surgery residents rotate on the Burn Unit at Crozer Chester and work closely with a dedicated group of burn-care-certified physicians and surgeons.

• BRYN MAWR HOSPITAL
  Bryn Mawr Hospital (BMH) is a 283-bed facility located at 130 South Bryn Mawr Avenue in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Associated with the Main Line Health System, Bryn Mawr is a busy regional healthcare site. The Department of Surgery sent its first group of residents to Bryn Mawr in June 2003. The goal of the Bryn Mawr rotation is to provide residents with an opportunity to gain experience at a community facility. These PGY-2s, PGY-3s and PGY-4s residents acquired a wealth of experience facilitated by participating in:

  • Inpatient, outpatient and office procedures
  • Formal teaching rounds
  • Supervised operative procedures
  • Formal clinical conferences

  The alliance with BMH has proven to be extremely successful and, this academic year, we have three middle-year residents per rotation assigned there. Residents rotating at Bryn Mawr engage in a wealth of supervised surgical procedures, including:

  • Inguinal and abdominal hernia repairs
  • Laparoscopic cholecystecomies
  • Appendectomies
  • Small and large bowel resections
  • Colostomies
  • Lumpectomies
  • Mastectomies
  • Sentinel lymph node biopsies
  • Axillary lymph node dissection
  • Common peripheral and vascular surgery procedures

  The Department of Surgery’s affiliation with Bryn Mawr Hospital continues to be a mutually beneficial endeavor.

• ST. PETER'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL