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Welcome to Pediatric Surgery! Here are your Goals and Objectives.

The pedi surg team maintains a UMass Pediatric Surgery Google Drive to share rotation information, textbook chapters, algorithms, protocols, student/resident/attending didactic presentations, references/journal articles and on-going research within the division.

Other important things to know:

  • Pediatric Surgery Didactic Conference: 7:30 am every Thursday
    • Each intern, resident, medical student is expected to present a 15-20 minute talk on a topic of their choice. Attendings can help identify a good topic if there is uncertainty.
    • Attendings will give the 4th talk of the month on a relevant topic
  • Radiology conference: 8 am every Thursday
    • PGY-4 should prepare a short narrative for patients being presented
  • Pediatric Tumor Board: 3rd Thursday monthly 4-5 pm
    • Run by Hematology-Oncology service. Residents may be asked to present patients if they have undergone surgery.
  • Surgical CPC: 12-1 pm on the 5th Wednesday of months with 5 Wednesdays in H5-381
    • Chief resident will be asked to present on a case of their selection from that month. Attendings can help identify good patients for this – interesting from a Radiographic, Pathologic and Pediatric perspective.

For some added learning, check out:

  • Core Conference: Surgical Abdomen by Dr. Muriel Cleary (Feb 2021)
  • Recommended text books include:
    • Sabiston - Textbook of Surgery, Pediatric Surgery Chapter
    • Principles of Pediatric Surgery by Oneil, Grosfeld, Fonkalsrud, & Coran
    • Operative Pediatric Surgery by Ziegler, Azizkhan, and Weber
    • Pediatric Surgery by Ashcraft, Murphy, Snyder, and Holcomb
  • Current articles in peer-reviewed journals (e. Journal of Pediatric Surgery)
  • Not A Textbook (NaT) Resource from American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA) – website pedsurglibrary.com. NaT Unbound Medicine App available for mobile devices as well.

If you would like to update the information on this page, email kathryn.wynne@umassmemorial.org