Department of Surgery Launches Surgical Skills Center Website

The Department of Surgery has launched a new website for its Surgical Skills Center. The program is led by director Edward Kim, M.D., associate director Hueylan Chern, M.D., both associate professors in the Division of General Surgery.

The goal of the Center is to maximize learning in the operating rooms by allowing trainees to master basic technical skills and practice operative techniques and principles outside of the operating room. This is accomplished by providing a structured and robust curriculum including inanimate and tissue models that simulate challenges that occur to novices in the real operations. A recent addition to the cirriculum is robotic surgery training. The lab also supports education research fellowship in teaching, curricular development and research as a pathway to an academic career in surgical education.

The center has its own YouTube Channel and holds frequent competitions.

The other teaching faculty are Patricia O'Sullivan, Ed.D., a professor in the Department of Medicine and Joseph Rapp, M.D., Professor Emeritus of Surgery from the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. Wendy Fong is the technician and operations manager.

Surgical Skills Center website

2017 Annual Mid-Year Evaluation Competition
Top Row: Matthew Schwenke (rad-p), Joseph Rapp (Vasc/Surgical Skills Faculty), Michael Orloff (gs-p), (Plas Faculty), Keith Hansen (gs-p), Johnathan Li (ophtho), Mohammad Elsayed (gs-p), Steven Pletcher, Alexander Gupta (gs/plas-p), Mary McGrath, Ohns Faculty), Adrian House (ohns), Fourth Row: John Lindsey II, (urol), Benjamin Kipper (rad-p), Alexa Glencer(gs), Laura Wong (plas), Madeleine Strohl (ohns), Nancy Wang (ohns) ,Third Row: Ed Kim (Surgical Skills Center Director), Joseph Yang (omf), Alexander Kim (gs), Joseph Lin (gs), Lesley Everett (ophtho), Lauren Eyler (gs), Neel Pasricha (ophtho), Mary Xu (ohns), Huey!ah Chern (Surgical Skills Center Education Director), Second Row: Heiko Yang (urol), Phillip Harrison (omf), Zachary Matth ay (gs), Marlsa Pulcrano (gs), Frances Wu (ophtho), Kneeling: Bethlehem Mekonnen (ophtho), Wendy Fong (Surgical Skills Center Manager), Hillary Braun (gs), Linn Maung (omf), Not in photo: John Roberts (Department Chair), Nancy Ascher (Transplant Faculty), Linda Reilly (Program Director), Courtney Green (Surgical Skills Center, Education Research Fellow, Cameron Wilson (emeg-p)