Vascular Surgery with AR Gould Hospital, Presque Isle, ME and Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, ME

Rotation Overview

This Vascular surgery rotation will provide an opportunity to experience the full complement of modern day vascular care in a rural surgery practice, including endovascular and open surgical care in the resource limited environment of rural Maine.

Location

• Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, ME
• AR Gould Hospital in Presque Isle, ME

Primary Responsibilities

• Operate on and manage post-operatively our vascular patients
• Keep a log of all surgeries performed during the rotation
• Work cooperatively and collaboratively with non-physician providers when called upon for a surgical patient evaluation

Call and Consultation

• Take surgical call, in conjunction with the on-call surgeon
• Call is taken from home, with a 20-minute response time to the hospital required in emergencies
• Emergency call-backs are uncommon

Schedule

• Primary responsibility includes operating on and managing post-operatively our vascular patients
• Ambulatory Clinic time will be assigned if operative time is not available
• Round daily on surgical inpatients (typical inpatient census of 1 to 4 patients) in cooperation with the attending surgeon
• Provide surgical consultation for Medicine inpatients as requested

Accommodation

• Housing may be available in Bangor at no cost to the learner
• Housing in Presque Isle is typically at the Hampton Inn or comparable lodging
• Residents may be reimbursed for housing expenses by the MERGE Collaborative