Sample Block Schedule

Block Schedule

Notes:

  • Resident physicians are allowed up to 3 weeks of vacation per academic year.
  • Residents are allowed a maximum 4-week elective rotation during their community surgery rotation at Holy Cross (Site 7) in their PGY-4 year.

Rotations:

  • Matory: Trauma and Acute Care Surgery at Howard University Hospital
  • SICU: Surgical Intensive Care Unit / Surgical Critical Care at Howard University Hospital
  • ENT: Ear, Nose, and Throat
  • CT / Vasc: Cardiothoracic Surgery / Vascular Surgery
  • NF: Night Float
  • Syphax: Minimally Invasive Surgery / Bariatric Surgery / Colorectal Surgery
  • Leffall: Surgical Oncology / Subspecialty Surgery

Hospital Sites:

  • HUH - Howard University Hospital (Primary)
  • Children’s National - Children’s National Medical Center
  • UMD - University of Maryland Capital Region Health
  • Johns Hopkins - Johns Hopkins Hospital
  • White Oak Adventist- Adventist Healthcare
  • Doctor’s Hospital - Doctors Community Hospital
  • Holy Cross Hospital - Holy Cross Germantown Hospital
  • MSKCC - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center