Monday
Atlanta Medical Center
6:15 – 6:45 a.m. – Morning conference on previous night’s reading
6:45 – 7:15 a.m. – X-ray rounds
Scottish Rite Hospital
7:30 – 8:30 a.m. – Pre-op conference, review cases for the week. Residents are expected to present their cases for the week to the entire group. The resident is expected to prepare for questions about the cases.
Tuesday
Atlanta Medical Center
6:15 – 6:45 a.m. – Morning conference on previous night’s reading
6:45 – 7:15 a.m. – X-ray rounds
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. – Weekly conference with lectures from attendings, residents and other orthopaedic surgeons
Wednesday
Atlanta Medical Center
6:15 – 6:45 a.m. – Pathology conference
6:45 – 7:15 a.m. – X-ray rounds
7:15 – 8:00 a.m.
1st Wednesday of each month – Chief’s conference, review future clinic cases with attendings
2nd Wednesday of each month – Orthopaedic Surgery Department Meeting
3rd Wednesday of each month – M & M
4th/5th Wednesday of each month – Review cases, lectures, pathology
Scottish Rite Hospital
7:30 – 8:30 a.m. – Core conference lecture by attendings, fellows, or residents
Thursday
Atlanta Medical Center
6:15 – 6:45 a.m. – Morning conference on previous night’s reading
6:45 – 7:15 a.m. – X-ray rounds
Oncology
5:00 – 7:00 p.m. – Tumor Board – Review future and past cases with multiple disciplines including orthopedics, pathology, hematology/oncology, radiation oncology, radiology and general surgery
General Surgery
7:00 – 8:00 a.m.- Orthopaedic Oncology Journal Club
Scottish Rite Hospital
7:30 – 8:30 a.m. – Rotating Thursday Conferences:
Radiology – Pediatric radiologist discusses cases
Hand Conference – Pediatric hand lecture by Dr. Peljovich
Pathology Conference – Pathologist and Dr. Fabregas show cases including slides and radiographs and residents are encouraged to make diagnosis
Indications Conference – Combined conference with Neurosurgery and Orthopaedics. Attendings and residents discusses difficult pre-operative cases
Friday
Atlanta Medical Center
6:15 – 6:45 a.m. – Morning conference on previous night’s reading
6:45 – 7:15 a.m. – X-ray rounds
12:00 – 4:00 p.m. – Weekly conference for entire residency
Scottish Rite Hospital
7:30 – 8:30 a.m. – Post-operative conference, review all the previous weeks’ cases. Residents are expected to prepare for and present these cases.
Other
Hand
Journal Club - 2 times per year, led by Dr. Gary Lourie and attended by all hand attendings.
Pediatric Hand Conference – Dr. Peljovich lectures on pediatric orthopaedics once a month at Scottish Rite Hospital.
Scottish Rite Hospital
Journal Club – Held Once a month
Foot and Ankle
Clinical Topics – Discussed at length before clinic/surgery and during clinic/surgery, based on readings from OKU Foot and Ankle and multiple research articles given to the residents by the attendings.
Sports Medicine
Sports Medicine Journal Club – Once a year with Dr. Kelly
Observe first hand the treatment of professional football and hockey players at the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta Thrashers training sites and games.
Clinical Topics – discussed at length before clinic/surgery and during clinic/surgery, based on readings from the the DeLee and Drez text and the multiple research articles.
Research
The residents have regular interactions with Dr. Ganey regarding research opportunities. In particular technologies that afford opportunities to engage and review innovations in regenerative medicine are a key focus. Genetic diagnostics, cell-based therapeutics, and novel biomaterials have been identified as key areas of translational medicine initiatives – essentially goals of bench to bedside dynamics.