Training Program

Conferences

The pediatric surgery residents and fellows are required to attend the following conferences:

Monday (5 pm)	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Combined Pediatric Surgery Fellow's Conference (weekly) UT and Baylor Fellows	Trauma Conference Pediatric M&M(monthly)	Radiology / Pathology Conference (monthly)	Surgery Grand Rounds (weekly)	TCH Pediatric Surgery Combined Grand Rounds (monthly)

	TCH Tumor Board (weekly)		Department of Surgery M&M(weekly)

			ECMO M&M (monthly)

			Divisional M&M (weekly)

			GI / Surgery (monthly)

Combined Pediatric Surgery Fellow's Conference
Weekly topic and case-based, fellow lead conference covering all major topics in pediatric surgery over a 2-year curriculum that includes ethics. The lead fellow is responsible for a board-oriented, literature-based topic review, a conference pre-test and preparing cases to be presented by designated faculty in an oral / board style format. This conference includes video sessions where movies covering rarely performed procedures are presented and discussed by fellows and faculty.

GI/Surgery Conference
Monthly, Thursday conference with pediatric surgery and gastrointestinal faculty/fellows. Each service presents interesting cases for open discussion regarding medical and surgical management of common Gl diseases. This multidisciplinary conference often results in interesting consults and problem-solving discussions of complex clinical scenarios.

M&M Conferences
The Morbidity and Mortality conference is held every Thursday at 5:00 p.m. in the Pediatric Surgery conference room. Students, residents, fellows, and faculty attend the M&M conference, where surgical cases from the previous week are listed and reviewed, as are complications and deaths occurring during that week. The information gleaned from these teaching conference is invaluable in achieving the education goals of the program.

Department of Surgery Grand Rounds
The Grand Rounds conference is held every Thursday at 7:00 a.m. in the Medical School Building room 3.001. Visiting Professors from around the country (including pediatric surgeons) and UT faculty are invited to speak. This conference is attended by faculty, fellows, residents, and students.

Radiology/Pathology Conference
This conference is held the 3rd Wednesday of every month in the Pediatric Surgery Conference room. This is a multidisciplinary conference attended by pediatric pathologists, pediatric radiologists, pediatric surgical faculty, fellows, residents and students. Interesting cases are presented and discussed.

Quarterly Resident Meeting with Dr. Lally
The pediatric surgery residents meet individually with Dr. Lally on a quarterly basis or more often if desired. This is an informal meeting where each resident is provided the opportunity to discuss the program, projects, upcoming events, career goals and any problems they may be experiencing.

Fellows are also encouraged to attend the Department of Surgery M&M and other multi-disciplinary conferences offered by MD Anderson Cancer Center, Memorial Hermann Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.