Fletcher Allen, a Vermont university hospital and medical center, serves all of
Vermont and the northern New York region. Located in Burlington, Fletcher Allen is a regional, academic healthcare center and teaching hospital in alliance with the University of Vermont.
Clinical Rotations - General Surgery Residency
The first clinical year rotations are on the following surgery services: General and Colorectal, Vascular, Cardiothoracic, Pediatric, Plastic, Surgical Oncology, Trauma, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Neurosurgery, and Emergency Surgical Service.
Rotations in the second year include General and Colorectal Surgery, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Surgical Oncology, Transplant, Vascular Surgery and the Emergency Surgical Service.
A year is spent in Surgical Research between the second and third clinical years.
During the third clinical year the resident gains further experience in General and Colorectal Surgery, Surgical Endoscopy and Advanced Laparoscopy, Critical Care, Transplant Surgery, Vascular Surgery and the Emergency Surgical Service.
Residents in the fourth clinical year spend four months as chief resident on the Cardiothoracic Surgery, Pediatric Surgery/Trauma Surgery services and Emergency Surgical Service.
The final clinical year is devoted to serving as chief resident on three general surgery services: General Surgery & Colorectal, Surgical Oncology and Vascular.
All clinical training occurs at the Medical Center Campus with some ambulatory surgery experience at the Fanny Allen Campus, three miles to the east.