215 North Main Street White River Junction VT 05009
Service or Unit:
General and Vascular Surgery
Number of Students:
2
Contact Information:
Preceptor:
Timothy C. Counihan, MD
Contact Name:
Dawn Perkins
Phone:
802-295-6393
Fax:
802-291-6262
Pager:
Website:
https://vaww.visn1.portal.va.gov/intranet/wrj
Site Description
Type:
Rural
Meets Diversity Expectation: Yes
Description: A full range of general and vascular surgery in an inpatient and outpatient setting with emphasis on clinical care and workup. Patient population is mostly elderly male with multiple comorbidities and often advanced stages of disease processes. There is relatively little emergency work and no trauma - therefore, night call will be accomplished at DHMC. Students become active members of the surgical team which includes full-time faculty, surgical house staff and physician assistants.
Subspecialty Activities: If desired, time can be spent either with the orthopaedic staff and/or the urological staff.
Didactics: Weekly on Wednesdays at DHMC with all Surgery Clerkship students
Call:
Call Schedule:
Two weekday nights, two weekend nights, no call on Tuesday to study for Wednesday didactics
Call Facility:
DHMC: GSM on-call rooms overseen by the Office of Clinical Education. Instructions for room sign-up posted in on-call area.
Call Details:
6:00pm-8:00am weekdays; 4:00pm-8:00am weekends
Demographics
Population: Veterans in NH, VT, ME, NY (93,000)
No. of Patient: 22,000 enrollees
Patient Encounters: Aim is for 10-15 total patient encounters per week
Clinics - 5-10 patients/week (4.5 clinics/week)
Operating Room - 5-10 patients/week (4 OR days/week)
Patient Census: Census of inpatients between 5-10 patients on combined general and vascular services.
Medical Procedures Info:
Practice Staff: Timothy C. Counihan, MD
Byron F. Santos-Aleman, MD
Benjamin Forbush, MD (GS)
Jean Y. Liu, MD
Michael K. Matthew, MD
Joseph Rosen, MD
David Stone, MD
Philip Goodney, MD
Bjoern Suckow, MD
Site Details
Communication Access:
Computer Access:
Yes
Phone Access:
Yes
Mail Access:
A student may contact Kellogg mailroom to forward US mail, but not Hinman mail
Meals:
Meals Provided:
Yes
Meal Venue:
Cafeteria
Meals Details:
Cafeteria available or bring your lunch with you. Refrigerators and microwaves are available.
Dress Code: During the week attire should be a clean white coat, tie and professional attire. During the evening and weekend hours more casual dress is acceptable.
Equipment/Texts: Library on campus.
"Essentials of General Surgery" by Lawrence will be provided as required reading for didactic studies. It is recommended to read 20 pages per night during the Surgery Clerkship rotations.