The Inova Fairfax Hospital Surgery Residency Program is fully accredited by the ACGME. The graduating chief residents routinely complete their training with over 1,100 major procedures and have been successful in entering private practice or obtaining fellowships in their chosen fields of interest. Mission and Program Aims Protected Educational Time The residents enjoy five hours of protected educational time each week, including one hour of morbidity/mortality conference, one hour of a grand rounds presentation and three hours of problem/case based learning in our simulation center.

Administrative Staff Surgery Residency Program Manager Diann "Dee" Carrekerdiann.carreker@inova.org Surgery Residency Program Manager Olivia Dohnalekolivia.dohnalek@inova.org Surgery Fellowship and Clerkship Program Manager Kelsey Nieveskelsey.nieves@inova.org Faculty The Department of Surgery currently includes more than 40 full-time faculty in the areas of trauma/critical care, transplant surgery, breast surgery, minimally invasive surgery, hepatobiliary surgery, head and neck surgery, surgical oncology, general surgery, vascular surgery, thoracic surgery and cardiac surgery.

The deadline for receipt of applications to Inova Fairfax Hospital Department of Surgery is November 30. The following information is required: Three (3) letters of recommendation from U.S. or Canadian physicians, including, if possible, the chair of surgery or designee Dean's letter (or equivalent). International medical graduates must have letters of recommendation which clearly document U.S.

For More Information About Inova Fairfax Hospital Surgery Residency Program, Please Contact: Diann "Dee" Carreker Surgery Residency Program Managerdiann.carreker@inova.org 703-776-2337 Olivia Dohnalek Surgery Residency Program Managerolivia.dohnalek@inova.org Mailing Address Surgery Residency Program Inova Fairfax Hospital 3300 Gallows Road Falls Church, VA 22042

How Many Days of Vacation Do Residents Receive? Expand Content Four weeks (28 days) of non-clinical time. This can be PTO, vacation or sick days, or conference attendance. What Is Inova's History with Residency Programs? Expand Content Inova Fairfax Medical Campus and Inova Children's Hospital have a long history in preparing residents and medical students from nearby medical schools.

Monday Surgical Critical Care Conference 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Wednesday Morbidity and Mortality Conference 7 – 8 a.m. Department of Surgery Grand Rounds 8 – 9 a.m. Problem and Case based interactive didactics and simulation 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Thursday Tumor Board 7 – 8 a.m., monthly Other educational events Journal Club – every other month Citywide mock oral exams – every 6 months

PGY-1 Natalie Atkin, DO Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Hometown: Old Brookville, NY Siqi Cao, MD Medical School: Stanford University of Medicine Hometown: Nanuet, NY Brynley Dean, MD Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine Hometown: Washington, DC Nadia Hussein, MD Medical School: University of Queensland School of Medicine Hometown: Oakton, VA Erica Johnson, MD Medical School: University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine Hometown: Baltimore, MD

John J. Moynihan, MD, FACS Chair, Department of Surgery Inova Fairfax Hospital The Inova Surgery Residency Program is a vital part of the fabric of healthcare provided on the Inova Fairfax Medical Campus in Falls Church, Virginia. As Northern Virginia’s only American College of Surgeons (ACS) Accredited Level 1 Trauma Center, we provide only the highest level of care for our patients. Inova has become the northern campus of the University of Virginia School of Medicine.

Jonathan Dort, MD, FACS Program Director  Inova Surgery Residency Program Thank you for your interest in the Inova Surgery Residency Program! We are committed to training and producing competent, experienced, intelligent, and compassionate surgeons, ready for independent practice in any surgical environment. Inova serves the communities of Northern Virginia, as well as being a quarternary care referral center for the entire mid-atlantic region. Inova Fairfax Medical Campus houses almost 1,000 beds distributed among Inova Fairfax Hospital, Inova L.J.

Team Structure There are six inpatient services on general surgery. The trauma/critical care and acute care surgery team is made up entirely of trauma/critical care fellowship-trained surgeons. With roughly 3,000 trauma admissions a year, residents on the service see the whole gamut of blunt and penetrating trauma. Four helicopters service the Inova Trauma Center. Patients from Northern Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia are brought by air and ground to our faculty. Attending surgeons are in-house 24 hours a day.