The Inova-GWU Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship is composed of three elements: clinical experience, didactic instruction with both clinical supervision and formal seminars, and research training. Each of these components is carefully balanced to allow the fellow sufficient time to pursue both clinical and research goals. Review the weekly schedule Clinical Experience Clinical experience includes both inpatient and ambulatory consultations, liaison activities, and supervised psychotherapy cases.

Leadership The Inova-GWU Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship is directed by Catherine C. Crone, MD, and Thomas N. Wise, MD. Dr. Crone is a fellow of the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (APM) and current treasurer. Dr. Wise has been president of both the APM and the American Psychosomatic Society. He is associate chair of psychiatry at GWU. Both have focused much of their careers on fellowship training, serving on the APM fellowship training subcommittee and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology’s psychosomatic medicine examination committee.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday HIV Clinic Administrative Psychiatry   Transplant Psychiatry Seminar Liaison Conference   Medical Illness Clinic   C-L Case Conference Journal Club C-L Rounds   Geriatric Rounds   Neurology/ Neuropsychiatry Seminar C-L Literature Conference Pediatric C-L Seminar Research Seminar Hypnosis Seminar C-L Rounds         Recurrent Breast Cancer Group Psychosomatic Boards Prep Pulmonary Rehab C-L Rounds       Breast Cancer Support Group Cardiac Rehab HIV Clinic  

Current ACGME Residency and Fellowship Programs at Inova. CPME or other specialty accreditation is noted.

The Graduate Medical Education (GME) Clearance Card Checklist lists all the required documents and forms for residents, which are also listed below. Follow the links to complete the necessary forms and view the Inova training documents. *Please note: The GME forms can now be completed electronically! Simply download and save each form, select the 'Add Text' option under 'Sign' to complete the form.

The Graduate Medical Education department is committed to providing resources to ensure our residents remain mentally, physically, and emotionally healthy. The purpose of this site is to provide our residents and fellows with tools to practice self-care and build resilience during residency training.

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.