1. Surgery Residency Program Frequently Asked Questions

    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.
  2. General Surgery Conferences

    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
  3. Meet Our 2022-23 Surgery Residents

    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
  4. Message from the Chair - Inova Surgery Residency Program

    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.
  5. Message from the Program Director - Surgery Residency Program

    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.
  6. Outpatient/Inpatient Surgery - Inova Surgery Residency Program

    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.
  7. Surgery Residency Program Recent Graduates

    2021-2022 Timothy Fokken, MD Transplant Surgery Fellowship Inova Fairfax Medical Campus Fairfax, VA Edmund Lee, MD Bariatric/Foregut/Adv GI MIS Fellowship Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY Morgan McLeod, MD General Surgeon with the US Marine Corps Expeditionary Medical Forces Unit Kilo Camp Lejeune, NC Michael Parker, MD Vascular Surgery Fellowship Loyola University Chicago, IL Rachel Pferdehirt, MD Limb Preservation/Wound Care Fellowship Inova Fairfax Medical Campus Fairfax, VA Stacy Ranson, MD Colorectal/MIS Fellowship AdventHealth Orlando Orlando, FL 2020-2021 Courtney Culbrea
  8. Surgery Residency Program - Resident Life

    When you work at Inova, located just 10 miles from Washington, DC, you have the world at your fingertips. The DC region is a vibrant, exciting place to live and work. With nearly unlimited access to political, cultural, historical and educational opportunities, the best part is knowing these attractions are only minutes from your door. Why Choose Inova? Inova is situated in the heart of Northern Virginia, a rapidly growing community with a population of 2 million and counting.
  9. Surgical Critical Care Fellowship

    Submitted by centretek on Sat, 10/15/2022 - 09:25
    The Inova Surgical Critical Care Fellowship is a 12-month program designed to prepare fellows for the advanced levels of performance expected of a board-certified subspecialist. Located on the Inova Fairfax Medical Campus in Northern Virginia, a few miles from the nation's capital in Washington, DC, the program offers the diverse, real-world educational and clinical experience required by a well-rounded clinician.   From Our Program Director, Paula Ferrada, MD, FACS, FCCM, MAMSE Thank you for your interest in Inova Fairfax Hospital's Surgical Critical Care Fellowship.
  10. About the Surgical Critical Care Fellowship

    The goal of the Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program is to prepare fellows to function as qualified practitioners at the advanced level of performance expected of a board-certified subspecialist. The education of surgeons in the practice of surgical critical care encompasses didactic instruction in the basic and clinical sciences of surgical diseases and conditions, as well as education in procedural skills and techniques used in the intensive care settings.