Department of Surgery Chair Dr. Nita Ahuja presented the annual State of the Department address at Grand Rounds on September 10, 2022. Yale School of Medicine employees can access a video recording of the presentation via Box by clicking here. With efficiency set as the Department's "north star" for the coming academic year, key priorities across the missions were outlined as follows:
Department of Surgery AY22 Goals
Chair, Dr. Nita Ahuja
Executive Vice Chair Operations, Dr. Mehra Golshan
CLINICAL: Minimize operational pain points.
RESEARCH: Secure dedicated resources for surgeon scientists.
EDUCATION: Develop structured curriculum and retention pipeline for medical students.
PEOPLE: Implement “Great Place to Work” initiatives, as determined by Faculty.
Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery AY22 Goals
Division Chief, Dr. John Morton
CLINICAL: Increase bariatric surgery volume to 600 cases system wide
QUALITY: Offer hernia appointment within 7 days
RESEARCH: Publish data on remote monitoring for OP sleeve gastrectomy
EDUCATION: Introduce new endoscopy module
Cardiac Surgery AY22 Goals
Division Chief, Dr. Arnar Geirsson
CLINICAL: Expand clinical program at additional sites
QUALITY: Improve STS Star ratings to 3
RESEARCH: Increase NIH grant submissions
EDUCATION: Establish advanced fellowship in Aortic Surgery
Colon & Rectal Surgery AY22 Goals
Division Chief, Dr. Vikram Reddy
CLINICAL: Develop focused programs for IBD (pouch clinic etc) and rectal cancer
QUALITY: Standardize per-op, intra-op, and post-op patient management across sites
RESEARCH: Start a microbiome research program
EDUCATION: Robotic colorectal surgery program for students
General Surgery, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care AY22 Goals
Division Chief, Dr. Kimberly Davis
CLINICAL: Recruit additional Faculty for Greenwich and L+M teams
QUALITY: EGS verification through the ACS
RESEARCH: Increased pursuit of grant funding
EDUCATION: Continue 3-decade run of successful fellowship matches
Otolaryngology AY22 Goals
Division Chief, Dr. Benjamin Judson
CLINICAL: Onboarding of AY22 recruits: Ryan Rimmer, Ansley Roche
QUALITY: Recruitment of scientists for Head & Neck and Hearing
RESEARCH: Create virtual sub-internship
EDUCATION: Establish care pathway to reduce PICU admissions
Pediatric Surgery AY22 Goals
Division Chief, Dr. Michael Caty
CLINICAL: Develop Adolescent Bariatric Surgery program
QUALITY: Lead YNHCH for ACS verification as Children’s Surgical Center
RESEARCH: Develop divisional infrastructure for outcomes research and multicenter trials
EDUCATION: Develop virtual fellowship interview, pilot resident-faculty evaluation tool
Plastic Surgery AY22 Goals
Division Chief, Dr. Bohdan Pomahac
CLINICAL: Expand gender affirmation and breast reconstruction programs
QUALITY: Standardization of care for reconstructive patients
RESEARCH: Increase outcomes funding
EDUCATION: Achieve ACGME approval for 4 residents per year
Surgical Oncology AY22 Goals
Division Chief, Dr. Ronald Salem
CLINICAL: Programmatic Expansion to Trumbull, Guilford and New London
Thoracic Surgery AY22 Goals
Division Chief, Dr. Daniel Boffa
CLINICAL: Establish clinical pathways for lung cancer for the network
QUALITY: Have at least 1 grant application receive NIH funding
RESEARCH: Establish 90 min growth block for leadership, quality, clinical excellence
EDUCATION: Optimize the cPR model of quality improvement
Transplantation AY22 Goals
Division Chief, Dr. David Mulligan
CLINICAL: Increase transplant procedural volumes in all organs
QUALITY: Additional R grant
RESEARCH: Attending participation in surgical video review after every case with residents
EDUCATION: Enroll in TransQIP and initiate analysis
Vascular & Endovascular Surgery AY22 Goals
Division Chief, Dr. Raul Guzman
CLINICAL: Grow wRVUs by at least 10%
QUALITY: Receive 3 stars (highest rank) from VQI for quality of data collection
RESEARCH: Increase grant submissions
EDUCATION: Integrate second year of research to residency program