Grant Medical Center

Program Director: Pedro S. Aguilar, M.D.
285 E. State Street
Suite 670
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: (614) 566-9699

Email: rodehaj@ohiohealth.com 

Number of Residents (per year): 2

Number of Faculty (ABCRS Certified): 12

Salary/Year: $55, 702.40

Case mix / number of cases: The program is based at Grant Medical Center. The Colorectal Service is very active with approximately 900 abdominal and 1,300 anorectal operations performed annually by the Colorectal Surgery Staff. Surgical experience also includes approximately 4, 000 colonoscopies, about one-half of which are with polypectomy. Residents also have the opportunity of performing anorectal manometry, endorectal ultrasound, laser surgery, transrectal endoscopic microsurgery and laparoscopic surgery.

Strengths of program: Our Residency Training Program in Colorectal Surgery was established in 1975. As of  2011 , 64 residents have successfully completed the program. The Colorectal Program at Grant Medical Center provides a well-rounded experience in all aspects of this specialty with particular emphasis on the practical, day-to-day side of the Colorectal office practice. Residents are given the opportunity to work in several different settings including an academic institute allowing the residents an opportunity to achieve their own personal goals.

Clinic & Office Experience: Residents spend two half-day sessions per week seeing patients in the office with the attending on their service. They participate in decision making and office procedures, including flexible sigmoidoscopy. In addition, residents are responsible for Colorectal Clinic held three times a month.

Interaction with general surgery residents: The General Surgery Residents at Grant rotate from Doctors Hospital Residency Program in Columbus as well as Grandview Hospital in Dayton. In addition, Grant Medical Center has an active Trauma program, with Fellowships in Orthopaedic Trauma and Trauma. Colorectal Residents holds biannual Journal Clubs and a bi-monthly Morbidity and Mortality Conference in conjunction with the General Surgery Residents and medical students.

Conferences: Weekly conferences include Journal Club in which formal topics are presented by both the residents, attending staff or invited speakers, Tumor Board, and Surgery Grand Rounds.  Included with Surgery Grand Rounds are the Colorectal Morbidity and Mortality Conferences where the residents prepare and present cases. Residents also participate in monthly pathology conferences.

Anorectal physiology availability: Residents have active participation in manometry, rectal ultrasound and biofeedback.

Research year: None available.

Requirement for paper: The Residents can choose or be assigned a topic and develop their own plan and design. A research nurse is available as well as the attending surgeons for the purpose of completing the project. Completion of the paper will be through a podium presentation or submission for publication in a peer reviewed journal.

Opportunity to attend meetings: Residents have the opportunity to attend the ASCRS National meeting, or any meeting associated with colon and rectal disorders as well as local and regional meetings which include the Columbus Surgical Society and Ohio Valley Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.