North Shore Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Program Director: Dr. John Procaccino
900 Northern Blvd., Suite 100
Great Neck, NY 11021
Phone: (516) 730-2100 Fax: (516) 730-2151
Email: jprocacc@nshs.edu
Number of residents (per year): 1
Number of Faculty: 12
Salary/year: $60, 453
Case mix/number of cases:
- 1500 abdominal cases
- 500 anorectal cases
- 3000 colonoscopies
- 100-150 re-op cases
Strengths of the Program:
- Tertiary referral center for 19 system-wide Long Island Hospitals
- 12 ABCRS certified surgeons performing complex and routine abdominal and anorectal cases daily as well as colonoscopies, office procedures and patient encounters
- Large volume of IBD Surgery:
- Pelvic pouches
- Primary and re-operative
- Complex anorectal cases
- Laparoscopic Colon and Rectal Surgery
- Ancillary services: IR, Enterostomal therapist, IBD pathologists, perioperative services
Clinic and Office Experience:
- Formal office hours with Attending based on rotation site
- Actively involved in pre- and post-operative decision analysis
- Active role in office based procedures
Interaction with General Surgery Residents: Close involvement with a full compliment of general surgery residents.
Conferences:
- Colorectal Lecture Series weekly
- General Surgery M&M weekly
- General Surgery Grand Rounds weekly
- Colorectal Journal Club monthly
- Colorectal Quarterly Visiting Professor
- NYSCRS quarterly
Anorectal Physiology:
- Manometry
- EMG
- Pudendal Nerve Latency
- Endorectal U/S
- Experience with all gained as all procedures are performed in the office setting twice monthly
Outside Rotations: 3 months intervals alternating between North Shore and LIJ
Research year: At present not offered or required
Opportunity to attend meetings:
- All local and regional society meetings
- ASCRS meeting
- Resident may attend any national meeting that accepts his/her paper as a podium presentation
Requirement for publication: Resident must submit at least one abstract for presentation to the ASCRS annual meeting
Resident expected to present research project at NYSCRS