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Rotations

The resident schedule at Saint Louis University is optimized so that our residents spend as much time as possible on plastic surgery.

Starting their first year, residents spend six months off-service and six months on plastic surgery. By PGY-4,  all rotations are on-service. Residents rotate at the following sites throughout their six years.

  • Saint Louis University Hospital: Academic, Level 1 Trauma Center
  • Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital: Freestanding Pediatric Hospital, Level 1 Trauma Center
  • Mercy St. John’s Hospital: Private Level 1 Trauma Center, ABA Accredited Burn Center
  •  John Cochran Veteran’s Affairs Hospital
  •  St. Mary’s Hospital: Community Teaching Hospital
  •  St. Louis Cosmetic Surgery: Private Practice
- Jul Aug  Sept  Oct   Nov Dec  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  June 
PGY 1 Trauma Ortho  NSGY Transplant Anesth SLU PRS Derm VA PRS VA PRS VA Plas SHMC PRS SHMC PRS
PGY 2 CG PRS CG PRS  Burn Burn VA PRS VA PRS SMHC PRS CG PRS Vascular VA Gen ICU Nights SLU PRS
PGY 3 SMHC PRS SMHC
PRS		 VA PRS OMFS CG PRS Acute Care Surgery Surgical
Oncology		 SLU ENT Burn SLU PRS CG PRS
PGY 4 Mercy PRS Mercy
PRS 		 SLU SLU PRS CG PRS CG PRS Oculoplastics SLU  CG VA/SMHC Mercy VA/SMHC
PGY 5 CG PRS CG PRS COS Elective SLU PRS SLU PRS VA/SMHC PRS Mercy
PRS		 SLU PRS SLU PRS VA/SMHC PRS CG PRS
PGY 6 SLU PRS SLU PRS SLU PRS VA/SMHC PRS VA/SMHC PRS SLU PRS  SLU PRS Elective Mercy PRS COSM COSM COSM

SLU = SSM Saint Louis University Hospital (Level 1 trauma - Academic)
CG = SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital (Level 1 - Academic)
Mercy = Mercy St. John’s Hospital (Level 1 trauma - Private)
VA = John Cochran Veteran’s Affairs Hospital
SMHC = SSM St. Mary’s Hospital (Community)
COSM = St. Louis Cosmetic Surgery (Private Practice)