HMS Registration
Please register for fourth-year elective courses with the Harvard Medical School Registrar. Application information and course descriptions for our fourth-year externships can be found on the registrar’s page.
Courses
General Surgery
Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Surgery offers a general surgery elective, which allows students to rotate on one of the general surgery services. Details are as follows:
General Surgery (SU501M.23)
Course Director: Mark Fairweather, MD
Services (students choose one):
- Cushing service (Acute Care Surgery)
Preceptor: Reza Askari, MD
- Cutler service (Gastrointestinal Surgery)
Preceptor: Brent Shoji, MD
- Mannick service (Vascular Surgery)
Preceptor: Matthew Menard, MD
- Moore service (Surgical Oncology, including Breast)
Preceptor: Thomas Clancy, MD
- Chiefs service (Surgical Oncology - Endocrine)
Preceptor: Matthew Nehs, MD
- Zinner service (Colorectal Surgery)
Preceptor: Joel Goldberg, MD
Specialties
The Department of Surgery offers the following courses in specialty services:
- Clinical and Experimental Cardiac Surgery (SU504M.23)
- Advanced Clinical Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (OT501M.5)
Course Director: Rachel Roditi, MD
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (SU514M. JA)
Course Director: Justin Broyles, MD
- Surgical Critical Care Trauma and Burn Management (SU535M.23)
Course Director: Stephanie Nitzschke, MD
- General Thoracic Surgery (SU526M.23)
Course Director: Ciaran McNamee, MD
- Diseases of the Genitourinary Tract (SU518M.23a) and Urologic Oncology (SU518M.23b)
Course Director: Martin Kathrins, MD
Contact Information
Please contact the Office of the Registrar for formal course descriptions, to register for a course or to follow-up on a submitted application.
Harvard Medical School
Office of the Registrar
25 Shattuck Street
Boston, MA 02113
(617) 432-1515
For any other questions, please contact:
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Surgery Education Office
75 Francis Street
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 732-6861
