Maternal/Fetal Medicine

Sponsor:
Burton Rochelson, MD

This fourth-year perinatal elective is designed to acquaint the student with high-risk obstetrics in the environment of a tertiary perinatal referral center. The course is one month in duration. The student is exposed to obstetrical ultrasound and antenatal testing, obstetrical high-risk consultations and high-risk maternal transports. The student will rotate through the high-risk clinic, the maternal/fetal medicine private offices, the high-risk in-patient service, the antepartum testing unit and the labor and delivery rooms. Opportunities are available for participation in clinical research studies.

Gynecologic Oncology

Sponsor:
John L. Lovecchio, MD

This elective in Gynecologic Oncology will be offered all year.  The assignment will encourage involvement in all activities of the Gynecologic Oncology Service. Emphasis will be placed on pre-treatment evaluation of patients, modalities of therapy available (surgery, radiotherapyand chemotherapy) and the principles on which the choice of treatment is made. During the rotation, students will have the opportunity to see all types of GYN malignancies. The student will have the opportunity to participate in Team Rounds and also become part of the Surgical Team. In addition to in-hospital care, the student also will be exposed to office management of gynecologic oncology patients. Students will be encouraged to attend all Grand Rounds held at North Shore University Hospital (Manhasset) and also will have the opportunity to attend formal and informal didactic sessions with direct emphasis on various aspects of gynecologic oncology.

Reproductive Endocrinology/Urogynecology

Sponsors:
Gerald Scholl, MD
Lawrence Lind, MD

This elective will permit students to spend two weeks on Reproductive Endocrinology and two weeks on Urogynecology. In Reproductive Endocrinology, the student will participate in the diagnosis and treatment of infertility and other female reproductive tract disorders. The student will also be involved in office hours, the operating room, in-vitro fertilization procedures and the Andrology and Embryology laboratories.

Urogynecology is a sub-specialty of Obstetrics & Gynecology involving care of women with specialized pelvic floor disorders such as urinary and fecal incontinence, pelvic prolapse (descent of the female organs), chronic pain of the bladder and vulva, evaluation of urinary tract infections and hematuria, and evaluation and treatment of sexual dysfunction. The two-week portion in this rotation would include two operative days with each of the three urogynecology attending physicians. Every attempt would be made for the rotating student to observe a combination of laparoscopic, abdominal and transvaginal surgical procedures. The remaining four days will be an office experience with the attending physicians to see how the out-patient evaluation and treatment of the above disorders are structured. In addition, the rotating student will have an opportunity to shadow our nurse practitioners and physician's assistants to observe the counseling and physical therapy, which are essential for treating our patients.

General OB/GYN

Sponsor:
Valerie Muoio, MD

During this four-week elective, available from September through May, the student will be an integral part of the office based faculty practice of our five full-time generalist staff. The student will participate in office hours, surgery and on-call labor room activities.

Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery

Sponsor:
Michael Nimaroff, MD

This elective, available from August through December, will span four weeks, during which the student's time will be divided amongst minimally invasive surgical cases (both in the ambulatory and main operative room), the postoperative care of in-patients undergoing minimally invasive surgery and the Laparoscopic Surgery Training Laboratory. Throughout the elective, the student will participate in the Department of OB/GYN residency didactic program, as well as the laparoscopic lecture series sponsored by the Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery in the Department of Surgery. It is expected that a brief presentation on an area of interest in Minimally Invasive Surgery be made at the conclusion of the rotation.

Department Contact

Dianne Huang, MS
Phone: (516) 562-4429
Fax: (516) 562-1299
E-mail: DHuang@NSHS.edu