Multidisciplinary Gastrointestinal Oncology
ME 514M.5
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This elective focuses on the multidisciplinary approach to the evaluation and treatment of patients with gastrointestinal malignancies. With a focus on disease sites, medical students will work with surgical oncologists, medical oncologists, and radiation oncologists as part of clinical multidisciplinary team. Students will attend and participate in multidisciplinary clinics where all providers are present including rectal cancer clinic, pancreatic cancer clinic, and hepatobiliary cancer clinic. Furthermore, students will interact with other members of the team including radiologists, pathologists, gastroenterologists, geneticists, nutritionists, and residents/fellows in their respective disciplines. Students will gain an understanding of the intricacies involved in multidisciplinary management of complex GI cancer patients, and how each team member contributes. Students will attain working knowledge of the synergistic and/or complementary effects of chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery. They will appreciate novel treatment modalities including laparoscopic and/or robotic surgeries, transplant surgery, complex pancreatic surgery with vascular reconstruction, targeted therapy and/or immunotherapy, and advanced radiation treatment modalities. The curriculum includes longitudinal exposures to patients with various malignancies; intra-operative exposure to open and minimally invasive surgery, correlating radiology and pathology findings, and understanding multidisciplinary team decision making. Involvement in ongoing clinical and laboratory research projects is encouraged but no required. No night or weekend responsibilities.
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