Medical Students
Orientation
Welcome to Surgery
Week 8. March 16 - 20, 2026
Monday, March 16
Morning: Choose your own adventure
1:00 PM | Student presentations (continued) - Hallagan | Library 1
2:00 PM | End of Rotation Review - Hallagan | Library 1
3:00 PM | End of Rotation Meetings | Hallagan's office
Tuesday, March 17
Morning: Choose your own adventure (Clerkship ends at 12:00pm)
12:00 PM | End of Rotation Meetings, Continued | Hallagan's office
Wednesday, March 18
8:00 AM | NBME Exam | Westbrook (Details emailed from Quinn)
Thursday, March 19
All day | Oral exams | Individual schedules will be sent out by Tufts examiner sites
Week 7. March 9-13, 2026
Thursday, March 12
7:00 AM | Departmental conferences
10:00 AM | Student Presentations - Dr. Hallagan | Library 1
12:00 PM | Breast Cancer - Dr. Smith | Teams meeting (see email from Quinn)
Week 6. March 2 - 6, 2026
Thursday, March 5
7:00 AM | Oral exam review - Dr. Hallagan | Surgical Learning Center
* note: you will not be attending M&M
10:00 AM | Group meeting - Dr. Hallagan | Library 1
1:00 PM | Lung Cancer - Dr. Quadri | Library 1
Week 5. February 23 - 27, 2026
TBD- Midrotation meetings
Monday, February 23
[CANCELED] 4:00 PM | Thyroid/Parathyroid- Dr. Wu | 887 Congress St. Suite 400 Conference room
Thursday, February 19
*see surg.me for departmental meetings*
12:00 PM | Transplant - Dr. Palma | Library 4
Week 4. February 16 - 20, 2026
Monday, February 16
4:00 PM | Thyroid/Parathyroid- Dr. Wu | 887 Congress St. Suite 400 Conference room
Tuesday, February 17
4:00 PM | Weight Loss Surgery and GERD - Dr. Sahagian | Library 4
Thursday, February 19
*see surg.me for departmental meetings*
1:00 PM | Anesthesiology - Dr. Olsen | Library 1
Week 3. February 9-13, 2026
Tuesday, February 10
4:00 PM | Urology- Dr. Judge| Library 1
5:00 PM | Vascular - Dr. Wang | Library 1
Thursday, February 12
12:00 PM | Hifidelity Simulation - Dr. Hallagan | Brighton Sim Center
Week 2. February 2 - 6, 2026
Tuesday, February 3
3:00 PM | Colorectal - Dr. Mack | Library 4
5:00 PM | ENT- Dr. Reed | Library 4
Wednesday, February 4
4:00 PM | Pancreatic Cancer - Dr. Fitzgerald | Library 4
Thursday, February 5
10:00 AM | Group meeting - Dr. Hallagan | Library 1
2:00 PM | Bowel Obstruction - Dr. Sawhney | Library 1
5:00 PM | Hernia - Dr. Brady | Library 1
Week 1. January 26-30, 2026
Monday, January 26
8:00 AM | Orientation - Dr. Hallagan | Library 4
Tuesday, January 27
3:00 PM | Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Training | Brighton Sim Center, ICU and Classroom A
Wednesday, January 28
4:00 PM | Lines, Tubes and Drains - Dr. Turner | Library 1
Thursday, January 29
7:00 AM | Suturing refresher - Dr. Hallagan | Library 3, Bring you instruments!
8:00 AM | Match presentation - Students excused to study
[Canceled] 12:00 PM | Transplant Surgery - Dr. Palma | Library 4
[Canceled] 2:00 PM | Lung Cancer - Dr. Quadri | Library 4
[Canceled] 4:00 PM | Vascular Surgery - Dr. Wang | Library 1
5:00 PM | Burn Surgery - Dr. Carter | Library 1
Week 7-8. December 1 - December 9, 2025
Monday, December 1
4:00 PM | Transplant Surgery- Dr. Palma-Vargas | Library 3
Tuesday, December 2
4:00 PM | General Surgery- Dr. Misercola | Library 1
Wednesday, December 3
4:00 PM | Tubes, lines and drains - Dr. E. Turner | Library 4
Thursday, December 4
7:00 AM | Student Presentations | Library 3
* We will get through as many presentations as possible on this day. NF should present the following week
1:00 PM | Pediatric Surgery - Dr. Halter | Library 4
Tuesday, December 9
12:00 PM | End of clinical rotation
1:00 PM | Student Presentations (continued) | Library 1
2:00 PM | End of Rotation meetings | Library 1