University of Virginia Graduate Medical Education

University of Virginia Graduate Medical Education

Neurosurgery Residency

Year 1 Program

Procedure / Can Perform With:
See Generic List
Lumbar puncture / Senior Resident of Fellow by Phone
Suture uncomplicated wounds / Senior Resident of Fellow by Phone
Insert central venous line / Senior Resident of Fellow in Area
Insert peripheral arterial lines / Senior Resident of Fellow in Area
Insert chest tubes / Senior Resident of Fellow in Area
Halo ring placement / Senior Resident of Fellow in Area
Incision, debridement, and drainage of soft tissue infections / Senior Resident of Fellow in Area
Burr hole placement / Senior Resident of Fellow in Area
Excision of Cutaneous Lesion / Senior Resident of Fellow in Area
Excision of Subcutaneous Mass / Senior Resident of Fellow in Area
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt revision / Senior Resident of Fellow in Area
Wound closure / Senior Resident of Fellow by Phone
Insert central intravenous catheters / Senior Resident of Fellow in Area
Insert pulmonary artery catheters / Senior Resident of Fellow in Area
Thoracentesis / Senior Resident of Fellow in Area
Change central venous catheters over a wire / Senior Resident of Fellow in Area
ICP monitor placement / Senior Resident of Fellow in Area
Twist drill drainage of subdural fluid collection / Senior Resident of Fellow in Area
Lumbar discectomy/foraminotomy / Faculty Present
Craniotomy for trauma or simple tumors / Faculty Present
Simple or Stereotactic brain biopsy / Faculty Present
Craniotomy for aneurysm or AVM / Faculty Present
Emergency tracheostomy / Senior Resident of Fellow in Area
Emergency cricothyroidotomy / Senior Resident of Fellow in Area
Evacuation of soft tissue infection, abscess or hematoma / Faculty Present
Complicated brain tumors / Faculty Present
Pediatric brain tumors / Faculty Present
Spinal cord tumors / Faculty Present
Complex spine tumors / Faculty Present