Division
of
Head and Neck, Breast, Esophagus, and Soft Tissue Surgery

(General Surgery I)

 Department of Surgery

College of Medicine
Philippine General Hospital
University of the Philippines Manila

A General Description

The Division of Head and Neck, Breast, Esophagus, and Soft Tissue Surgery is one of the eleven divisions in the Department of Surgery of the U.P. College of Medicine and Philippine General Hospital. The Division is traditionally called GSI (pronounced as GS One) in the Department of Surgery.

GSI deals primarily with patients with surgical disorders involving the head and neck, breast, esophagus, and soft tissues. Secondarily, it also deals with patients with acute nontraumatic surgical abdomen and acute hernia when it goes on duty every three days in the Philippine General Hospital.

Goal

To promote excellence in service, training, and research in the field of head and neck, breast, esophagus and soft tissue surgical diseases.

General Objectives

1. To provide expertise in the management of patients with head and neck, breast, esophagus, and soft tissue surgical diseases.
   
2. To provide training in the field of head and neck, breast, esophagus, and soft tissue surgical diseases.
   
3. To promote research in the field of head and neck, breast, esophagus, and soft tissue surgical diseases.

Specific Objectives

1. To provide expertise in the diagnosis of patients with head and neck, breast, esophagus, and soft tissue surgical diseases.
   
2. To provide expertise in the treatment of patients with head and neck, breast, esophagus, and soft tissue surgical diseases.
   
3. To teach undergraduate medical students the basic principles in the management of patients with head and neck, breast, esophagus, and soft tissue surgical diseases.
   
4. To train general surgical residents and fellows on how to diagnose and treat patients with head and neck, breast, esophagus, and soft tissue surgical diseases.
   
5. To promote research in the field of head and neck, breast, esophagus, and soft tissue surgical diseases among surgical residents and fellows.
   
6. To promote research in the field of head and neck, breast, esophagus, and soft tissue surgical diseases among consultants of the Division.

Physical Facilities and Clinical Materials

• The Division has 27 service beds in the Philippine General Hospital.
  
• The Division has one operating room for major elective operations four times a week.
  
• The Division has one operating room for minor elective operations once a week.
  
• The Division has two outpatient clinics every week.
  • Tuesday 1-4 pm Head and Neck and General GSI Clinic
  • Thursday 8-12 am and 1-4 pm Breast Clinic

Statistics (1998)
Total Annual Admissions					840
Total Cancer Admissions					390
Average Daily Inpatients					27
Total Annual Outpatients					9270
Total Annual Operations Electives 1242 Emergencies 245					1487

Conferences

Every Wednesday Afternoons
1-2	Departmental Grand Rounds/Mortality-Morbidity Conference
2-3	Departmental Staff Conference/Business Meeting
3-4	GSI Preop-Postop Conference
4-5	GSI Staff Conference (Case Presentation and Discussion, Morbidity-Mortality Reviews, Journal Review and Appraisal, and other teaching activities)

Every Saturday Mornings
7-9	GSI Surgical Oncology Conference

Patient Bedside Rounds

Residents' Rounds	Daily
Consultants' Rounds	Once a week

Welcome to GSI
Vision-Mission-Goal
General Description||Training Programs||Oncology Training Programs
Weekly Activities||Staff||Graduates of Oncology Programs
Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines||Research
Self-instructional Programs||Pretest