Training Sites Rotations for the Surgical Assistant program occur at these locations:

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital has 644 beds and is the major tertiary care hospital for the Hampton Roads region.

Sentara Leigh Hospital has 256 beds. The surgical service is composed of private patients, providing a broad educational and clinical experience in the field of general surgery.

Sentara Bayside Hospital has 230 beds. The surgical service is composed of private patients, providing experience in general surgery and surgical specialties such as vascular surgery, orthopedics, and gynecology.

Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Norfolk has 156 beds, providing care to patients ranging in age from birth to 20. Among the services at CHKD are a 28-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, an eight-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, an 18-bed Adolescent Unit, a 10-bed Infectious Disease Unit, and emergency room facilities. There are 36,000 children treated annually in the general and specialty outpatient clinics.

Established as an eight-room infirmary to treat yellow fever victims in the late 1850s, Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center has grown into a highly respected 366-bed acute care facility serving Norfolk. DePaul is a major teaching site for EVMS.

Obici Hospital, a 138-bed state-of-the-art facility, is located on Godwin Boulevard in Suffolk. Opened in April 2002, the new facility continues a 50-year tradition of providing residents of Suffolk and Western Tidewater with patient-centered care in an environment that focuses on healing. The surgical service is composed of private patients, providing experience in general surgery and surgical specialties.

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