Free Training: Surgical Residency Readiness System
Free recorded training with Dr. Foula Kontonicolas on how to stay organized, communicate safely, and handle common surgical situations with confidence.
Learn a practical framework to stay organized, communicate clearly, and handle the most common situations on the floor, in the OR, and in the ICU without guessing.
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What You’ll Learn
⮕ The 5-step readiness framework you can apply to pages, consults, and urgent changes
⮕ How to organize your day so nothing gets missed
⮕ How to communicate and escalate safely with seniors, attendings, and staff
⮕ How to think through common surgical scenarios with more clarity and less stress
Free Training: The Surgical Residency Readiness System
Presented by Dr. Foula Kontonicolas, board certified in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care.
Educational content only. Always follow your program’s supervision and clinical protocols.
Why this training is different
Focuses on real workflow and decision making, not just facts
Gives you structure for communication and escalation under pressure
Built for trainees who want a repeatable system they can use immediately
Meet Your InstructorÂ
Dr. Foula Kontonicolas, MD.
Dr. Foula Kontonicolas, MD is a board certified General Surgeon and Surgical Critical Care surgeon affiliated with Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital in Oceanside, New York. She earned her medical degree from New York Medical College, completed residency training at Danbury Hospital, and completed fellowship training at Hartford Hospital. She is certified by the American Board of Surgery in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care.
Dr. Kontonicolas teaches with a practical, systems based approach focused on real day to day performance in surgical training. Her work spans the operating room and ICU, and she is known for turning high pressure clinical situations into clear frameworks for workflow, communication, decision making, and safe escalation.
