It is designed for students who wish to pursue a career in academic surgery. The program is centered in the Department of Surgery although opportunities exist for research experience in a number of other departments.
Course work is scheduled according to the needs of the individual student.
Proficiency in statistics or computer utilization is required. In all cases, the aim of the doctoral program will be a reasonable concentration and a reasonable breadth of study designed to develop competence in research, scholarship, professional performance, and knowledge of a specialty in relation to surgery. The program is centered around several areas of excellence in research director toward cellular and molecular mechanisms of pathophysiological processes. Metabolic alterations following cancer, burns and trauma. Alterations in protein and lipid metabolism following disease processes including sepsis.