The residency has been designed to provide experience with all the established and developing disciplines of general surgery and its branches as well as the experience with specialties necessary to complete the training of a general surgeon. Our mission is the development of leaders in clinical surgery. Progressive responsibility is the key element of the NYU residency, with surgical decision-making and responsibility taught in clinical and didactic settings. We stress the scientific method with an emphasis on evidence-based decision making in clinical surgery and the pursuit of new knowledge in clinical studies and in the laboratory. Research is strongly encouraged but not required.
Most residents spend two years in basic investigation during the residency.
Senior residents receive faculty appointments as teaching assistants in the NYU School of Medicine. Chief residents receive appointments as clinical instructors. The program accepts nine residents for five years of clinical training in general surgery. Residents also are accepted for one or two years of basic surgical training prior to training in a surgical specialty. Applications are accepted only through ERAS .