The General Surgery Residency Program is a well structured educational experience with broad operative exposure. During the five year Program, operative and patient care skills are acquired progressively under supervision of the 17 full-time general surgery faculty.
Residents participate in all general surgical activities.
The first year also incorporates surgical specialties, such as genitourinary, neurological, orthopedic, otolaryngologic, and plastic surgery. Training is incorporated into five teaching hospitals within Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center's affiliated educational network. There exists a tremendous competition for academic general surgery residency training positions. General surgery is recognized as a growth area suggesting that in the future more general surgeons will be needed than are being trained. The increased surgical activity is due primarily to the increased number of aged patients and their increased requirements for general surgical operations.