The General Surgery curriculum is comprehensive and includes didactic, research and clinical training. The resources of the department include not only our faculty and extensive clinical environments but laboratories, research and computer facilities. The wide variety of clinical problems presented at this multi-hospital complex allows each resident the opportunity to observe and experience firsthand the complexities of the response of the surgical patient to disease, trauma, and operative intervention. Residents achieve clinical proficiency through graduated responsibility commensurate with their ability and level of training during five years of clinical experience.
Residents participate in the operating room beginning in their internship year.
All operative cases are supervised by attending staff. Senior residents participate in the education of junior residents. Weekly conferences are led by senior residents who discuss interesting cases and share recent literature on the topic. Additionally, there is a weekly teaching conference for residents to cover basic science and clinical surgical topics. All rights reserved.