Hospitals A key strength of the General Surgery Residency Program at Loma Linda University Medical Center is its use of five separate hospital training sites. Residents are exposed to a broad range of clinical experiences with training conducted in university, county, veterans hospital, and health maintenance organization settings. Our residents experience a diverse group of patients from many socioeconomic levels, encounter a wide variety of diseases, and provide care in four distinct health care systems. It is the only Southern California Level I trauma center east of Los Angeles. The house staff provides primary care to all patients admitted to the medical services under the supervision of attending physicians.
Residents are the primary physicians and write all the orders for all patients.
The Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Medical Center is located on a beautifully landscaped, 34-acre campus one mile east of Loma Linda University Medical Center. The hospital serves an area that spans over four counties. The rotations at this facility include general surgery and neurosurgery. The medial problems and the needs of the population served provide learning opportunities to expand the scope of our residents' training in surgery. The rotations at this facility are general surgery, orthopaedics, neurosurgery, plastic surgery, and anesthesia.