Others choose to become community surgeons. This program will equip one to pursue either goal. Residents participate in the operating room beginning in their internship year. All operative cases are supervised by attending staff. Rotations in the Intensive Care Unit begin in the first year.
Senior residents participate in the education of junior residents.
Weekly divisional conferences are led by senior residents who discuss interesting cases and share recent literature on the topic. Another weekly conference designed specifically for interns, led by interns, focuses on the opportunity to improve presentation skills and discuss topics among one's peers. We graduate five categorical residents each year. Preliminary residency positions, one or two clinical years, are available to those interested in other surgical or medical specialties who desire this training. The McGuire Veterans Administration Medical Center is an integrated institution providing rotations in general surgery, surgical oncology, vascular surgery, and cardiothoracic surgery.