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General Surgery Residency Our curriculum in surgery is comprehensive to include didactic, research, and clinical training and is highly interactive among residents, faculty and administration. The program graduates caring physicians who are highly competent technicians, fully versed in the science which subtends surgical practice. The resources of the department include not only our faculty and extensive clinical environments but also teaching laboratories, research facilities and advanced computer facilities. • Center for Human Simulation & Patient Safety • Research Rotation 2012-13 | Resident Research Day 2012 The clinical training program is a "hands-on" experience. Residents participate in the operating room beginning in their internship year. All operative cases are supervised by attending staff and 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. Additionally, there is a weekly teaching conference for all residents (taught by faculty) to cover basic science and clinical surgical topics. The Department of Surgery is approved by the Residency Review Committee to train 41 general surgery residents (not including fellows). 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. Congratulations to our 2012 Graduates — and welcome to our NEW residents! CLINICAL ROTATIONS: General and trauma, surgical oncology, cardiothoracic, urology, vascular, transplant, plastic, neurosurgery, pediatric surgery, critical care, and community surgery. The McGuire Veterans Administration Medical Center is an integrated institution providing rotations in general surgery, vascular surgery, and cardiothoracic surgery. In addition, The Department of Surgery has affiliations with several community hospitals in Richmond, for example St. Mary’s Hospital and Chippenham Medical Center. A community rotation is offered at the PGY-4 level in Winchester, VA. For more information about the Department of Surgery's General Surgery Residency Program we encourage you to visit VCU School of Medicine's Graduate Medical Education Office. top of page

GENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCY How to Apply | Contact Us Eligibility Requirements Selection Process Current Residents    PGY 1 | PGY 2 | PGY 3    PGY 4 | PGY 5 | Research GenSurg Residents Web (GSW) Curriculum Resident Handbook 2011-13 (updated 8.9.12) Goals & Objectives Program Home   EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS M3 Clerkship M4 Electives RESIDENCY PROGRAMS:    General Surgery    Cardiothoracic Surgery    Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery    Plastic & Reconstructive Surg    Urology FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS:    Burn (Evans-Haynes Center)    Trauma & Critical Care    MIS    Surgical Oncology    Transplantation    Vascular Surgery ADDITIONAL LINKS:    VCU Grad Med Ed Office    All About Richmond    VCU Medical Center

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last updated: 04/13/2013