General Surgery Residency
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Thank you for your interest in the Carilion Clinic - Virginia Tech Carilion General Surgery Residency!
Message from Leadership
I strongly believe there is a need for well-trained general surgeons who can perform a wide variety of procedures without need for fellowship training. I also strongly believe this can be delivered in an environment where residents can thrive rather than simply survive. Finally, I think of the residents as more of a family or team rather than simply those training together. This program has been described as a “horizontal” program that de-emphasizes hierarchy and encourages the resident group to work together regardless of level. The program has worked hard to increase resident ownership and as a result produced residents who function well as leaders. We continue to send about half of our residents directly into practice and half into fellowship. We are exceptionally proud of our ability to fully train general surgery residents to be capable and confident going directly into practice.
About Us
- Mission, Goals, and Strengths
Our mission is to graduate chief residents capable of stepping directly into a broad-based general surgical practice, or to pursue fellowship training in an area of clinical interest. This is feasible due to extensive operative experience and autonomy offered. While the institution has grown as an academic institution with the advent of Carilion Clinic, the founding of a new medical school and increased recruitment of faculty with academic interests, the faculty are all clinicians first and foremost, and they serve as the model of who we seek to train as residents.
- Program Size
- 5 categorical general surgery residents per year
- 4 preliminary general surgery residents at PGY1
- 2 integrated plastics residents each at PGY 1-3
- Board Pass Rates
- Qualifying exam: 100 percent first time pass rate (rolling 3-year average)
- Certifying exam: 83 percent first time pass rate (rolling 3-year average)
- Specialties
- Advanced laparoscopy and robotics
- Trauma and acute care surgery
- Colon and rectal surgery
- Hepatopancreatobiliary surgery
- Surgical oncology
- Surgical endocrinology
- Pediatric surgery
- Surgical endoscopy
- Breast care surgery
- Vascular/endovascular surgery
- Surgical critical care
- Subspecialties
- Plastic and reconstructive surgery
- Thoracic surgery
- Complex head and neck surgery
Virginia Tech Partnership
Residents and fellows work closely with the students, medical educators, and research scientists from the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC. This partnership leverages Virginia Tech’s world-class strength in basic sciences, bioinformatics and engineering with Carilion Clinic’s highly experienced medical staff and rich history in graduate medical education.
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