The Mount Carmel General Surgery residency training program offers a fully-accredited 5-year program designed to qualify residents for the American Board of Surgery examination and Fellowships in the American College of Surgeons. The surgical program is non-pyramidal and has 14 residents. There are two categorical program residents per year; two preliminary residents through PGY 3, who matriculate into the OSU/Plastic Surgery Fellowship; and two or three preliminary residents. The residency is based out of our two main hospitals, Mount Carmel West and Mount Carmel East, and a new outpatient surgical center, Green Street Surgery Center. We look forward to meeting medical students from all over the country who are interested in pursuing an exceptional postgraduate surgical training program.

Our Mission

We seek to train general surgeons who are outstanding clinicians. Our graduates have an intense commitment to patient care and lifelong learning. We will assist in the development of clinical knowledge and maturity, as well as the acquisition of surgical judgment. We will provide our trainees with a strong foundation of academic excellence, sound technical skills, clinical research, and an understanding of contemporary issues in surgical practice.

Program Components

The General Surgery program features a balance of clinical and basic science that covers the entire primary and secondary surgical disciplines and prepares residents for certifying and qualifying examinations. Clinical and basic science research are strongly encouraged. General Surgery residents receive a full spectrum of surgical training, including training in head and neck, thoracic, cardiovascular, endocrine, trauma, gastrointestinal tract, pediatric, breast, neurologic, oncologic, plastic, urologic, and transplant surgery. Extensive peripheral vascular experience includes endovascular surgery; while a very busy advanced laparoscopic experience includes laparoscopic Nissens, colectomy(s), adrenalectomies, pancreatectomies, and spleenectomies. Our residents are also involved in a busy bariatric surgery service that includes both open and laparoscopic gastric bypass procedures.

Our surgery program is affiliated with the Columbus Children's Hospital for pediatric surgery and The Ohio State University Medical Center for transplant surgery. In addition, medical students from The Ohio State University and Wright State University rotate through our facility during their third and fourth years, as do other medical students from across America.

The Mount Carmel surgical training program has long been a stepping stone to appropriate subspecialty fellowship programs. Over the last 20 years, Mount Carmel graduates have been accepted into vascular, cardiovascular, colorectal, plastic surgery, and trauma critical care fellowship programs.

A full range of academic conferences are offered Monday through Friday, and residents have the opportunity to attend an annual conference outside of the institution.

Our goal is to train surgeons who are excellent clinicians and who are well-schooled in the basic science of surgery procedures. Our attending staff is available to teach and counsel, and they value the close working relationships with residents and medical students.

The Department of Surgery adheres to the guidelines of the 80-hour work week adopted by the ACGME on July 1, 2003. PGY I residents on the general surgery service are on-call an average of every fifth night. Our senior residents rotate on a "night float"� rotation. Each resident has an average of one day each week and one weekend each month free of hospital responsibility. To assist with the residents' workload, the department of surgery has hired a nurse practitioner.