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General Surgery Residency at NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn General Surgery Residency at NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn Curriculum

General Surgery Residency at NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn Curriculum

The General Surgery Residency at NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn, offered through the Department of Surgery at NYU Langone, prepares trainees for careers in surgery. Our curriculum provides residents with the skills and expertise to assess and surgically treat a wide array of patient conditions.

Residency Orientation

New trainees take part in general orientation sessions at NYC Health+Hospitals/Bellevue and NYU Langone’s Department of Surgery. These sessions prepare trainees for residency and occur during the week before the beginning of the academic year. New residents learn the workings of the Department of Surgery, get to know our faculty and house staff, and prepare for the first days of clinical duties.

Rotations

Rotations allow residents to take on progressive levels of skills and responsibilities. Our renowned faculty and staff offer guidance and support throughout training. Working under the direct supervision of senior residents, fellows, and faculty surgeons, residents rotate through the services of our two diverse training sites. Four-weeks rotations are as follows:

  • general surgery
  • colorectal surgery
  • pediatric surgery
  • trauma
  • acute care surgery
  • surgical intensive care unit
  • transplantation surgery
  • surgical oncology
  • vascular surgery
  • minimally invasive and bariatric surgery
  • endocrine surgery
  • thoracic surgery
  • breast surgery

Years 1 and 2: Foundational Surgery Residency

During the first two years of training, residents learn perioperative care and technical surgical skills with increasing operative responsibility. In addition, they are introduced to surgical consults early and learn the workup and management of surgical patients.

Year 3: Assistant Chief–Consultant

During the third year, residents spend one month on pediatric rotation. They continue to rotate through our hospitals and begin taking on more chief responsibilities, including supervising junior residents and teaching third-year students.

Years 4 and 5: Junior and Senior Chief Residency

In the fourth and fifth years, residents undertake senior responsibilities with direct faculty supervision during clinical rotations in all three hospitals.

Chief resident responsibilities include the following:

  • administration of the service
  • teaching junior residents
  • organizing conferences
  • managing pre- and post-hospitalization care
  • surgical planning
  • performing major operative procedures under faculty supervision

Chief resident rotations provide trainees with the advanced knowledge, technical skill, and experience that enable them to progress to fellowship, become board-certified, and establish strong clinical practice.

Operative Experience

Our graduating general surgery chief residents perform about 1,200 operations by the end of the five-year program. Surgical experience ranges from general surgery to subspecialty surgery, with strong experiences in the following areas:

  • colorectal surgery
  • endocrine surgery
  • hepatopancreatobiliary surgery
  • minimally invasive and robotic surgery
  • surgical oncology
  • transplant surgery
  • trauma and acute care surgery

Didactic Program

Residents have a three-hour protected educational block of time each week. In addition, residents participate in departmental and service-specific educational opportunities. This teaching program includes the following.

SCORE Core Curriculum Lecture Series

Lectures are based on the SCORE curriculum and cover the scope of the surgery curriculum from basic science fundamentals and pathophysiology to operative technique and clinical decision-making. Presentations are resident driven in conjunction with expert faculty.

Other didactic programs include the following:

  • diversity, equity, and inclusion
  • wellness
  • financial planning
  • fellowship and practice planning
  • resident research seminar series
  • oral boards preparation
  • ABSITE review sessions
  • quality improvement

Departmental Conferences

All residents, regardless of assigned rotation, attend departmental conferences, including Mortality and Morbidity conference and grand rounds. Each rotation has educational conference requirements specific to its sub-specialty, including journal clubs.

Benefits and Wellness

All residents are provided with low-cost medical and dental insurance, disability and life insurance, and four weeks of paid vacation per year in addition to a book fund and conference fund. Residents may also take advantage of many benefits and discounts provided through NYU Langone.

The Department of Surgery is committed to the wellbeing of our faculty and residents. Our program and the institution have dedicated wellness committees run by residents with faculty support. Our residency sponsors social events—such as Central Park outings, sporting events, holiday parties, and post-exam celebrations—for surgery house staff. We work to ensure that on-call schedules are finalized at least three months in advance to allow for optimal work–life balance and planning. We do our best to accommodate all time off and scheduling requests from our residents. In addition, NYU Langone also provides access to graduate medical education–dedicated mental health physicians with extended late-night and weekend hours for all house staff.

Housing

A small number of subsidized on-campus apartments are made available, with priority given to first-year house staff and house staff moving from out of state. Learn more about housing for house staff, including off-campus resources. Send questions about housing to Housing@NYULangone.org.