Operative Experience
With 22 major and 4 minor operating rooms, and a surgical volume of over 15,000 major cases per year, our chief residents graduate with no deficiencies in the number of procedures required by the ACGME as outlined by their procedures in defined categories.
Procedure Name |
ACGME Number of RequiredCases Upon Graduation |
Average Number of ProceduresUpon Graduation |
| Skin, Soft tissue, Breast | 25 |
144 |
| Head and Neck | 24 |
41 |
| Alimentary Tract | 72 |
286 |
| Abdominal | 65 |
445 |
| Liver | 4 |
8 |
| Pancreas | 3 |
9 |
| Vascular | 44 |
141 |
| Endocrine | 8 |
22 |
| Trauma (operative) | 10 |
25 |
| Trauma (non-operative) | 20 |
28 |
| Thoracic | 15 |
29 |
| Pediatric | 20 |
39 |
| Plastic | 5 |
30 |
| Laparoscopic (basic) | 60 |
237 |
| Laparoscopic (complex) | 25 |
93 |
| Endoscopy | 85 |
104 |
| Total Major | 750 |
1210 |
| Total Chief | 150 |
235 |