Surgical Residency Overview

Although medical education and surgical instruction have played a prominent role in the history and progression of Good Samaritan Hospital, it wasn't until 1928 that a formal residency program in general surgery was established. Initially approved as a three year training program, expanded to a fourth year in 1956, with the addition of a fifth year of training added in 1973 along with the beginning of a vascular surgery residency, it has remained in continual existence since its commencement.

With an operative volume of over fifteen thousand major cases per year, four da Vinci surgical robotic systems, standard bench research labs and dedicated minimally invasive, da Vinci, and operative training labs, Good Samaritan Hospital and its Department of Surgery provide an extremely unique opportunity for a community based training program. Remaining immensely committed to surgical education, with a consistently high board passage rate and placement record for post-residency fellowships, Good Samaritan Hospital and its Department of Surgery have the foresight that the value of educational services stands unquestioned, for it benefits not only patients in the hospital and the general public of the present day, but will also benefit the patients and the general public of generations yet unborn.