Vascular Surgery Residency Program

The Department of Surgery at Good Samaritan Hospital has a long and illustrious history of international acclaim as a center for advanced vascular surgery, and is only one of two community based vascular surgery training programs in the country.

In 1952 a budding vascular surgeon by the name of John J. Cranley established a laboratory in his private office, and started conducting pioneering research in vascular surgery. His discoveries brought both himself and the department of surgery intercontinental recognition, culminating in Good Samaritan Hospital offering him space and facilities for the development of a laboratory, which he developed into the first completely dedicated surgically oriented vascular laboratory in the nation. Major developments and innovations were carried out in Cranley's laboratory including the invention and development of the Fogarty balloon embolectomy catheter, the Fogarty clamp, the Cranley-Grass Phleborheograph, and new applications for B-mode ultrasonographic imaging of veins and arteries. With continual advancements being made in his laboratory, it became one of the largest and busiest in the world. Under the direction and guidance of Cranley, a dedicated residency in vascular surgery was developed in 1973, and to this day remains one of the most sought after vascular surgery training programs in the country. As a forefather in vascular surgery, Dr. Cranley's name is still ever present at Good Samaritan Hospital with the continued existence of the John J. Cranley Vascular Laboratory and the annual John J. Cranley Memorial Lectureship.

The Vascular Surgery Residency Program at Good Samaritan Hospital provides a unique vascular surgery experience in a private hospital setting. Residents learn from board-certified vascular surgeons with extensive experience in both open vascular and endovascular surgery. Each year more than 15,000 major surgical procedures are performed in the hospital's 22 operating rooms, including dedicated endovascular suites, and on average each vascular resident will perform close to 200 open index vascular operations and more than 400 therapeutic and 300 diagnostic endovascular procedures.

Vascular surgery residents gain extensive vascular laboratory, open, and endo-surgical exposure, with the traditional 5 + 2 first year resident spending two months in the vascular laboratory and ten months on an endovascular rotation; while the second year resident spends a full twelve months learning open vascular and endovascular surgery. Our integrated 0 + 5 program offers residents the unique opportunity to devote two years to core surgical training and three years to vascular surgery. Graduates of our vascular surgery residency program have superb pass rates on the American Board of Surgery Vascular Exam and are extremely well prepared for a career in vascular and endovascular surgery.