Operative Experience

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Resident Operative Experience

With 23 major and 4 minor operating rooms, and a surgical volume of over 15,000 major cases per year at Good Samaritan Hospital alone, our chief residents graduate with no deficiencies in the number of procedures required by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) in defined categories.  Starting in 2009 the ACGME mandated recording of colonoscopy and upper endoscopy procedures separately, instead of lumping them together under endoscopy.  Below is the average number of procedures for the graduating chiefs of 2020.

Procedure Name ACGME Number of Required
Cases Upon Graduation
Average Number of Procedures
Upon Graduation
Skin, Soft tissue

25

70

Breast  40 73
Mastectomy 5 50
 Axila 5 18
Head and Neck

25

35

Alimentary Tract

180

423

 Esophagus 5 16
 Stomach 15 74
 Small Intestine 25 44
 Large Intestine 40 103
Appendix  40 116
Anorectal  20 70
Abdominal

250

528

Biliary  85 233
Hernia  85 240
Liver

5

11

Pancreas

5

8

Vascular

50

61

Access  10 20
Anastomosis, Repair, or Endarterectomy  10 25
Endocrine

15

16

Thyroid or Parathyroid  10 12
Trauma (operative)

10

19

Trauma (non-operative)

40

48

 Resuscitations as Team Leader 10 14
Thoracic

20

33

 Thoracotomy 5 9
Pediatric Surgery

20

25

Plastic Surgery

10

25

Laparoscopic (basic)

100

351

Laparoscopic (complex)

75

184

Endoscopy

85

118

Upper Endoscopy

35

60

Colonoscopy

50

57

Total Major Cases

850

1,268

Surgeon Chief Major Cases

200

274

Teaching Assistant Cases  25 39

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