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 |