Carolinas Medical Center

Carolinas Medical Center is a 861-bed tertiary care medical center and Level I trauma center, the nucleus of an integrated medical care network that supports a population of more than one million persons. In addition, this hospital is the hub of an extensive regional primary care physician network called Carolinas Physicians Network This balance provides a large volume and variety of surgical experience ranging from simple to the most complex surgical problems.

GENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCY


The General Surgery Residency Program at Carolinas Medical Center is a five-year surgical training program, fully-accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Our emphasis on education differentiates our medical center from other similar-sized, non-university hospitals. We have assembled a dedicated faculty, 26 full-time and 13 clinical faculty, with surgical expertise in all the principal components of general surgery. The goal of our residency program is to prepare general surgeons to enter academic or clinical practice. Added qualification through additional fellowship training is encouraged.

Three categorical positions are available each year at the PGY-1 level. In addition, two preliminary positions are offered for physicians planning to enter training in specialties other than general surgery, such as orthopedic surgery, urology or ENT.

Our program has five surgical services, which include three General Surgery services, a Pediatric Surgery service and a Trauma Surgery service. Each General Surgery service has a PGY-5 resident as chief with a faculty member attending each month. The Trauma Surgery service has a PGY-4 resident as chief and is attended by a faculty member with expertise in trauma and surgical critical care. Trauma Surgery attending physicians are in-house 24-hours a day, and General Surgery faculty are readily available on call.

Training in both basic and advanced laparoscopic procedures is an integral part of the General Surgery Residency Program. Surgical endoscopy is emphasized throughout the entire residency training with ample experience at each level of training, including flexible sigmoidoscopy, EGD, colonoscopy and therapeutic endoscopy.

The Department of Surgery at Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) offers a broad educational experience for all residents. This includes extensive operative experience (800-1,000 surgical procedures as surgeon over five years), varied experience in an active, outpatient clinic setting, and a variety of teaching conferences directed by resident physicians and attendings. Resident physicians work with all full-time faculty and with many community physicians who participate in the General Surgery Teaching Program.