Huron Hospital, a 211-bed acute care teaching hospital, offers medical services in cancer, critical care, diabetes, geriatric medicine, cardiac, infectious disease, coronary care and comprehensive surgical care. A behavioral medicine component providing adult inpatient mental health, chemical dependency and detox services and the Women's Health Center, including a Level II Nursery and OB Unit are located on the hospital campus. In 1999, Huron Hospital celebrated its 125th anniversary of caring and service to the community, Huron Hospital opened the new Community Health Center in 1999. The residents complete their continuity clinics in the 17 new state-of-the-art examination rooms.

Major Services

Huron Hospital prides itself on maintaining state-of-the-art ancillary services and developing unique programs to meet the needs of its patients. These include:

* The Lennon Diabetes Center offers training and education for diabetic patients
* Full-service radiologic capabilities, including digital subtraction angiography, total body CT scanning, nuclear medicine, magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasonography
* Outpatient oncology clinic
* Pathology departments equipped for both anatomical and clinical pathology
* Individual laboratories for anatomy, biochemistry, diagnostic immunology, microbiology, hematology, cytology and histology
* Complete endoscopic capabilities
* Level II Trauma Center with 30% penetrating injuries
* Dialysis unit

General Surgery Residency Program
The General Surgery Residency Program at Huron Hospital is fully accredited for five years of training, graduating two surgeons per year. The program has distinguished itself in many facets of general surgery, including trauma and critical care, and advanced endoscopic and laparoscopic surgery. The program recently received a commendation from the Residency Review Committee (RRC) for the numerous program improvements, and continued full accreditation with no citations (see article below).

Huron Hospital has maintained a well-rounded surgical residency program committed to teaching the art and science of surgery in a community hospital setting. The goal of our program is to graduate broadly trained general surgeons who will have attained the maturity, judgment and technical skills necessary to enter into independent practice.

The surgical residency program is designed to provide guided exposure to clinical experience in a structured manner over a five-year period. Theory and practice are learned side by side. The practice is a continuum of graded responsibility and technical complexity. A syllabus of reading, supplemented by regular conferences, grand rounds, lectures and daily bedside visits ensures the development of a system of knowledge acquisition. The degree of supervision is appropriate for the experience and aptitude of the resident.