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Surgery Residency Program

The UCI General Surgery Residency program places strong emphasis on education of residents in all aspects of surgery, high-level surgical research, provision of excellent clinical care and establishing new horizons in minimally invasive surgery.

Our Program

Our residency program trains and prepares some of the finest surgeons in the country for the rigors of academic or private practice, as well as subsequent fellowship training.

UCI’s full-time and volunteer faculty members, as well as those of our affiliate institutions, are committed to teaching, providing residents with a variety of resources and opportunities to enhance their surgical knowledge. Surgical residents perform clinical rotations at UCI Medical Center, the Veterans Affairs Long Beach Hospital, Kaiser Permanente, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, Mission Hospital and Children’s Health of Orange County.

Residents interested in research will find a broad range of resources and mentors. While not required, research during residency imbues critical skills and exposes the resident to an additional dimension of academic surgery. Options for one or two years of dedicated research outside of the clinical track are available.

Our General Surgery Residency program’s integrated and affiliated training sites include rotations in:

  • Surgical oncology
  • Cardiothoracic surgery
  • Vascular surgery
  • Gastrointestinal surgery
  • Colorectal surgery
  • Hepatobiliary surgery
  • General surgery
  • Surgical critical care
  • Pediatric surgery
  • Emergency general surgery
  • Trauma/acute care surgery

Contact Us

We appreciate your interest in our residency program. Please connect with us if you have any questions.

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