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APDS Recruitment Recommendations

The Association of Program Directors in Surgery was founded in 1977 with the purposes of:

  • Providing a forum for the exchange of information and for discussion on a wide range of subjects related to post-graduate surgical education

  • Maintaining high standards of surgical residency training by improving graduate surgical education and patient care

  • Providing advice, assistance, and support to program directors on matters pertaining to surgical education and to accreditation

  • Encouraging research into all aspects of the education and training of surgeons and surgical subspecialties

  • Representing the interests of program directors in the education and training of high quality surgeons to other organizations, individuals and governmental agencies or regulatory bodies

Program Recruitment Requirements Summary

The list below is a snapshot of the information collected from individual programs.

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Data listed below was provided by the listed institutions.

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Program Name
#Approved Categorical Positions
#Approved Preliminary Positions
Required Letters of Recommendation
Required Publications
Abington Memorial Hospital
5
6
Surgical Attending
No
AdventHealth Tampa
4
4
No
Advocate Health Care
7
2
No
Allegheny Health Network
7
4
Surgical Attending
2
Anne Arundel Medical Center
4
0
Arrowhead Regional Med Ctr/Kaiser Permanente (Fontana)
25
4
Surgical Attending
No
Ascension St Agnes
3
4
No
Ascension St Vincent Indianapolis
15
0
No
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
7
10
Surgical Attending
No
Baptist Health
5
5
No
BayCare Health System St. Joseph Hospital Program
4
0
No
Bayhealth Medical Center
3
0
No
Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center
3
0
Surgical Attending
No
Baylor Scott & White Med Ctr-Baylor COM (Temple) Program
6
2
Surgical Attending
No
Baylor University Medical Center
10
2
No
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
9
5
Chair, PD/Clerkship Director, Sr Surgeons
No
Boston Medical Center
6
5
Surgical Attending
No
Brigham and Women's Hospital
45
10
Chair, Standardized, Surgical Attending, Research/mentor
No
Brooklyn Hospital Center
15
9
Chair, Surgical Attending
No
Cape Fear Valley Health
4
0
No
Carilion Virginia Tech
5
6
Surgical Attending
No
Carle Foundation Hospital
20
4
3
Carolinas Medical Center
6
1
Surgical Attending
No
Case Western Reserve University/Univ Hospitals
7
9
Surgical Attending
No
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
6
2
Chair, Surgical Attending
1
Charleston Area Medical Center
32
2
Surgical Attending
No
Christiana Care
7
1
No
Cleveland Clinic Akron General
4
0
Standardized, Surgical Attending
No
Cleveland Clinic Florida
20
4
No
Cleveland Clinic General Surgery Residency Program
55
13
No
Columbia University
7
4
No
Corewell Health West
7
6
ChairSurgical Attending
No
Creighton University
5
2
Surgical Attending
No
Creighton University School of Medicine Phoenix
8 per year
12
No
Creighton University School of Medicine Phoenix
8
12
Surgical Attending and PD or Chair
No
Danbury Hospital - Northwell Health
4
4
Surgical Attending
Yes - 1
Dartmouth Hitchcock
4
6
No
Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University
8
12
Surgical Attending
No
Dignity Health East Valley
3
3
No
ECU Health Medical Center
30
4
Surgical Attending
5
East Tennessee State University
7
4
No
Emory University School of Medicine
10
4
Chair, Surgical Attending, Program Director
No
Florida Atlantic University
7
5
Chair, Surgical Attending
5
Florida International University / Baptist Health
5
4
Chair or PD
3
Garnet Health Medical Center
15
0
Chair, Standardized, Surgical Attending
No
General Surgery
5
4
No
George Washington University
25
2
Surgical Attending
No
Gundersen Foundation General Surgery Residency Program
4
0
Surgical Attending
No
Guthrie/Robert Packer Hospital
4
4
Surgical Attending
No
HCA Florida Healthcare/Westside/Northwest Hospital
20
6
2
HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital
3
1
1
HCA Medical City Healthcare (Plano) Surgery Program
35
0
HCA Memorial Health University Medical Center
5
0
ChairSurgical Attending
No
HCA Swedish General Surgery Program
3
0
ChairStandardizedSurgical Attending
3-Feb
HCA Trident Health
4
4
Surgical Attending
No
Hackensack University Medical Center
5
2
No
Henry Ford Genesys
20
0
No
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit/Henry Ford Health
6
4
Surgical Attending, & 1 of following-PD,aPD,clerkship director, chair, Standardized
No
Henry Ford Jackson Hospital
20
0
No
Henry Ford Providence Hospital
3
6
Surgical Attending
No
Howard University
5
5
Surgical Attending
No
Indiana University General Surgery
11
4
Surgical Attending
No
Inova Fairfax Medical Campus
35
0
Surgical Attending
No
Inspira Medical Center Vineland
4
0
No
JFK University Medical Center General Surgery
10
0
ChairSurgical Attending
No
Jefferson Health Medical Education/Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital
20
5
No
Jersey Shore University Medical Center
3
1
No
Jewish Hospital
10
4
Surgical Attending
No
Johns Hopkins
6
12
Surgical Attending
No
Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles
4
6
Surgical Attending
No
Kaweah Health
3
2
Chair
No
Kern Medical
10
2
ChairSurgical Attending
No
Lahey Clinic
5
2
Surgical Attending
No
Lehigh Valley Health Network
6
2
Surgical Attending
No
Lenox Hill Hospital - Northwell Health
4
3
Surgical Attending
1
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center Program
3
4
No
Loma Linda
7
15
Surgical Attending, Chair or PD
No
Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
6
9
Surgical Attending
No
Louisiana State University School of Medicine
55
11
Surgical Attending
No
Loyola University Medical Center
7
10
No
MaineHealth Maine Medical Center
23(expanding to 30)
0
Surgical Attending
No
Marshall General Surgery Residency Program
4
3
No
Marshall University Consortium: Rural General Surgery Residency
3
0
No
Mass General Brigham / MGH
10
6
No
Mayo Clinic (Jacksonville)
25
3
Chair, Standardized, Surgical Attending, Program Director
5
Mayo Clinic - Rochester
11
10
Surgical Attending
No
McGovern Medical School, UTHealth in Houston
9
15
No
MedStar Baltimore General Surgery
20
2
No
MedStar Georgetown General Surgery
50
11
No
Medical College of Georgia
36
4
No
Medical College of Wisconsin
8
3
Surgical Attending
3-Feb
Medical University of South Carolina
8
10
Surgical Attending
No
Memorial Healthcare System, Hollywood, Florida
6
0
16
Methodist Dallas Program
15
3
Chair, Surgical Attending
No
Methodist Healthcare San Antonio
4
0
Chair, Standardized, Surgical Attending
No
MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve University
4
4
Surgical Attending
No
Morehouse School of Medicine
4
6
1
Mount Carmel Health System
3
3
No
Mount Sinai Chicago
4
4
Surgical Attending
5
NYU Langone Health
8
8
3

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