General Surgery Residency Program

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Program Overview

Welcome to the St. Vincent Medical Center General Surgery residency program. This is a 5-year program with initial accreditation by ACGME and we are currently approved to accept 3 new residents per year. Our mission is to provide broad exposure to general surgery cases with strong specialty rotations provided in vascular, pediatric, trauma, cardiothoracic, minimally-invasive/robotic and bariatric surgery.

St. Vincent Medical Center is a Level I Trauma/Tertiary Care Center with 2500 trauma visits annually. St. Anne Hospital is a community hospital in the Mercy Health system that provides a broad exposure to routine general surgery cases. Our commitment is that graduating residents are ready for immediate entry into General Surgery clinical practice or pursuit of fellowship training.

Program Aims

  •  To provide a robust community hospital learning environment to train residents
  • To deliver the best high quality compassionate surgical care to all patients.
  • To provide training which is patient-centered, evidence-based, and committed to the well-being of our community, especially those who are poor, dying and underserved.
  • Broad exposure to both the central-city and suburban patient populations will prepare the resident to care for culturally diverse populations in a community hospital setting with commitment and compassion.
  •  Academic excellence and clinical expertise will be developed through the residency training process.
  •  To graduate compassionate, practice-ready general surgeons who are ready to enter into the community hospital setting, and will be committed to excellence, constant performance      improvement, and a desire to improve the quality of their patients’ lives and their communities.
  •  To develop graduates who will choose to practice in underserved areas and demonstrate a sensitivity to culturally diverse patient and community needs.

Program History

The program received initial accreditation from ACGME on 7/1/2016

Prior to accreditation with the ACGME the program was accredited by the American Osteopathic Association.

Program Accreditation

ACGME: Continued Accreditation effective April 2023

Program Number: 4403800400

Contact Us

Kristin Baldeschwiler
Academic Program Coordinator
Phone: 419-251-6596

Fax: (419) 251-2698

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