The Department of Surgery's Surgical Residency Program is divided into a basic two-year clinical surgical program, followed by research and then the final three years of clinical general surgery. Laboratory research is a required part of the program for one or two years.
Three categorical positions at the first-year level are offered, each progressing to chief resident. The basic surgical program offers three additional preliminary positions of one or two years. Preliminary and categorical residents receive identical clinical and educational experiences. The preliminary positions are designed primarily for those who have secured a residency in a specialty program that allows the resident to choose an outside institution for core training.
Cedars-Sinai has made a major commitment to providing a pleasant, healthy environment for receiving treatment, working and learning. Support services available around-the-clock include intravenous, phlebotomy and blood gas teams; electrocardiography and radiology technicians; transport services for patients and laboratory specimens.
Ample on-call facilities and food services are provided. Residents are on call in the hospital no more often than every third night, with one weekend day off each week. Residents receive one full calendar month of vacation each year. The House Staff Assistance Program offers confidential assessment, evaluation and referrals for free psychiatric services.
The Department of Surgery at Cedars-Sinai encompasses all surgical specialties and is home to major programs in multi-organ transplantation, trauma, surgical critical care, laparoendoscopic and minimally invasive surgery, cardiac surgery, thoracic surgery, neurosurgery, skull-base surgery, pediatric surgery and surgical research.
The program has received a five-year accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).
Cedars-Sinai is one of the leading academic medical centers in the country. Approximately 200 house staff positions are offered in surgery, medicine, pediatrics, pathology, psychiatry, radiology and nuclear medicine.
Cedars-Sinai is the busiest hospital in the area. The volume, variety and scope of the surgical programs is such that all components of surgery and its subspecialties are taught under one roof. Because postgraduate medical education is an important component of its mission, Cedars-Sinai has developed programs to guarantee a steady flow of teaching cases for resident training.
Cedars-Sinai has many high-profile programs, including the world-class Cedars-Sinai Outpatient Cancer Center and the newly expanded Burns and Allen Research Institute. A major building program has resulted in the addition of a new emergency department and the new S. Mark Taper Foundation Imaging Center.
Cedars-Sinai is a fully accredited Level I Trauma Center in Los Angeles County, with approximately 1,200 major trauma team activations per year.
The new, state-of-the-art Ambulatory Care Center is a primary care-based system serving disadvantaged groups in the community through medical services and health education. Nearly 12,000 individuals making 36,000 visits a year to the Ambulatory Care Center receive healthcare sponsored by the Medical Center and various charitable agencies. Residents, under the supervision of attending staff, manage all clinic patients.
