Samaritan Health Services - Corvallis Program

Program Identity & Fit

Samaritan Health Services' Corvallis Orthopedic Surgery Residency is a community-based program explicitly oriented toward producing general orthopedic surgeons capable of practicing without fellowship, training residents at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center (a tertiary hospital) with additional rotations across Willamette Valley and Portland sites. The absence of competing fellows means residents work one-on-one with attendings, yielding high case ownership and autonomy, and the curriculum spans all major subspecialties (trauma, sports, hand, adult recon, foot/ankle, spine, pediatrics, oncology) with a dense weekly didactic schedule. Despite its stated general-practice mission, the majority of recent graduates have pursued subspecialty fellowships (sports medicine, trauma, total joints, hand, spine, pediatrics), indicating the program produces broadly competent surgeons who often choose further training rather than immediate community practice. The program emphasizes resident leadership, self-directed learning, and a strong osteopathic presence among faculty and trainees, reflecting a culture built on camaraderie and hands-on operative experience over heavy research output.