Ascension St. Vincent Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

Ascension St. Vincent Indianapolis is a faith-based, community-oriented general surgery program built around a Level I trauma center, training three categorical residents per year across a broad operative spectrum including colorectal, breast, pediatric, thoracic, transplant, vascular, and SICU experience. As a primary teaching hospital for Indiana University, Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine, and Meharry, it blends academic teaching responsibilities with a community practice patient base, and alumni outcomes split fairly evenly between community general surgery jobs and competitive subspecialty fellowships (vascular, trauma/critical care, breast, thoracic, minimally invasive/advanced GI). Research is not required but is actively supported with funding for conference travel, reflecting a program that prioritizes clinical/operative volume and resident well-being over a research mandate. The program explicitly frames its mission as producing surgeons for community practice, fellowship, or academic careers, with a stated emphasis on close faculty-resident teaching relationships and whole-person wellness.