Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Baylor College of Medicine Temple Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a large academic community/tertiary program based at a 600+ bed Level I trauma and referral center that logs high surgical volumes (nearly 1,200 major cases per resident) across a comprehensive breadth of subspecialty services including transplant, vascular, cardiothoracic, pediatric, colorectal, surgical oncology, and bariatric surgery. The program is structured to prepare residents for both community general surgery practice and subspecialty fellowship, with explicit emphasis on quality improvement and patient safety through NSQIP/QITI integration and a dedicated Healthcare Quality Improvement research fellowship. Additional experience at the Central Texas VA broadens trauma, vascular, and thoracic exposure, and the resident cohort is drawn heavily from Texas medical schools, reflecting a regional, high-volume, service-heavy training identity within a large not-for-profit faith-founded health system. The program values residents who thrive in a high-acuity, high-case-volume environment and who can engage meaningfully with systems-based practice and outcomes-driven quality work regardless of eventual practice setting.