Creighton University East Valley Arizona Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a Creighton University School of Medicine-affiliated general surgery residency based at Dignity Health East Valley Arizona in Chandler, operating within CommonSpirit Health, a large Catholic-heritage national system. The program combines a university academic partnership with a community hospital clinical base, reflecting Dignity Health's mission orientation toward compassionate, faith-inspired, patient-centered care rather than a quaternary academic identity. Institutional infrastructure emphasizes evidence-based education, simulation and access to system-wide research resources (including Barrow Neurological Institute and the Dignity Health Research Institute Arizona), though the surgery program itself does not present a distinct research-heavy identity. The setting suggests a community-embedded surgical training environment where residents are expected to deliver mission-aligned, compassionate care while gaining broad clinical exposure through a teaching hospital model.