Florida International University - Baptist Health Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a new, community/university-hybrid general surgery residency (5 categorical, 4 preliminary spots) based at Baptist Hospital of Miami and its affiliated network of community hospitals, launched through FIU Medicine's academic alliance with Baptist Health South Florida. Training spans multiple sites—Baptist Hospital, South Miami Hospital, West Kendall Baptist, Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute, Herbert Wertheim Cancer Institute, and Nicklaus Children's Hospital—giving residents broad exposure to oncologic, vascular, bariatric/MIS, transplant-adjacent HPB, and pediatric surgical volume with meaningful robotic and minimally invasive case mix rather than a single flagship academic center's ecosystem. Curriculum follows SCORE and CEPA frameworks with a dedicated simulation center, reflecting a structured, competency-based approach appropriate for a young program still building its identity and track record. The institution's broader mission emphasizes community-engaged, socially accountable physician training and translational research infrastructure, but the general surgery program itself is clinically oriented, with research support available rather than positioned as a defining pillar of the residency.