Hackensack Meridian Health-Jersey Shore University Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

Jersey Shore University Medical Center's General Surgery Residency is a high-volume, university-affiliated academic program embedded in a nearly 700-bed Level I trauma center (the only Level I pediatric trauma center in New Jersey), offering roughly 18,000 surgeries annually across 17 service lines and complete categorical training on a single campus except for a transplant rotation held at Hackensack University Medical Center. The program emphasizes broad general surgical foundations following SCORE curriculum, heavy minimally invasive and robotic exposure (dual da Vinci Xi systems), and a chief-resident-run continuity clinic, while producing graduates who both pursue competitive subspecialty fellowships (MIS, colorectal, vascular, thoracic, breast) and remain on as academic faculty within the HMH network. Scholarly activity is mandatory for every categorical resident, supported by faculty active in clinical research and QI, with over 41 resident/faculty publications in a single recent year and a dedicated annual research day. The program values residents who thrive in a team-based, high-acuity trauma/tertiary environment and who engage meaningfully with structured research and quality-improvement work rather than treating it as an afterthought.