Hackensack Meridian Health-JFK University Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a newly ACGME-accredited general surgery residency at JFK University Medical Center, the tertiary care hub of Hackensack Meridian Health's Central Region in Edison, NJ, welcoming its inaugural class in July 2026. The program is explicitly framed as "academically focused," aiming to produce "surgeon leaders, scientists, scholars, and clinician-educators" through a curriculum combining inpatient, outpatient, and intraoperative experience with structured didactics and scholarly inquiry. It is bidirectional in career output, stating graduates will be prepared for either fellowship or independent practice, and emphasizes mentorship from surgeon-educators, collegiality, and advocacy for patients and health systems. As an inaugural program within a large, resource-rich academic health network (Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Center for Discovery and Innovation), it likely values applicants comfortable building program culture and engaging in structured scholarship from day one.