HCA Florida Healthcare-USF Morsani College of Medicine GME - Tampa North-Bayonet Point Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a small, community-based general surgery program (three categorical spots per year) at HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital, USF Morsani-affiliated, using a consortium model where residents rotate across four hospitals under private-practice attending surgeons rather than a single academic department. The mission explicitly targets training and retaining surgeons for community practice in Hernando, Pasco and Citrus Counties, emphasizing patient-centered, evidence-based care delivered to underserved local populations rather than tertiary/quaternary subspecialty development. Operative volume is substantial (900-1,000 cases by graduation) with Level II trauma exposure, and longitudinal clinical/quality-improvement research is a mandatory annual requirement rather than optional enrichment. The program frames itself as new and growing, explicitly inviting residents to shape its identity and stay to serve the surrounding community after training.