HCA Florida Healthcare-Westside-Northwest Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a five-year, ACGME-accredited community-based general surgery program operating as the East Florida Consortium, a partnership between HCA Florida Westside Hospital and HCA Florida Northwest Hospital, matriculating four categorical residents annually. Training progresses from broad general/oncologic/endocrine surgery at the home sites toward higher-acuity subspecialty rotations at partner institutions, including trauma at Kendall Regional, transplant/HPB at Cleveland Clinic, pediatric surgery at Nicklaus Children's, and burns/plastics at Kendall Regional, giving residents graduated autonomy across a multi-hospital consortium rather than a single fixed site. The program explicitly frames its educational structure (SCORE curriculum, ABSITE-focused question banks, simulation/robotics certification, quarterly mock oral boards) around preparing residents for competitive subspecialty fellowship, while research is structured but resident-driven (quarterly research meetings, poster presentations at regional societies) rather than central to program identity. It appears to value trainees who can function well within a rotating multi-site consortium model and who are motivated toward fellowship subspecialization after core general surgery training.