Inspira Health Network-Inspira Medical Center Vineland Program

Program Identity & Fit

Inspira's Vineland General Surgery Residency is a community-based program affiliated with Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, rotating residents across Inspira's Elmer, Mullica Hill and Vineland sites plus outside hospitals for subspecialty exposure in transplant and pediatric surgery. The program explicitly frames its mission as dual-track: graduating surgeons ready for immediate private practice while also equipping candidates competitive for fellowship (trauma, colorectal, breast, plastic, MIS), with graduated autonomy and consistent fulfillment of ABS/ACGME index case requirements. Research is structured but not central-residents are expected to publish at least one manuscript and present at conferences, supported by Rowan library access and a research council. The program's structure (smaller cohorts, DaVinci Xi robotic training, simulation center, SCORE/TrueLearn-based didactics) and its stated draw of osteopathic graduates from PCOM, LECOM, VCOM and Rowan itself signal a program built around hands-on volume and community-hospital autonomy rather than tertiary academic prestige.