Kansas City University GME Consortium KCU-GME Consortium-St Anthony Program

Program Identity & Fit

St. Anthony Hospital's general surgery residency is a small, community-based, Level 1 trauma program sponsored through Kansas City University GME and CommonSpirit Health, appointing only two residents per year into a five-year ACGME-accredited curriculum. Training centers on a high-acuity trauma environment (including the dedicated Trauma Room 10 suite), broad general surgery, critical care, and both laparoscopic and robotic minimally invasive surgery, with additional rotations through Children's Hospital Colorado, Porter Adventist, University of Colorado Anschutz, Denver Health, St. Anthony North, and the VA. The program is explicitly identity-driven around leadership development, self-directed learning, and producing both academic and community surgical leaders rather than emphasizing formal research infrastructure. Its faith-based, mission-oriented sponsoring system and small-cohort, closely mentored structure suggest a preference for residents who value team culture, compassionate patient advocacy, and community-anchored surgical practice over a research-heavy academic trajectory.