Marshfield Clinic Program

Program Identity & Fit

Marshfield Clinic's General Surgery Residency is a five-year, all-categorical, university-affiliated community-based program (academic partnership with UW Madison, with rotations at UW and Medical College of Wisconsin) housed in a rural Wisconsin tertiary referral center serving a large, geographically dispersed referral base. Training emphasizes broad general surgery competence with dedicated exposure to surgical critical care, advanced laparoscopy, and endoscopy, preparing residents for real-world community and tertiary practice rather than a narrow subspecialty track. Scholarly activity is structurally supported through the Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, one of the largest private research institutes in Wisconsin, with a dedicated research facilitator, biostatistical support, and expectations of active participation in QI, case reports, or clinical studies alongside clinical training. The program's internal fellowship pipeline (vascular surgery) and its rural, high-acuity, tertiary-referral identity suggest it values residents oriented toward broad-scope surgical practice with regional/community commitment rather than narrow academic subspecialization.