McLaren Health Care Corporation-McLaren Macomb Program

Program Identity & Fit

McLaren Macomb is a community-based, MSU-affiliated general surgery residency rooted in an osteopathic training legacy (ACGME-accredited since 2018) that emphasizes high-volume, high-acuity operative and trauma exposure over research infrastructure. Residents run a busy Level II trauma service at the home site and rotate to McLaren Oakland, where they serve as the primary surgical resident for a high volume of penetrating and blunt trauma with no senior resident on service, supplemented by trauma/burn/acute care at Hurley, pediatric surgery at DMC Children's Hospital, and transplant at University of Michigan. The curriculum is broad general surgery with heavy vascular, bariatric, and endovascular exposure, and graduates pursue either direct community practice or fellowships in vascular, plastic, surgical critical care, and hand surgery. The program values early autonomy, procedural independence, and comfort managing acutely ill trauma and general surgery patients across multiple community and safety-net-style sites rather than academic scholarship.