Nassau University Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

NUMC General Surgery is a safety-net, tertiary teaching program built around a high-acuity, high-volume Level One Trauma Center and 11-bed closed Surgical/Trauma ICU serving Nassau County's most critically injured patients, with chief residents graduating with roughly 950-1,050 cases. The program blends broad general surgical exposure (colorectal, MIS, bariatric Center of Excellence, breast, thoracic, vascular/endovascular) with off-site subspecialty rotations (pediatric surgery, transplant, cardiothoracic, surgical oncology) and 25% of training time at LIJ-Forest Hills for added technical volume. Research is structurally embedded through a fully-funded post-PGY2 Acute Care Surgery research year yielding multiple publications, and all residents are required to publish regardless of pathway, though the program's core identity remains clinically and operatively driven rather than academically theoretical. The program explicitly emphasizes progressive autonomy, continuity of care through longitudinal clinic follow-up, simulation-based skills training, and resident wellness programming, indicating it values technically confident, resilient operators who value hands-on ownership of trauma and acute care patients.