Ohio State University Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

Ohio State's General Surgery Residency is a large, tertiary/quaternary academic program explicitly built to train "leaders in academic surgery," combining high operative volume across core and subspecialty services (transplant, surgical oncology, thoracic, vascular, colorectal, MIS/robotics at a dedicated high-volume East Hospital site) with a mandatory two years of protected, structured research training embedded within a seven-year categorical pathway. The Professional Development and Research Training Program formalizes a three-phase academic pipeline (mentor selection/grad school application, mentored research with national presentations, leadership/next-steps preparation), and many residents pursue MPH, MBA, or PhD degrees during this time, reflecting a surgeon-scientist orientation. Clinical training spans Wexner Medical Center, Nationwide Children's Hospital, James Cancer Hospital, and Ross Heart Hospital, giving broad exposure to complex, subspecialized pathology alongside graded operative autonomy from intern year onward. Graduates disproportionately pursue competitive fellowships (surgical oncology, transplant, cardiothoracic, colorectal, pediatric), though the program also credits itself with producing successful community-practice surgeons.