Samaritan Health Services - Corvallis Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a community-based, osteopathic-affiliated general surgery residency at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, a Level-II Trauma Center in Corvallis, Oregon, with formal ties to Western University College of Osteopathic Medicine Pacific-Northwest. Residents rotate broadly across community and academic sites (Samaritan Albany, Samaritan Pacific Communities, Legacy Emanuel, OHSU, Providence Portland, VA Portland), gaining exposure to trauma, transplant, HPB, bariatrics, vascular, burn, and pediatric surgery alongside core general surgery. Scholarly activity is a required, structured component with a yearly project and dedicated Research Day presentation, though the program's identity centers more on hands-on breadth and a small, tight-knit resident cohort than on academic research output. The program explicitly values collegiality and mutual reliance within a small class size, describing itself as a "family" where residents "always have someone who can cover."