Trinity Health Oakland-Wayne State University Program

Program Identity & Fit

Trinity Health Oakland/Wayne State is a community-based general surgery program built around a single, high-volume Level II Trauma Center in Pontiac, Michigan, with 58 of 60 months spent at the home institution and only brief outside rotations in transplant and pediatric surgery. The program explicitly orients toward private group practice, with a Catholic-mission emphasis on serving a diverse, underinsured and uninsured population, and it draws heavily on osteopathic and DO-friendly training backgrounds among residents. Career outcomes described by current residents skew toward community and rural general surgery as well as common surgical subspecialty fellowships (colorectal, MIS, vascular, critical care, cardiothoracic), rather than academic or research-track outcomes. The program values technical competence, board-certification readiness, and comprehensive generalist operative training over an academic or research-driven identity.