University of Arizona College of Medicine- Phoenix Program

Program Identity & Fit

The Phoenix Integrated Surgical Residency (PISR) is a university-affiliated program built on an unusually broad multi-site model spanning tertiary academic care (Banner-UMC Phoenix, an ACS level-one trauma center), VA surgical care, community private-practice exposure (Banner Desert), surgical oncology (Banner MD Anderson Gateway), pediatric surgery (Cardon Children's), and a distinctive rural/underserved rotation at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage. The program explicitly frames its mission around producing a well-rounded "general" general surgeon comfortable across remote, underserved, and elective private-practice settings rather than a narrow subspecialist. Historically it has trained more Arizona surgeons than any other program, signaling a regional community-building identity alongside its academic trauma/transplant/oncology infrastructure. The breadth of service lines (transplant, colorectal, vascular, cardiothoracic, bariatric) supports both academic and community-practice trajectories, with no explicit research mandate emphasized.