University of Miami Hospital and Clinics Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a community-based general surgery residency at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale that leverages University of Miami Miller School of Medicine academic affiliation while training only three categorical residents per year, producing a small, high-touch program structure. Core training occurs in a community hospital setting with structured away rotations to Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center and Burn Unit and to Nicklaus Children's Hospital, giving residents deliberate exposure to high-acuity trauma, burn, and pediatric surgery they would not otherwise see at the home site. The curriculum has a defined minimally invasive/robotics pathway (FES/FLS completion, Da Vinci certification built into the five-year structure) and expects at least one resident publication per year, but research functions as a supportive rather than central pillar. Recent graduate outcomes skew heavily toward subspecialty fellowship (MIS, plastics, endocrine, vascular, surgical critical care, burn), indicating the program values residents oriented toward further subspecialization rather than early community practice.