University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine Program

Program Identity & Fit

UNMC's General Surgery Residency is a large academic program (six categorical spots/year) built around a deliberately mixed clinical portfolio spanning tertiary academic care at UNMC, private-practice exposure at Methodist Hospital, pediatric surgery at Children's Nebraska, and rural general surgery at Mary Lanning in Hastings, giving trainees experience across the full spectrum of practice settings rather than a single institutional culture. The program's defining infrastructure is the Davis Global Center, an extensive simulation facility with fresh cadaveric tissue labs, task trainers, FLS/FES certification, and a structured robotics curriculum culminating in robotic certification—signaling a strong institutional investment in procedural skill acquisition outside the OR before residents take on live cases. Career outcomes are heavily fellowship-oriented, with the majority of recent graduates pursuing subspecialty fellowships (colorectal, MIS, vascular, surgical oncology, transplant, plastics, pediatric, critical care) at both UNMC and outside academic centers, alongside a meaningful minority entering private practice, particularly in Nebraska and the surrounding region. Structured peer-coaching (third-year resident coaches paired with interns) alongside faculty mentorship indicates the program values early professional development and resident wellbeing as much as operative volume.