University of South Florida Morsani Program

Program Identity & Fit

USF Morsani's General Surgery Residency is a large, non-pyramidal, academic program (seven categorical positions per year) anchored at Tampa General Hospital, the region's only Level I trauma center with over 3,200 trauma admissions annually, alongside James A. Haley VA and Moffitt Cancer Center affiliations. The department supports a dedicated Division of Surgical Research with basic/translational labs, big-data analytics (OnetoMap), and an NIH T32-funded surgeon-scientist training pathway, and roughly a third of residents elect two dedicated research years, though this is not mandatory. Fellowship training in bariatrics/foregut/hernia, surgical critical care, and other subspecialties operates alongside the residency, signaling a program built to feed graduates into further subspecialization and academic surgical careers while still producing well-rounded general surgeons. High clinical volume, simulation training through CAMLS, robotic exposure, and an ACS-verified trauma/burn/pediatric trauma infrastructure indicate the program values residents who can handle high-acuity, complex tertiary care and engage meaningfully in scholarship.