Westchester Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

Westchester Medical Center's General Surgery Residency is a university-affiliated tertiary/quaternary academic program built around the only Level 1 Trauma Center between NYC and Albany, giving trainees exposure to high-acuity trauma, transplant, surgical oncology, and complex adult and pediatric surgical disease with one of the highest case mix indices in the country. Residents average over 1000 surgical cases and most graduate into competitive fellowships, supported by in-house fellowships in critical care, plastics, vascular, MIS, transplant, and burn. Scholarly activity is a program requirement for all residents, with a dedicated funded six-or-seven-year research track (research years between PGY2-3), departmental research infrastructure (DSCRU), and expectation of multiple peer-reviewed publications, indicating research is woven into training rather than optional. The program emphasizes structured skills training (FLS, robotics), individualized clinical mentorship, and a stated culture of developing "future national leaders," suggesting it values residents oriented toward complex/tertiary surgical care and fellowship subspecialization rather than community general surgery practice.