Yale-New Haven Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

Yale's integrated vascular surgery residency is a 7-year academic pathway explicitly designed to train future academic vascular surgery leaders within a quaternary referral center, drawing complex transferred cases from across Connecticut and neighboring states. The curriculum is structured around a protected 2-year academic development block between core clinical years and senior chief years, during which residents pursue hypothesis-driven research, MPH degrees, database outcomes work, or basic science, with salary support from YNHH and eligibility for the Surgical Scientist Training Program. Training spans multiple campuses (York Street quaternary center, St. Raphael's high-volume arterial/venous/dialysis work, VA Connecticut, and a community-style Bridgeport rotation), with graduates achieving 85th-percentile case volumes in a roughly 60% endovascular/40% open mix and a progressive-autonomy model culminating in independent chief-level operating. The program explicitly values technical rigor paired with scholarly productivity, positioning trainees for academic vascular surgery careers rather than solely community practice.