Lisa Schlitzkus, M.D. Graduate 2012
Nowadays, wherever you go to residency, you will be trained as a surgeon, meeting specific requirements by governing bodies.  The key to selecting a residency program then is who do you want to surround yourself with?  Who do want to call in the middle of the night when a patient is crashing and you need help?  Who can you call to fill in during a family emergency?  Surgical residency is challenging regardless of the program you choose, but if you surround yourself with hard-working, loyal, passionate people and you give 110% - you’re better off.  That’s what our program is about.

Mark Manwaring, M.D., Graduation 2010
Our residency prepares you to provide definitive care to very ill patients. We are guided from appropriate resuscitation and well reasoned operative intervention to thorough postoperative management. These skills are taught—but for integration into ones repertoire, they must be honed. Thanks to our faculty, we have the opportunity in our surgical residency to acquire both the knowledge and technical expertise to accomplish this goal. Our aim as residents is to create and maintain a cooperative, supportive, and collegial learning environment. This process is successful when our residents demonstrate strong individual work ethic, intellectual integrity, and a teachable attitude. All this combined with genuine camaraderie makes this program a first class surgical training experience.  

Felicia N. Williams, M.D., Graduation 2011
"It is hard to imagine a greater challenge in life than devoting the rest of your life to treating, serving and saving others. This is the challenge of Medicine. There is no greater bond to your patients than to have both the physical and mental ability to help and save them. This is the amazement of Surgery. I chose this program because I felt that my fellow residents and the faculty understood these principles and would help mold me into the Surgeon I wanted to be. To date, they have exceeded my expectations."  written July 2006

Sharon L. Williams, M.D., Graduation 2009
"I have enjoying my time here.  There is a strong emphasis on learning but the atmosphere is friendly.  Operative experience builds up from the intern year starting with skin, soft tissue, and basic laparoscopic procedures and advances to more challenging cases as you go.  Clinical and basic science education is a blend of didactic and bedside teaching.  All of the services are busy with lots of cases and clinic but we have a lot of fun working together." written July 2006