Residency Positions Available​

Positions Available

PGY 1 26 Total
  8 General Surgery
6 Categorical
2 Non-Designated Preliminary
  18 Specialty
3 Urology
5 Otolaryngology
3 Neurosurgery
2 Vascular Surgery
3 Plastic Surgery
1 OMFS
PGY 2 14 Total
  6 General Surgery
6 Categorical
1 Non-Designated Preliminary
  8

Specialty
3 Urology
3 Plastic Surgery
2 Vascular

PGY 3 7 General Surgery
PGY 4 6 General Surgery Categorical
PGY 5 General Surgery Categorical
LAB 11 2010-11

 

Training Hospitals

Location of Rotations: PGY Level:
UPMC Presbyterian 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
UPMC Shadyside 1, 2, 5
UPMC St. Margaret 1, 2, 3, 4
Veterans Affairs Medical Center 1, 3, 4, 5
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC 1, 2, 4
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC 2, 3, 5
UPMC McKeesport 3
UPMC Mercy 1

 

PGY 1 Rotations

  • Burn unit (UPMC Mercy)
  • Cardiac surgery
  • Critical care
  • Emergency medicine
  • Endocrine surgery
  • Gastrointestinal surgery
  • General surgery (UPMC St. Margaret, VAMC)
  • Neurosurgery
  • Night float
  • Pediatric surgery
  • Plastic surgery
  • Research/anesthesia
  • Surgical oncology
  • Thoracic surgery (UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Shadyside, UPMC St. Margaret)
  • Trauma surgery
  • Urology
  • Vascular surgery (UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Shadyside, UPMC St. Margaret, VAMC)

PGY 2 Rotations 

  • Breast surgery (Magee-Women’s Hospital of UPMC)
  • Critical care
  • Endoscopy/research
  • General surgery (UPMC St. Margaret)
  • Kidney transplant
  • Liver oncology
  • Pediatric surgery (Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC)
  • Surgical oncology
  • Thoracic surgery (VAMC)
  • Trauma surgery

PGY 3 Rotations

  • Gastrointestinal surgery
  • General surgery (UPMC McKeesport, UPMC St. Margaret, VAMC)
  • Minimally invasive surgery (Magee-Women’s Hospital of UPMC)
  • Vascular and thoracic surgery (UPMC St. Margaret)
  • Trauma surgery

PGY 4 Rotations

  • General surgery (UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC St. Margaret)
  • Liver transplant surgery
  • Pediatric surgery (Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC)
  • Trauma
  • Vascular surgery (VAMC)

PGY 5 Rotations

  • Endocrine surgery
  • Gastrointestinal surgery
  • General surgery (VAMC)
  • Minimally invasive surgery
  • Surgical oncology
  • Trauma

​Ongoing Information

As part of this ongoing commitment to train tomorrow’s physicians, the Department of Surgery offers residency and fellowship programs in various sub-specialties, including:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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