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Welcome From the Program Director, Kurt R. Stahlfeld, MD

Kurt R. Stahlfeld, MD, Program Director - UPMC Mercy General SurgeryWe are excited that you are considering UPMC Mercy General Surgery.

We welcome your interest and inquiries. Please browse our website and check us out. UPMC Mercy is the oldest Mercy hospital in the US and has had a surgical residency for over sixty years. We are one of many excellent programs available to you.

Our program is a mix between an academic and community style experience, a “hybrid” in current lingo. Although almost 70 percent of our graduates enter fellowships, we take great pride that the other 30 percent are well-prepared to begin practicing general surgery on graduation.

We graduate four chief residents annually and have a five year accreditation cycle with commendation from the Surgical Residency Review Committee. Mercy’s campus sits on the bluff overlooking downtown Pittsburgh and is adjacent to Duquesne University and the PPG Paints Arena, home to the Pittsburgh Penguins. The patient population is drawn from a combination of referrals from the suburbs and the inner city. Off campus rotations include a one month transplant rotation at Presbyterian University Hospital, two month pediatric surgery rotation at Children’s Hospital and a 3 month Vascular rotation at St. Clair.

In addition to rotations on high volume bread and butter general surgery services, Mercy is a Level 1 Trauma service and offers rotations on minimally invasive esophageal and foregut surgery, vascular surgery and Trauma/ACS. Two somewhat unique experiences include a three month apprentice style experience in vascular surgery during the PGY 4 year and a general surgery clinic run by the program director and the chief residents. The program is supportive of research. Recent publications and presentations are on the web-site.

Fortunately administration has been very supportive of the institution and the surgery program and has invested in a new DEM, robot, skills lab, integrated vascular surgery operating rooms and endovascular suite, and, to the dismay of several established faculty, the hospital is now paperless.

Although a surgical residency is hard work, we foster a collegial atmosphere between faculty and residents and have had memorable team building activities such as whitewater rafting, paint ball, wine tastings, TopGolf and attending local sporting events. Should this style program interest you, please send an application so we can set up an interview.

Prior to covid our interviews consisted of four, two-day interviews. Tuesday afternoons, we hosted a brief Meet and Greet (by appointment) with the Chairman of the Department of Surgery and the Program Director. Formal Interviews were hosted on Wednesday. Currently our interviews are remote/virtual on Microsoft TEAMS platform. Each candidate will be interviewed by two faculty members and a senior resident with a virtual group Meet & Greet with the current program residents.

We are excited to meet you.


Kurt R. Stahlfeld, M.D.
Program Director
Department of Surgery

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UPMC Mercy General Surgery Residency Program
Department of Surgery
UPMC Mercy
1400 Locust Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Kurt R. Stahlfeld, MD,
Program Director
412-232-8097

Danielle McKeever, MS,
GME Academic Manager
412-232-5528

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