UNIQUE FEATURES

• Considerable 1:1 resident-faculty interaction
• High level of collegiality with our close knit group despite diverse backgrounds
• Strong social interaction both within surgery and with other residents
• Level 1 Trauma Center serving Central San Joaquin Valley population of 2 million
• Regional Burn Center, the only Center between San Francisco and Los Angeles
• Patients vary from pediatric to geriatric
• Critical trauma patients managed from pre-hospital intervention through resuscitative, operative and critical care to post-discharge follow-up
• Extensive experience in elective surgery including oncology, GI, biliary, colorectal, thoracic, vascular and endocrine surgery
• Special experience with advanced MIS techniques and FLS certification
• Specialty exposure to orthopedics, urology, plastics, ENT, neurosurgery, cardiac and transplant
• Tremendous hands-on experience - 1,100 to 1,300 cases as surgeons