Surgery is the branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of disease, injury or deformity to manual or instrumental operations. The department provides instruction and training to medical students in both general surgery and the subspecialties and includes etiology, diagnosis, pre- and post-operative care, surgical techniques and research. Facilities and resources are available to support clinical research in a variety of fields. The department directs a general surgery residency program, an orthopedic residency program, and a surgical critical care fellowship program. It conducts and participates in continuing medical education programs for physicians and other health professionals. The program utilizes a large and varied faculty of general and specialty surgeons, as well as numerous local medical centers, giving students and residents ample exposure to surgical disease and therapy.
