Top Medical Schools for Surgeons

Duke University

• Duke University's Department of Surgery consistently emerges among the top surgical training facilities in the United States. The surgery department has received more funding from the National Institutes of Health than any other surgery department in the world. The department of surgery offers residency, medical student and fellowship programs. In 2005, Duke opened their Surgical Education and Activities Lab to train students and faculty with simulation equipment to ensure the safest possible training methods with no risk to patients. The 200 strong faculty team publishes hundreds of research papers in peer-reviewed journals every year. The surgical team works to bring their discoveries quickly from the labs into practice.

  Duke University
  Department of Surgery
  Chairman's Office
  DUMC Box 3704
  Durham, NC 27710
  919-681-3445
  surgery.duke.edu

Washington University in St. Louis

• Washington University's Department of Surgery offers training opportunities in 12 surgical specialties including cardiothoracic, colon-rectal, pediatric, transplant and vascular surgical techniques. The department's primary offering is the General Surgery Residency Program, one of the most selective programs in the world. The school was one of the first to develop fellowship programs for surgical specialties. Washington University offers clinical surgery education for post-graduates as well as fellowships and mentorships for M.D.s in surgical training. The department of surgery offers research education in all of its surgical specializations for those seeking a career in surgical research.

  General Surgery Residency Program at Washington University School of Medicine
  Surgery House Staff Office
  1701 West Building
  Campus Box 8109
  660 South Euclid Avenue
  St. Louis, MO 63110
  314-362-8028
  surgery.wustl.edu

University of Pittsburgh

• The highly ranked University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Department of Surgery offers computer assisted technology to train aspiring surgeons outside the operating room with laboratory practice modules and surgical training simulators. This gives students a chance to hone their skills until they are proficient enough to practice in actual surgeries with patients. Residents and students can observe most operations in real-time on computers. Students also have access to a library of surgical procedures on VHS tapes and CDs to study before attempting the procedures on simulators. The school also participates in myriad research and clinical trials through it's Cancer Institute, Genetics Institute, Artificial Heart Institute, Transplantation Institute and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center.

  UPMC Department of Surgery
  UPMC Presbyterian, F-1281.3
  200 Lothrop Street
  Pittsburgh, PA 15213
  412-647-0982
  upmc.com