First Year
7 months** General/Acute Care Surgery , Surg Onc, & ColoRectal
3 months Trauma/Acute Care
1 month Vascular
1 month Critical Care
2 weeks Emergency Medicine
2 weeks Anesthesia
Second Year
8 months General/Acute Care Surgery, Surg Onc, & ColoRectal
1 month Trauma Surgery
1 month Vascular Surgery
1 month Critical Care/Burn @ University of Iowa
1 month SICU
1 month Pediatrics/Transplant Surgery
Third Year
8 months General Surgery, Surg Onc, ColoRectal
1 month Trauma Surgery
1 month Vascular Surgery
1 month GI Surgery
1 month Breast
1 month Transplant Surgery @ University of Nebraska
Fourth Year
10 months General Surgery, Surg Onc, ColoRectal
2 months Surgery Elective*
1 month Vascular Surgery
1 month Cardiothoracic Surgery
Fifth Year
Full year General Surgery, Surg Onc, ColoRectal
**Months refer to 13 4-week blocks per year
*Available electives include GYN Oncology, Plastic Surgery, ENT, as well as additional time in subspecialties of interest. Residents are permitted to use their elective to “audition” at fellowship programs and/or future practice sites.
Didactics
All residents have an Adjunct Instructor Appointment at Des Moines University to provide lectures and surgical skills laboratory instruction.