Department of Surgery, UMDNJ-RWJMS

The Residency Review Committee analyzes resident operative data each year and provides the program with what is called a "Defined Category Report." Basically this is a snapshot of the program’s being able to meet defined minimum numbers of cases in each of the primary and secondary areas of importance. We are proud to reproduce the most recent report on the graduating chief residents from the summer of 2008, noting that we most often double or triple the minimum number of cases.

In addition one can see where we stand in our relative cases reproduced here with percentile rankings. Extensive detail is also provided us showing that for example we are at the 12^th percentile for liver resections and the 77^th percentile for Whipple procedures due to our vigorously growing Cancer Center and its Division of Surgical Oncology, as well as being at the 93^rd percentile for endocrine surgery. Our only shortcoming is operative trauma, and while it may then be a lot safer here going out to your car each evening, this is not where you want to train to gain operative trauma credentials. We do however have a record of placement of our graduates at some of the top trauma and surgical critical care programs in the country.