UT Health San Antonio General Surgery Residency

UT Health San Antonio General Surgery Residency Welcome to the General Surgery Residency at UT Health San Antonio. A distinguished residency program that has trained surgeons for over 60 years.

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) General Surgery Residency Program is a categorical, non-pyramidal program approved by the ACGME for 9 categorical residents at each year of surgical training, 20 preliminary interns, and 4 preliminary PGY-2 residents. The program was last reviewed in 2013 by the Surgery Residency Review Committee of the Accreditation Council fo

r Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and received full, 5-year accreditation. Research is not mandatory, but opportunities are available for those who choose to do 1 or more research years. Upon successful completion of the program, graduating chief residents are qualified to practice the full spectrum of General Surgery and have adequate operative experience and knowledge to qualify for the certification examination by the American Board of Surgery (MD) or the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery (DO). Residents achieve clinical proficiency through graduated responsibility commensurate with ability and level of training during 5 years of clinical experience. Over the past 5 years, our graduates have consistently performed better than the national average on the American Board of Surgery's Qualifying and Certifying Examinations. Our 5-year pass rate for the Qualifying Exam is 95% (national average = 87%). Our 5-year pass rate for the Certifying Exam is 86% (national average = 82%). Our 5-year pass rate for passing both exams on the first attempt is 83% (national average = 73%). In addition to learning clinical surgery, our residents have the opportunity to spend additional years doing clinical and/or basic science research between the clinical PG2 and PG3 years. Research is not mandatory. If a resident chooses to do research, they have the opportunity to complete 1, 2, or even 3 years of research. During these research years the department sponsors and pays tuition for the research resident to complete a Masters of Science in Clinical Investigation (MSCI) in our NIH-sponsored program.

03/17/2019

Congratulations to all of the 4th-year medical students who participated in the match this year! We are excited for another amazing incoming class!

Michael Metzner, a UT Health San Antonio General Surgery resident, is on his way to California to be a medical fellow on...
07/06/2018

Michael Metzner, a UT Health San Antonio General Surgery resident, is on his way to California to be a medical fellow on Grey’s Anatomy.

Join 3rd year UT Health San Antonio medical student America Revere and 3rd year resident Michael Metzner, M.D. as they discuss Michael's new role on ABC's Gr...

Our rising PGY-4 class just finished their Trauma ASSET and ropes course to help them prepare for their exciting upcomin...
05/07/2018

Our rising PGY-4 class just finished their Trauma ASSET and ropes course to help them prepare for their exciting upcoming year!

A group of residents (and our amazing program coordinator)went to present about “residency ownership” of general surgery...
05/05/2018

A group of residents (and our amazing program coordinator)went to present about “residency ownership” of general surgery programs in front of residency coordinators and administrators from around the country!

03/12/2018

Good Luck to all of the applicants this week with Match!

09/11/2017

Check out the video our residents made answering the question of why they chose the UT Health San Antonio General Surgery program!

09/07/2017
Good luck to the 2018 General Surgery Residency Applicants! We cannot wait to learn about all of the amazing things you ...
09/07/2017

Good luck to the 2018 General Surgery Residency Applicants! We cannot wait to learn about all of the amazing things you have accomplished!

General Surgery Residency Program, San Antonio, TX - .

Congratulations to ALL of our 2017 residency graduates that PASSED the written (qualifying) examination for surgery!!
09/07/2017

Congratulations to ALL of our 2017 residency graduates that PASSED the written (qualifying) examination for surgery!!

To be eligible to take the American Board of Surgery qualifying examination residents must perform procedures in the min...
09/07/2017

To be eligible to take the American Board of Surgery qualifying examination residents must perform procedures in the minimum required number of cases in each surgical category. The table below shows required procedures, the minimum number of cases required and the median number of procedures in each category performed by our graduating chief residents in 2016:

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