Surgical Education
General Surgery Residency Program

Goals and Objectives of PGY Level

	Michael A. Goldfarb, M.D., F.A.C.S. Chairman and Program Director Department of Surgery Monmouth Medical Center Professor of Surgery Drexel University College of Medicine
	Dennis L. Bordan, M.D., F.A.C.S. Chairman, Department of Surgery, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery - NYU Medical School and Weill Medical College of Cornell University

The General Surgery residency is structured to provide five years of general surgery training. There are three categorical residents per year plus six non-designated preliminary residents. The residency is under the auspices of Monmouth Medical Center (MMC) Department of Surgery. The affiliate of the program is Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (NBIMC). At MMC, residents rotate through the General Surgery Team A and subspecialty Team B which includes vascular, thoracic, pediatric, urology, otolaryngology, plastic surgery and neurosurgery patients. At MMC, a PGY 1 resident rotates through the ICU/ER. AT NBIMC, in addition to general surgery, residents rotate on the vascular, transplant and cardiac services.

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