General Information

Welcome Message from the Program Director

Thank you for your interest in the training programs in Surgery at Case Western Reserve University Hospitals. Our mission is to provide the finest training available to individuals who are motivated, compassionate and willing to contribute to the excellence of the program for the benefit of all participants.

Please visit the web pages associated with the Case Surgical Residency Program to learn more about specific surgical rotations, faculty biosketches, current residents, recent graduates and the educational conferences. As a part of our ongoing effort to improve the educational experience, conferences and yearly rotations may be modified based upon resident feedback at our yearly retreat. Surgical training is divided among many outstanding hospitals to provide a broad range of experience at the following locations:

• Case Medical Center, which is the primary hospital affiliate with Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Case Surgery is a recognized leader in minimally-invasive surgery, including translational research in NOTES.
• MetroHealth Medical Center, which is the regional Level I trauma and burn center and is nationally recognized for contributions in the area of emergency surgery, critical care and endocrine surgery.
• VA Medical Center of Cleveland, which boasts state-of-the-art electronic health records.
• Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, which is traditionally recognized as the top children’s hospital in the Midwest and top five in the country.
• Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, which received the highest programmatic ranking of all NCI-designated cancer centers during the 2007 review.

During the years 2002-2007, our graduates passed both the Qualifying and Certifying exams of the American Board of Surgery on the first attempt at a rate of 96%, which ranks as one of top in the country. A surgery core curriculum has been established which includes focused readings during each surgical rotation, a resident orchestrated SESAP review series, and a surgical skills lab using live animal models and virtual reality simulation models.

At Case, our mission is “to heal, to teach and to discover.” If you seek a surgical training program which is dynamic, steeped in tradition but with an eye towards the future, consider Case Surgery. We look forward to meeting with you and sharing our vision of surgical education in the new millennium.

Julian Kim, M.D.
Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology
Program Director, General Surgery