Curriculum

General Surgery

Rotation Sites

Rotations for the General Surgery Residency Program will take place at the following sites:

Our sponsoring institution, UHS Southern California Medical Education Consortium, comprises five acute care hospitals recognized for quality of care and patient safety. The General Surgery Program takes place at four of these facilities.

The primary clinical site, Temecula Valley Hospital, was built in 2013 and offers a comprehensive range of services similar to hospitals in large metropolitan areas. The hospital offers specialty services including Interventional Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery and Neuro-interventional services. TVH is also designated as a STEMI Receiving Center and Stroke Center with Thrombectomy capabilities. The Joint Commission has designated the hospital as an Advanced Primary Stroke Center.

Rotation Schedule

PGY-1
BlockWeeksSpecialtyLocation
14 weeksGeneral SurgeryTemecula Valley Hospital
24 weeksSICUCorona Regional Medical Center
34 weeksTrauma Acute CareInland Valley Hospital
45 weeksColorectalRancho Springs Hospital
54 weeksElectiveTemecula Valley Hospital
65 weeksVascular SurgeryTemecula Valley Hospital
74 weeksMinimally Invasive SurgeryCorona Regional Medical Center
84 weeksElectiveInland Valley Hospital
95 weeksCardio ThoracicTemecula Valley Hospital
104 weeksGeneral Surgery, Robotic, Gyn-OncRancho Springs Hospital
115 weeksEmergency MedicineTemecula Valley Hospital
125 weeksAmbulatory SurgeryTemecula Valley Hospital
PGY-2
BlockWeeksSpecialtyLocation
14 weeksGeneral SurgeryTemecula Valley Hospital
24 weeksElectiveTemecula Valley Hospital
34 weeksTrauma Acute CareInland Valley Hospital
45 weeksColorectalRancho Springs Hospital
54 weeksMinimally Invasive SurgeryCorona Regional Medical Center
65 weeksSICUCorona Regional Medical Center
74 weeksCardio ThoracicTemecula Valley Hospital
84 weeksGeneral Surgery, Robotic, Gyn-OncRancho Springs Hospital
95 weeksGeneral Surgery, Robotic, Gyn-OncRancho Springs Hospital
104 weeksPlastic SurgeryCorona Regional Medical Center
114 weeksVascular SurgeryTemecula Valley Hospital
125 weeksSICUCorona Regional Medical Center
PGY-3
BlockWeeksSpecialtyLocation
14 weeksPediatricTBD
24 weeksTransplantTBD
34 weeksBurnTBD
45 weeksGeneral SurgeryTemecula Valley Hospital
54 weeksVascular SurgeryTemecula Valley Hospital
65 weeksGeneral Surgery, Robotic, Gyn-OncRancho Springs Hospital
74 weeksColorectalRancho Springs Hospital
84 weeksMinimally Invasive SurgeryCorona Regional Medical Center
95 weeksCardiac ThoracicTemecula Valley Hospital
104 weeksTrauma Acute CareInland Valley Hospital
114 weeksGeneral SurgeryTemecula Valley Hospital
125 weeksElectiveTemecula Valley Hospital
PGY-4
BlockWeeksSpecialtyLocation
14 weeksGeneral SurgeryTemecula Valley Hospital
24 weeksMinimally Invasive SurgeryCorona Regional Medical Center
34 weeksColorectalRancho Springs Hospital
45 weeksVascular SurgeryTemecula Valley Hospital
54 weeksGeneral Surgery, Robotic, Gyn-OncRancho Springs Hospital
65 weeksVascular SurgeryTemecula Valley Hospital
74 weeksTrauma Acute CareInland Valley Hospital
84 weeksGeneral Surgery, Robotic, Gyn-OncInland Valley Hospital
95 weeksColorectalInland Valley Hospital
104 weeksVascular SurgeryTemecula Valley Hospital
114 weeksMinimally Invasive SurgeryCorona Regional Medical Center
125 weeksElectiveRancho Springs Hospital
PGY-5
BlockWeeksSpecialtyLocation
14 weeksGeneral SurgeryTemecula Valley Hospital
24 weeksGeneral Surgery, Robotic, Gyn-OncRancho Springs Hospital
34 weeksTrauma Acute CareInland Valley Hospital
45 weeksVascular SurgeryTemecula Valley Hospital
54 weeksGeneral SurgeryTemecula Valley Hospital
65 weeksGeneral Surgery, Robotic, Gyn-OncRancho Springs Hospital
74 weeksMinimally Invasive SurgeryCorona Regional Medical Center
84 weeksColorectalTemecula Valley Hospital
95 weeksGeneral SurgeryRancho Springs Hospital
104 weeksGeneral Surgery, Robotic, Gyn-OncRancho Springs Hospital
114 weeksElectiveTemecula Valley Hospital
125 weeksMinimally Invasive SurgeryCorona Regional Medical Center

PGY-1
BlockWeeksSpecialtyLocation
14 weeksGeneral SurgeryTemecula Valley Hospital
24 weeksSICUCorona Regional Medical Center
34 weeksTrauma Acute CareInland Valley Hospital
45 weeksColorectalRancho Springs Hospital
54 weeksElectiveTemecula Valley Hospital
65 weeksVascular SurgeryTemecula Valley Hospital
74 weeksMinimally Invasive SurgeryCorona Regional Medical Center
84 weeksElectiveInland Valley Hospital
95 weeksCardio ThoracicTemecula Valley Hospital
104 weeksGeneral Surgery, Robotic, Gyn-OncRancho Springs Hospital
115 weeksEmergency MedicineTemecula Valley Hospital
125 weeksAmbulatory SurgeryTemecula Valley Hospital
PGY-2
BlockWeeksSpecialtyLocation
14 weeksGeneral SurgeryTemecula Valley Hospital
24 weeksElectiveTemecula Valley Hospital
34 weeksTrauma Acute CareInland Valley Hospital
45 weeksColorectalRancho Springs Hospital
54 weeksMinimally Invasive SurgeryCorona Regional Medical Center
65 weeksSICUCorona Regional Medical Center
74 weeksCardio ThoracicTemecula Valley Hospital
84 weeksGeneral Surgery, Robotic, Gyn-OncRancho Springs Hospital
95 weeksGeneral Surgery, Robotic, Gyn-OncRancho Springs Hospital
104 weeksPlastic SurgeryCorona Regional Medical Center
114 weeksVascular SurgeryTemecula Valley Hospital
125 weeksSICUCorona Regional Medical Center
PGY-3
BlockWeeksSpecialtyLocation
14 weeksPediatricTBD
24 weeksTransplantTBD
34 weeksBurnTBD
45 weeksGeneral SurgeryTemecula Valley Hospital
54 weeksVascular SurgeryTemecula Valley Hospital
65 weeksGeneral Surgery, Robotic, Gyn-OncRancho Springs Hospital
74 weeksColorectalRancho Springs Hospital
84 weeksMinimally Invasive SurgeryCorona Regional Medical Center
95 weeksCardiac ThoracicTemecula Valley Hospital
104 weeksTrauma Acute CareInland Valley Hospital
114 weeksGeneral SurgeryTemecula Valley Hospital
125 weeksElectiveTemecula Valley Hospital
PGY-4
BlockWeeksSpecialtyLocation
14 weeksGeneral SurgeryTemecula Valley Hospital
24 weeksMinimally Invasive SurgeryCorona Regional Medical Center
34 weeksColorectalRancho Springs Hospital
45 weeksVascular SurgeryTemecula Valley Hospital
54 weeksGeneral Surgery, Robotic, Gyn-OncRancho Springs Hospital
65 weeksVascular SurgeryTemecula Valley Hospital
74 weeksTrauma Acute CareInland Valley Hospital
84 weeksGeneral Surgery, Robotic, Gyn-OncInland Valley Hospital
95 weeksColorectalInland Valley Hospital
104 weeksVascular SurgeryTemecula Valley Hospital
114 weeksMinimally Invasive SurgeryCorona Regional Medical Center
125 weeksElectiveRancho Springs Hospital
PGY-5
BlockWeeksSpecialtyLocation
14 weeksGeneral SurgeryTemecula Valley Hospital
24 weeksGeneral Surgery, Robotic, Gyn-OncRancho Springs Hospital
34 weeksTrauma Acute CareInland Valley Hospital
45 weeksVascular SurgeryTemecula Valley Hospital
54 weeksGeneral SurgeryTemecula Valley Hospital
65 weeksGeneral Surgery, Robotic, Gyn-OncRancho Springs Hospital
74 weeksMinimally Invasive SurgeryCorona Regional Medical Center
84 weeksColorectalTemecula Valley Hospital
95 weeksGeneral SurgeryRancho Springs Hospital
104 weeksGeneral Surgery, Robotic, Gyn-OncRancho Springs Hospital
114 weeksElectiveTemecula Valley Hospital
125 weeksMinimally Invasive SurgeryCorona Regional Medical Center
Notes
  • Paid Time Off (PTO): Residents are allowed four weeks (20 days) per academic year during outpatient rotations and are allowed five days per block. See Salary & Benefits for more information.
  • Potential Elective rotations to help personal, professional development include:
    • Trauma surgery
    • General surgery
    • Orthopedic surgery
    • Vascular surgery
    • Anesthesiology
    • Cardiothoracic
    • Advanced laparoscopic and robotic surgery

Didactics

Didactics are very robust and broad. Protected half-day a week will be offered and will include morbidity mortality conference, review part of a surgical textbook chapter, SCORE and Truelearn, basic science lecture and grand rounds. Journal club will take place on a monthly basis.

Research and Scholarly Activity

Our program seeks to advance our residents’ knowledge of basic principles of research, including how research is conducted, evaluated, explained to patients and applied to patient care. Residents are assigned faculty mentors to advise and guide them with their research and scholarly activities. Because of its importance, residents will be allotted time during non-call rotations for scholarly activity as well as the ability to request elective time for scholarly pursuits.

All residents are expected and encouraged to participate in scholarly activity. Residents will participate in hospital performance improvement committees and be exposed to ongoing activities taking place at the hospital such as patient safety efforts and quality improvement.

Residents will present their Scholarly Activity Projects during didactic sessions and are encouraged to submit their projects for presentation and/or publication at professional local, regional or national meetings or in peer-reviewed journals.