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TriHealth General Surgery Residency

Operative Experience

Resident Operative Experience

With 23 major and 4 minor operating rooms and a surgical volume of over 15,000 major cases per year at Good Samaritan Hospital alone, our chief residents graduate with no deficiencies in the number of procedures required by the American Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) in defined categories. Below is the average number of procedures for the 2026 graduating chief residents.

Procedure Name

ACGME Number of
Required Cases
Upon Graduation
Average Number
of Procedures
Upon Graduation
Skin, Soft tissue

25

81

Breast  40 112
Mastectomy 5 82
 Axila 5 24
Head and Neck

25

50

Alimentary Tract

180

503

 Esophagus 5 22
 Stomach 15 60
 Small Intestine 25 73
 Large Intestine 40 127
Appendix  40 156
Anorectal  20 66
Abdominal

250

553

Biliary  85 264
Hernia  85 204
Liver

5

12

Pancreas

5

15

Vascular

50

64

Access  10 19
Anastomosis, Repair, Exposure, or Endarterectomy  10 20
Endocrine

15

25

Thyroid or Parathyroid  10 19
Trauma (operative)

10

26

Trauma (non-operative)

40

111

 Resuscitations as Team Leader 10 33
Thoracic

20

45

 Open Thoracotomy 5 13
Pediatric Surgery

20

32

Plastic Surgery

10

33

Surgical Critical Care 40 58
Laparoscopic (basic)

100

429

Laparoscopic (complex)

75

197

Endoscopy

85

123

Upper Endoscopy

35

53

Colonoscopy

50

65

Total Major Cases

850

1,268

Surgeon Chief Major Cases

200

274

Teaching Assistant Cases  25 39
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