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
|
Average Number
|
|---|---|---|
| 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 |