Surgery residents will rotate through a wide range of general and subspecialty-based experiences, primarily based at Sutter Roseville Medical Center. Residents receive clinical training through bedside teaching, small group discussions and daily conferences. Residents will complete thirteen 4-week blocks each academic year.

View the SRMC Surgery Residency Block Schedule here

Resident Year 1

• Acute Care Surgery: 3 blocks
• Vascular / Thoracic Surgery: 2 blocks
• Trauma Surgery: 2 blocks
• Night Float: 2 blocks
• Bariatric Surgery / MIS: 2 blocks
• Orthopaedic Surgery: 1 block
• Ear, Nose & Throat Surgery: 1 block

Resident Year 2

• Trauma / Surgical Critical Care: 3 blocks
• Acute Care Surgery: 2 blocks
• Night Float: 2 blocks
• Vascular Surgery: 1 block
• Thoracic Surgery: 1 block
• General Surgery: 1 block
• Endoscopy/VAT: 1 block
• Pediatric Surgery: 1 block
• Transplant / Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery: 1 block

Resident Year 3

• Acute Care Surgery: 2 blocks
• Bariatric Surgery / MIS: 2 blocks
• Vascular Surgery: 1 block
• Thoracic Surgery: 1 block
• Trauma / Surgical Critical Care: 1 block
• Surgical Oncology: 1 block
• Pediatric Surgery: 1 block
• General Surgery: 1 block
• Burn Surgery: 1 block
• Transplant / Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery: 1 block
• Night Float: 1 block

Resident Year 4

• Endocrine Surgery: 2 blocks
• General Surgery: 2 blocks
• Bariatric Surgery / MIS: 2 blocks
• Cardiac Surgery: 1 block
• Trauma / Surgical Critical Care: 1 block
• Vascular Surgery: 1 block
• Thoracic Surgery: 1 block
• Acute Care Surgery: 1 block
• Surgical Oncology: 1 block
• Colo-rectal Surgery: 1 block

Resident Year 5

• General Surgery: 2 blocks
• Trauma / Surgical Critical Care: 2 blocks
• Colo-rectal Surgery: 2 blocks
• Acute Care Surgery: 2 blocks
• Bariatric Surgery / MIS: 2 blocks
• Vascular Surgery: 1 block
• Thoracic Surgery: 1 block
• Surgical Oncology: 1 block