|
Surgical Specialty |
Length of Residency Training |
|
General Surgery |
Five years |
|
Thoracic Surgery |
General surgery training plus two additional years |
|
Colon and Rectal Surgery |
General surgery training plus one additional year completing
a colon and rectal surgery residency |
|
Obstetrics and Gynecology |
Four years: Three years entirely in obstetrics and gynecology,
plus one elective year |
|
Gynecologic Oncology |
Four years in an Obstetrics and Gynecology residency training
program plus a minimum of 2-3 years in gynecological oncology |
|
Neurological Surgery |
One year of general surgery training plus five years of neurological
surgery training |
|
Ophthalmic Surgery |
One year of patient care in one of the following: internal medicine,
pediatrics, general surgery, emergency medicine, neurology, or
family practice; followed by three years in ophthalmology |
Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery |
A four-year graduate degree in dentistry plus a minimum of four
years in a general surgery training program |
|
Orthopaedic Surgery |
One year in a broadly-based, patient-related program, plus four
in orthopaedic surgery |
|
Otorhinolaryngology |
One year of general surgery training plus three years of otorhinolaryngology,
followed by one year of elective training |
|
Pediatric Surgery |
General surgery training plus two years of full time education
in an approved pediatric surgery fellowship program |
Plastic and Maxillofacial
Surgery |
Three years of prepatory surgery training plus two years of plastic
surgery training. Many physisians add an additional six to 12
months of training for a particular field of interest |
|
Urology |
Two years of general surgery training plus a minimum of three
years, but usually four years, in urology |
|
Vascular Surgery |
General surgery training plus one to two years of training in
the specialty of vascular surgery |
