Data Section

I. Accreditation

RRC November 2007

Full accreditation – Approved for 3 categorical residents at each level.

Next site visit November 2011.

II. American Board of Surgery Pass Rates

The primary marker of educational quality is the ABS pass rate. The Board publishes these online at here.

Data are presented for the most recent 5 year period in terms of 1) Qualifying examination (written), 2) Certifying Examination (oral), and 3) Total Pass Rate.

Our current pass rates are 1) 89%, 2) 100%, and 3) 89%. These pass rates are better than 90% of the surgery programs in the United States.

III. SRMC Operative Experience

Classification	RRC Requirement	2006 Chiefs (Average)	2007 Chiefs (Average)
Head and Neck	24	88	74
Skin, Soft Tissue, Breast	25	82	79
Alimentary tract	72	153	211
Abdominal	65	175	230
Liver	4	6	10
Pancreas	3	8	9
Vascular	44	224	149
Endocrine	8	34	40
Trauma/Operative	10	33	53
Thoracic	15	27	50
Pediatric	20	28	34
Plastic	5	15	25
Basic Laparoscopy	34	189	249
Complex Laparoscopy	0	53	132
Endoscopy	29	121	122
Total as Chief	150	202	268
Total as Teaching Assistant	-	31	22
Total Majors	500	1091	1272

Minimally invasive surgery is a strong (and increasing) component of our practice. The two 2007 graduating chiefs performed the following (average per resident):

Laparoscopic Nissen	16
Laparoscopic Appendectomy	39
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy	210
Laparoscopic Colectomy	27
Thoracoscopy (incl. lobectomy)	34
Total Laparoscopic/Thoracoscopic	414

IV. PGY-1 Operative Experience (2006-7)

Data are presented as average for our two categorical residents:

Total Major Cases	150
Endoscopy	49
Skin/Soft Tissue	22
Breast	26
Gastrostomy	6
Appendectomy	7
Cholecystectomy	8
Hernia	13
Laparoscopic/Thoracoscopic	18

V. Current Research Projects

Joe Millican, MD PGY-5 Learning curve for VATS Lobectomy

Vic Patel, MD PGY-5 Skin Thickness Estimates for Skin-Sparing Mastectomy

Phillip Khan, MD PGY-4 Trauma System Modification – submitted Association of Program Directors in Surgery

J. Rousseau, DO PGY-4 Delayed Breast Reconstruction – accepted (poster) American Society of Breast Surgeons

Matt Wilson, MD PGY-3 Pathologic Correlates of Core Biopsy Atypical Hyperplasia

Kerry Wheeler, DO PGY-3 Sentinel Node Biopsy Performance – accepted (poster) American Society of Breast Surgeons

D. Barrineau, MD PGY-2 Racial Discrepancies in Breast Cancer

R. Yoon, MD PGY-2 Working with Wilson

VI. Summary of American Board of Surgery In-Service Examination (ABSITE) Scores:

Since the graduating class of 2002, the median percentile score is at the 62^nd percentile.
70% of residents have been above the national mean (50^th percentile) for their PGY Year.
19% of the scores were at or above the 90^th percentile – 58% of our 2002-7 graduates scored in this category at least once.
One 2006 graduate, Barry Harris, MD, scored between the 94^th and 99^th percentile for each of his 5 years at SRMC!