Training takes place at two Cleveland-based institutions. Each provides residents with a diverse clinical and surgical training opportunity. This training includes an academic setting and a Veterans Affairs hospital.
University Hospitals:
University Hospitals is a tertiary care center with multiple satellite sites. UH has six connected specialty hospitals and is home to 91 residencies and fellowships including surgical subspecialties in neurology, orthopaedic, otolaryngology, ophthalmology and urology. The departmental structure consists of:
- Cardiac
- Colon and Rectal
- General
- Minimally invasive
- Bariatric
- Endoscopy
- Pediatrics
- Plastic/reconstructive
- Oncology
- Thoracic/esophageal
- Transplant/hepatobiliary
- Vascular/endovascular
Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center:
The Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center is a major teaching hospital of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. It has 350 acute care beds, 185 nursing home beds and 137 domiciliary beds. The center is a Regional Referral Center for cardiac surgery, major vascular cases, bariatric cases and spinal cord injury services for the Northeastern United States. The center is a training site for residents in:
- General surgery
- Orthopaedic surgery
- Otolaryngology
- Urology
- Cardiothoracic surgery
- Ophthalmology
- Plastic surgery
- Neurosurgery
- Internal medicine
- Psychiatry
- Neurology