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  5. Residency Rotations in General Surgery

Residency Rotations in General Surgery

La Jolla Medical Campus / Jacobs Medical Center

A tertiary care center that cares for complex patients across many surgical specialties. Resident rotations include cardiothoracic surgery, colorectal surgery, emergency general surgery, minimally invasive surgery, surgical oncology (with breast and endocrine), transplant surgery (liver and kidney) and vascular surgery.

Hillcrest Medical Campus

A Level 1 Trauma Center that sees a variety of blunt and penetrating trauma, as well as trauma from the border. Key rotations here include trauma/surgical ICU, burn surgery, emergency general surgery and mixed subspecialties.

Jennifer Moreno Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center

General surgery at the VA provides exposure to a truly well-balanced bread-and-butter general surgery practice. Vascular surgery performs both open and endovascular procedures at the VA. Additionally, research residents are able to “moonlight” here for a stipend.

Kaiser Permanente

Kaiser Permanente has a long-standing partnership with UC San Diego for more than 20 years. Third-year residents rotate at Kaiser and are exposed to busy general and vascular surgery services. This rotation provides a unique experience to see a community-based practice with great exposure to the full breadth of general surgery.

Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego

The Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego rotation is a highly rewarding rotation with a wide variety of cases. Rady Children's Hospital also has a partnership with nearby Sharp Mary Birch Hospital and provides a wide variety of complicated neonatal cases to further enhance the experience.