St. Joseph's Healthcare System

General Surgery Residency

Welcome to the St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center General Surgery Residency web page. We offer an exciting residency committed to training the highest level of physician and skilled surgeon. Our vision is graduating the academically based, broadly trained self-sufficient surgeon who can move directly into fellowship or practice with equal confidence. All specialties are represented on premise, and essentially all of your training will be conducted at St. Joseph's. Our residents participate in two outside rotations; one at the Valley Hospital, Ridgewood, NJ for focused hepato-biliary/minimally invasive surgery and one at St. Barnabas, Livingston, NJ for transplant. We have a very committed faculty with more than 50 boarded surgeons covering General Surgery, Trauma, Critical Care, Pediatric Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Cardiothoracic, ENT, Urology, and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Residents are involved in managing trauma on a daily basis. We see more than 1000 major traumas each year. Our Emergency Department volume is the busiest in the state at over 130,000 visits per year and our recently opened Critical Care building has expanded our ED, adding 56 Critical Care beds, 12 new operating theaters and a new rooftop helistop capable of accepting larger medical helicopters with emergency procedure space.

Program Information

Program Information

Welcome to the St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center General Surgery Residency web page. We offer an exciting residency committed to training the highest level of physician and skilled surgeon. Our vision is graduating the academically based, broadly trained self-sufficient surgeon who can move directly into fellowship or practice with equal confidence. All specialties are represented on premise, and essentially all of your training will be conducted at St. Joseph's. Our residents participate in two outside rotations; one at the Valley Hospital, Ridgewood, NJ for focused hepato-biliary/minimally invasive surgery and one at St. Barnabas, Livingston, NJ for transplant. We have a very committed faculty with more than 50 boarded surgeons covering General Surgery, Trauma, Critical Care, Pediatric Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Cardiothoracic, ENT, Urology, and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Residents are involved in managing trauma on a daily basis. We see more than 1000 major traumas each year. Our Emergency Department volume is the busiest in the state at over 130,000 visits per year and our recently opened Critical Care building has expanded our ED, adding 56 Critical Care beds, 12 new operating theaters and a new rooftop helistop capable of accepting larger medical helicopters with emergency procedure space.

St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center is a major affiliate of the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine; and we are a fully accredited AOA/ACOS program. We accept 4 individuals for PGY-1 resident positions each year.

Program Director

Carl P. Valenziano, MD, MPA, FACS, Program Director.

Dr. Valenziano is a Clinical Professor of Surgery at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine and the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. He was trained at the Union Memorial Hospital and Maryland Institute of EMS Systems, the Maryland Shock Trauma Center.

Faculty Listing

Facility and Location

St. Joseph's Healthcare System has launched a $250 million expansion and renovation investment project at both St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center/St. Joseph's Children's Hospital in Paterson, NJ and St. Joseph's Wayne Hospital in Wayne, NJ. The construction project will meet the growing demand for inpatient and outpatient care at both campuses.

Click here to find out more about the new Critical Care Building, which is currently open and fully operational.

Rotations

* General Surgery includes: Plastics, ENT, Urology, Thoracic, Endoscopy, Pediatric Surgery, Trauma, Hepato-Biliary, Colo-rectal and all routine General Surgery procedures.

Compensation/Benefits

Compensation:

• Four weeks vacation
• Twelve paid sick days
• Maternity/Family Leave
• Health & Dental Coverage for resident and eligible dependents
• Professional Liability Insurance
• $500 Book Allowance
• $500 Conference Allowance for Pgy-4 & 5's
• Paid: BLS, ACLS, and ATLS classes

Academics

Academics

Academics:

• Morning Report with Surgery Attendings: 7:00 AM weekday mornings
• Didactics: Every Wednesday - 3 hour block – protected time
• (Covers Chapter and Board Review, Attending lectures, Journal Club, Case presentations and Oral Board Practice Sessions)
• Grand Rounds Conference: Two Wednesday's per month
• Morbidity and Mortality Conference: 1 hour each week
• Tumor Board: 1 hour per month with case presentations required on a rotating basis
• General Surgery Clinic: Every Thursday morning
• Pediatric Surgery Clinic: Every Wednesday morning on a rotating basis.
• Urology and Breast clinics are also covered by the residents

Research:

Research and submission for publication required and supported.

• PGY-1 Case Report
• PGY-2 Case Report and identify long term research
• PGY-3, 4, 5 Research paper adequate for submission to peer reviewed Journal
• PGY-3, 4, 5 Work with and/or publish long term project

Approved submissions accepted for presentation are supported for presentation by the Department of Surgery.

Applying to the Program

Applying to the Program

The Department of Surgery participates in the ERAS Program for the residency application process. Our program number is 189075.

To complete your ERAS application you will need:

A photograph

Personal Statement

Transcript

Comlex Level 1, Level 2 CE, and Level 2 PE

3 letters of recommendation with at least one recommendation from surgery, preferably from an academic surgery program.

Dean's letter

The Surgical Residency Program requires:

• Comlex Level 1, Level 2CE must be completed successfully prior to an interview.
• Comlex Level 2 PE should be completed and results reported prior to the match date.
• Graduation from Medical School: Must be within the past 3 years except for military service requirements.
• Applicants must be graduates of approved medical schools in the United States
• Interviews are required

Interviews

Once completed ERAS applications are reviewed, qualified applicants will be invited to interview. We offer interviews on Wednesday's only, from the beginning of October thru December 31st.

No interview will be conducted if your application is not complete.

Address inquires to:

Carl P. Valenziano, MD, MPA, FACS - Program Director

St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center

703 Main Street

Paterson, New Jersey 07503

Phone: 973.754.2671

Medical Student Information

Medical Student Information

Eligible students are encouraged to rotate with our program. We offer six spaces per month for fourth year sub-internship rotations. Students are encouraged to request a rotation as early as possible especially for those months between September and December.

• Elective rotations are four weeks.
• A score of 475 or above on Comlex I or II is required to apply for a fourth year rotation.
• Rotating on our service does not guarantee an interview.
• For additional information, please call 973.754.2671.

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