The Department of Surgery at the University of Wisconsin offers one of the leading surgical programs in the nation, excelling in patient care, surgical education, and surgical research. We are composed of more than 130 full-time faculty, more than 130 trainees and nearly 200 additional full-time staff who support our mission.
Our surgeons perform almost 20,000 operations per year for pediatric and adult patients in the specialties of acute care and regional general surgery, cardiothoracic surgery, colorectal surgery, endocrine surgery, minimally invasive surgery, pediatric surgery, plastic surgery, surgical oncology, transplant surgery, and vascular surgery.
Training the next generation of surgeons and clinician-scientists is integral in our department, with more than 130 residents and fellows being trained each year in three residencies and eight different surgical specialty fellowship training programs.
Our clinical, basic and translational research programs allow us to offer experimental treatment options while we continue to seek novel approaches to prevent and treat numerous surgical diseases. More than $12 million in federal research funding supports our research programs.
We invite you to browse our website for additional details about clinical expertise, research programs and training opportunities.
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