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General Surgery Residency

Your surgical residency at Iowa is designed for career success.

At Iowa, you’ll be well prepared, whether you follow a path toward general surgery or continue for a fellowship in a surgical subspecialty. We take pride in offering our residents a superior education aimed at providing leading-edge patient care and advancing our field through basic-science and clinical research. Train where you will care for the broadest set of cases, to build your expertise from the most common to the most complex surgical conditions.

Grow Here

Our programs attract residents who are prepared to maximize their clinical and research training in a high-energy and supportive learning environment.