Welcome to the Discipline of Surgery

The Department of Surgery is committed to providing students and residents with a surgical education that prepares them for practice in an era of rapidly expanding knowledge and an ever-changing health care system. We play an active role in undergraduate and postgraduate education through a variety of teaching modalities. We are very proud of all nine of our surgical divisions who support this goal.

We offer residency training programs in Orthopedic surgery and General Surgery that are fully accredited with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Most of our teaching takes place at the Health Sciences Center and St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital, while we rely on community training sites throughout Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

Our education and research programs are supported and enhanced by strong partnerships with the provincial health authority and community partners. We are committed to provide our patients with excellent clinical care, to train doctors for the future of our province and to make innovative advancements in the knowledge and practice of medicine and surgery.