Program Description

Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville offers two types of preliminary (one-year) general surgery programs: non-designated and designated. Both programs offer a wide variety of surgical experiences.

Residents selected for the Urology Residency program at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville do their preliminary year in Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. If you are interested in the Urology program, please inquire with the Urology residency program coordinator.

Curriculum

The General Surgery Residency program provides one year of general surgery training before you go on to the military, public health, or other professional interest.

Clinical Training
The following is a typical rotation schedule for the preliminary non-designated and designated surgery year. These rotations may be changed based on your interest in a particular specialty:

Didactic Training
Clinical conferences, seminars, small discussion groups, journal clubs and one-on-one instruction are all an integral part of the Preliminary Surgery Residency Program. didactic training includes:

• Morbidity and Mortality Conference (weekly)
• Surgical Basic Science Program (weekly)
• Surgical Grand Rounds (weekly)
• Tumor Board Conference (weekly)
• Consultant's Conference (bimonthly)
• GI Surg-Path Conference (bimonthly)
• Resident's Conference (bimonthly)
• Vascular Conference (bimonthly)
• Endocrine Surgery Conference (monthly)
• Journal Club (monthly)

Research Training
Preliminary surgery residents are not required to do research, but may choose to participate in clinical research in which they conduct chart reviews and write papers or develop case study presentations.

Admissions

Qualifications
Appointments for Mayo Clinic's Preliminary Surgery Residency are made through the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP).

Application Process

Positions
Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville offers non-designated and designated preliminary surgery positions at the PGY-1 level.

Apply
To apply to the Preliminary Surgery Residency, you must submit an electronic application via the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) through your medical school dean's office.

To use this application process, you need the following information:

• Official college, graduate school and medical school transcripts
• Official test transcripts for all applicable examinations (USMLE*, LMCC, COMLEX, NBOME, FMGEMS, FLEX or NBME)
• A dean's letter and two other letters of recommendation
• A curriculum vitae
• A personal statement
• A valid ECFMG certificate (if you graduated from medical school outside of the United States or Canada)

Foreign medical graduates should contact the ECFMG for information and instructions on how to apply using ERAS.

Applications for each academic year, which begins in July, should be completed by November 1 of each year.

If you are considered for an appointment, you will be asked to visit the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville for an interview with the program director and selected faculty.

Interviews are conducted from December through January each year.

Program Contacts

If you like more information about the preliminary surgery training programs at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, please contact:

Ronald A. Hinder, M.D.
Preliminary Surgery Residency Program Director

Margaret (Peggy) Cleary
Preliminary Surgery Residency Coordinator
(904) 953-0421
cleary.margaret@mayo.edu

Mayo Clinic
4500 San Pablo Road
Jacksonville, FL 32224

For more information about Mayo Clinic residencies and fellowships, please contact:

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education
200 First Street S.W.
Rochester, MN 55905
(507) 284-2220