Education / Graduate Medical Education / Prospective Residents / General Surgery Residency Program / Curriculum / Defined Category Program Averages - Operative Cases 2017-2022 Defined Category Program Averages - Operative Cases 2019-2024 Skin and Soft Tissue Defined Category RRC Minimum 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 2019-2020 2018-2019 Skin and Soft Tissue 25 60 56.6 63.6 57.0 51.0 51.0 Breast Defined Category RRC Minimum 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 2019-2020 2018-2019 Mastectomy 5 70 47.4 44.2 47 34.2 41.5 Axilla 5 23 18.8 12.8 13.2 13.6 14.5 Breast Total 40 85 62.0 59.6 63.0 49.8 53.3 Head and Neck Defined Category RRC Minimum 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 2019-2020 2018-2019 Head and Neck 25 74 87.0 65.2 64.5 58.4 60.0 Alimentary Tract Defined Category RRC Minimum 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 2019-2020 2018-2019 Esophagus 5 9 7.0 15.8 13.0 11.8 11.0 Stomach 15 44 45.4 79.0 63.8 59.2 65.3 Small Intestine 25 46 43.8 43.8 57.8 46.2 53.0 Large Intestine 40 68 60.4 52.2 77.7 56.0 55.8 Appendix 40 86 83.0 87.4 81.7 72.0 84.0 Anorectal 20 24 22.6 26.6 27.3 29.4 23.8 Alimentary Tract Total 180 279 262.2 304.8 321.3 274.6 292.8 Abdominal Defined Category RRC Minimum 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 2019-2020 2018-2019 Biliary 85 156 146.6 165.0 145.8 167.0 220.3 Hernia 85 164 144.2 147.8 148.8 159.0 232.8 Liver 5 23 21.6 28.8 28.8 22.2 14.3 Pancreas 5 17 15.8 13.8 15.2 15.0 23.3 Abdominal Total 250 451 425.6 441.6 405.8 456.8 552.3 Vascular Defined Category RRC Minimum 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 2019-2020 2018-2019 Access 10 12 20.8 13.0 18.0 25.6 13.8 Anastomosis, Repair, Exposure, or Endarterectomy 10 14 14.2 15.2 19.0 25.6 14.0 Abdominal Total 50 63 75.4 70.0 91.5 99.8 77.0 Endocrine Defined Category RRC Minimum 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 2019-2020 2018-2019 Thyroid or Parathyoid 10 59 75.0 49.2 47.7 38.8 44.3 Endocrine Total 15 63 80.4 54.8 52.0 41.4 48.0 Operative Trauma Defined Category RRC Minimum 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 2019-2020 2018-2019 Operative 10 23 15.8 30.0 24.3 19.6 23.0 Non-Operative Trauma Defined Category RRC Minimum 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 2019-2020 2018-2019 Team Leader Resuscitation 10 50 24.8 17.6 13.7 15.4 14.8 Non-Operative Trauma Total 40 24 50.2 66.6 45.2 46.6 50.5 Thoracic Defined Category RRC Minimum 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 2019-2020 2018-2019 Open Thoracotomy 5 7 6.0 6.4 10.5 5.6 6.3 Thoracic Total 20 22 23.0 23.2 34.3 23.4 33.8 Pediatric Defined Category RRC Minimum 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 2019-2020 2018-2019 Pediatric 20 41 44.2 46.4 48.3 35.8 32.3 Plastic Defined Category RRC Minimum 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 2019-2020 2018-2019 Plastic 10 27 15.4 24.4 25.0 24.6 28.0 Surgical Critical Care Defined Category RRC Minimum 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 2019-2020 2018-2019 Surgical Critical Care 40 52 43.6 85.8 42.5 46.6 42.5 Laparoscopic - Basic Defined Category RRC Minimum 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 2019-2020 2018-2019 Laparoscopic-Basic 100 264 252.4 264.8 231.2 253.6 305.8 Endoscopy Defined Category RRC Minimum 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 2019-2020 2018-2019 Upper Endoscopy 35 47 55.4 60.6 50.0 49.8 49.8 Colonscopy 50 73 54.6 61.2 54.5 57.0 51.5 Endoscopy Total 85 126 116.2 132.4 109.5 117.6 111.0 Laparoscopic - Complex Defined Category RRC Minimum 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 2019-2020 2018-2019 Laparoscopic-Complex 75 141 139.2 154.2 176.0 153.8 177.0 Role Totals Defined Category RRC Minimum 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 2019-2020 2018-2019 Total MAJOR 850 1100 1039.2 1099.2 1103.2 1068.0 1188.3 Total SURGEON CHIEF 200 264 232.8 315.2 255.5 229.0 304.5 Total TEACHING ASSISTANT 25 38 38.0 55.0 35.2 28.6 44.5 *The ACGME has increased the required case minimums as of 2017/2018