Program Aims
- Provide the highest-quality, evidence-based and patient-centered care to patients from across the Gulf South, including those requiring complex care and underserved populations.
- Successfully recruit diverse trainees and faculty from all populations and geographic regions so our impact reaches into every community.
- Develop residents, graduates, and faculty who are leaders in education for our patients, students, and community and who foster a commitment to life-long practice-based learning and education, embodied in the motto “Each One, Teach One.”
- Provide opportunities for our residents to conduct meaningful and unique research which translates to clinical practice, helps shape clinical guidelines, and improves the quality and efficiency of surgical care.
- Intentionally promote physician well-being, professionalism, and humanism through our espirit de corps in which the whole person thrives through a culture of mutual trust, commitment, and support.
- Develop graduates who aspire to greatness and hold leadership roles at all levels, spreading our above listed cultural principles and aims and leading to a cascading impact to transform our profession.
Department of Surgery Values & Mission
As a department, we strive to create a safe, professional community that offers a sustainable sense of belonging for all staff, students, residents, fellows, and faculty.
More Information
Detailed information including salaries, benefits, and vacation and leave policies can be found in the Tulane University School of Medicine Resident and Fellow Policies and Procedures.
Contact our Residency Coordinator
Grace Millsaps
504-988-7123
emillsaps@tulane.edu
