Upon completing our fully accredited five-year Vascular Surgery Residency, you will be qualified to practice independently and eligible for board certification in vascular surgery.
Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) offers one categorical position in our Vascular Surgery Residency.
The Vascular Surgery Residency provides a diverse clinical experience in all components of vascular surgery. A structured didactic curriculum, the Vascular Surgery Residency subscribes to the VSCORE curriculum developed by The American Board of Surgery. Protected time for educational conferences provides a balance between the education and service aspects of residency training.
Additionally, the residency is supported by an American College of Surgeons-accredited Surgical Education Center. The defined curriculum includes hands-on practice with both low- and high-fidelity simulators. Wet labs are designed to enable residents to develop technical skills.
Participation in clinical research projects during the course of training adds to the educational experience. There are resources within the department of surgery and in the institution to assist residents with their projects. Funding is provided to residents to attend regional or national educational conferences. Additional funding is available to residents presenting papers or posters.
Vascular surgery department information
The department of surgery provides acute care in all major clinical areas within state-of-the-art medical-surgical and critical care units.
A leader in the field of trauma-surgical critical care, LVHN was the first designated Level I Trauma Center in Pennsylvania. The Regional Burn Center serves eastern and northeastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey and is part of the largest coordinated burn care network in the country.
The department of surgery sponsors a five-year General Surgery Residency, six-year integrated Plastic Surgery Residency, five-year Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Residency, one-year fellowship in surgical critical care and one-year fellowship in colon and rectal surgery, on top of our five-year integrated Vascular Surgery Residency.