Teaching tomorrow's surgeons

In collaboration with the University of Vermont Health Network, the Department of Surgery strives to recruit and retain the best faculty members to train our medical students.  The Department provides surgical services and training at the University of Vermont Health Network and is proud to be an integral part of this high quality, cost efficient health care center.  Our mission is to provide excellent patient care, superb resident and medical student training, and to foster research and innovation.   

Faculty and student practice microsutures

Education

From the entering novice medical student to the most experienced practitioner, the educational contribution of our department significantly and positively impacts the quality of care throughout Vermont and the areas throughout the country where our graduates practice. The major focus of our educational programs lies in Medical Student Education, Resident Education, Continuing Medical Education and Skills Labs.

Physicians in the skull base lab

Research

A broad spectrum of activities are directed toward improving the quality of our patient care and toward developing novel, innovative therapies. Through investigator-initiated trials, as well as national cooperative group, and industry-funded trials, department faculty are able to offer our patients access to cutting-edge treatments not otherwise available.

Department Highlights

Brian Sprague, PhD, Division of Surgical Research, was awarded a Health Services Research Pilot Grant from the Larner College of Medicine, for his proposal, “Evaluation of a cancer risk assessment questionnaire to guide cancer screening decision-making in primary care.”

Bruce Leavitt, MD (Cardiothoracic Surgery) and a team of 10 from UVM, are part of Team Heart, a nonprofit focused on bringing cardiac care to people in Rwanda.  Watch the WCAX segment. 

Departmental News

Class of 2020, Faculty & Staff Accomplishments Celebrated with Online Honors Celebration

May 12, 2020 by Jennifer Nachbur

On May 11, awardees from the Larner College of Medicine Class of 2020, faculty and staff were recognized through an online Honors Celebration featuring remarks from Dean Page and videotaped presentations of each award.

Each year, the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont celebrates the accomplishments of graduating medical students and honors the faculty and staff who have supported them along the way at the Honors Night event. This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this moment in the Class of 2020’s medical school journey was celebrated a bit differently.

On May 11, awardees from the Class of 2020, faculty and staff were notified by email and celebrated via an online event featuring videotaped welcome remarks by Dean Richard L. Page, M.D., and presenter announcements of the awards and award recipients. Individual student awards, faculty awards, a staff award, and a department award, were presented. 

View the award presentations on the Larner College of Medicine Honors Celebration for the Class of 2020 page.

See the list of awards on the Class of 2020 Honors Celebration page.

Upcoming Events

Surgery Grand Rounds is held every Thursday during the academic year (September - June) in the Davis Auditorium from 7:30-8:30 am followed by M&M Conference from 8:30-9:30 am.

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