Welcome, and thank you for your interest in the Surgical Residency Program at Henry Ford St. John Hospital, Detroit MI. We are located at the border of Detroit and Grosse Pointe. Our geographic location provides for a unique surgical experience that treats varied patient populations.
The goal of the program is to develop ethical, clinically adept, and technically competent surgeons capable of independent practice in rural Michigan. We have remained true to this goal despite the varying hospital names on our marquee.
The residency program is fully contained at Henry Ford St. John Hospital with all clinical rotations including Transplant and Pediatric Surgery contained onsite. An outside elective is possible in the senior years. Residents generally use this elective to explore further options for their personal growth and careers.
The strength of the program is its work environment of collegial residents and involved faculty. The vascular service is a fellowship level experience and the Peritoneal Surface Malignancy program is unique in the Midwest.
The department and the institution are committed to the education of our residents as we believe that residents are vital to the future growth of our health system. Spending accounts are available for books, travel for conferences, and specialized training such as ASSET and surgical review courses. The program has added younger faculty members each year to enhance the educational flavor of the program and to stay relevant with the times.
The program strives to ensure a robust operative experience that is relevant to the job market and all our graduating residents meet Robotic certification. Our residents consistently are above the 95th percentile in robotic cases completed.
Research activity has been robust for the past few years with St. John Surgery amongst the local leaders in presentations at Detroit Surgical, Michigan Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, and at the Midwest Surgical Association. The addition of a PhD researcher in the department has aided this effort. A proxy of our research activity is the quality of the fellowships that our residents match into. Research output can be seen under the research tab on this website.
Call averages around once every 5 days and is clinically busy. We do not have a night float and chiefs take home call. You will have 2 full weekends free of call each month.
Our graduates can be found in over 20 states with most of them centered in the Midwest. 20 of our categorical residents are from US medical schools. Our Male: Female ratio is 15::10. Twelve of our residents are married and we will have 7 children born in the last 2 academic years. 65% of our residents go on to do fellowships with vascular, surgical critical care and Colon and rectum surgery the most common.
Last year we had 300 US senior applications. We extended 52 interviews and interviewed 50. Our invitations are sent in October and our interview period is Nov to Dec. All interviews this year will be in-person. Due to the large volume of applications, we do not send individual rejections.
Applicants can find additional program information in the FAQ section of this website and information on life in the program at our Instagram feed @sjhsurgery.
E. Edhayan MD FACS
Program Director - General Surgery
Henry Ford St. John - Detroit