The accredited CAMC General Surgery Residency is sponsored by CAMC. West Virginia University Charleston Campus is an affiliate educational partner.

Located in West Virginia's capital city, the 956-bed tertiary care medical center is composed of four hospitals and draws patients from both urban and rural areas, offering our team a diversity hard to find elsewhere. Because CAMC's service area spans the southern half of the state, we provide a wide range of specialty services and draw a broad range of challenging referrals.

Comprehensive Clinical Training

The five-year non-pyramidal program is designed to produce a balanced general surgeon equally capable of practicing in academic or community hospital settings.

Training includes significant practice in trauma and critical care, vascular surgery and plastic surgery, surgical oncology and cardiothoracic surgery. Residents have additional training in robotic surgery, resulting in full credentialing by the end of the chief year. Trainees also gain significant experience in state of the art angiographic and interventional labs.

The average experience for chief residents completing the program is approximately 1,100 cases in five years-more than fulfilling the requirements of the American Board of Surgery in number, mixture and complexity. 

Operative Case Volumes

Salary and Benefits

CAMC offers a comprehensive salary and benefit package for residents and fellows.

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Hear from our residents

Dr. Haddad

I chose this general surgery residency program because I was looking for a high volume general surgery experience with early autonomy and close personal relationships with our attendings. I feel confident that I am getting training that will act as a solid foundation on which to start my clinical practice.

Fuad Haddad, MD   Chief Resident
Life as a General Surgery resident at CAMC
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Our residents brought home the gold at the WV Chapter American College of Surgeons 1st Annual Surgical Skills Competition.
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A trio of surgical residents, including a chief, a third-year and an intern, recently helped perform a complex and unusual trauma case with Kelly Rennie, MD.
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Our new 2024 General Surgery, Vascular Surgery and Urology residents!
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Attending, Brandon Radow, MD, Chief Resident, Mark Zelmanski, DO, and intern, Caleb Spainhower, MD, did a VATS to washout the hemothorax and plate the ribs to stabilize the flail chest. They also improved the overall pulmonary function postoperatively by using a cryoablation and intercostal nerve block.
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The Department of Surgery administrative staff went out to spread the Valentine's Day love with residents and staff with fresh donuts!
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Our simulation training allowed our residents to practice with the bronchoscope, ultrasound, FLS and the sonosim trainer. Some residents also used the anatomy table for a more in-depth learning experience.