Our General Surgery Residency Program offers comprehensive, high-acuity training experience designed to develop technically skilled, clinically astute, and compassionate surgeons. Based at a large academic medical center with diverse affiliated sites, the program provides broad exposure to complex surgical pathology across multiple specialties, including trauma, acute care surgery, oncology, and subspecialty services. Residents benefit from a structured, progressive curriculum that emphasizes operative autonomy, evidence-based practice, and multidisciplinary collaboration, supported by dedicated faculty committed to mentorship and education. In addition to robust clinical training, the program fosters professional development through research opportunities, leadership training, and a strong emphasis on resident wellness. Graduates are well prepared for independent practice or fellowship training in a wide range of surgical disciplines.

The program offers 2 positions per year to USAF applicants and has multiple faculty members with prior military service; notably, the program director is a prior HPSP recipient and an Air Force veteran. The curriculum is highly relevant to military training needs, with dedicated rotations in trauma and acute care surgery, including multiple rotations of trauma experience as well as exposure to critical care, emergency surgery and operative management in high volume settings. Additional opportunities include simulation-based training, research, and leadership development, preparing graduates for both military surgical roles and advanced fellowship training.

For additional program-specific information, including clinical rotations/schedules, curriculum, and research opportunities, please visit the UT Health San Antonio General Surgery Residency Program.

For more information on an active duty residency position, please visit the UTHSA General Surgery application.
You will need the following:

• Name, military Service, and scholarship program (HPSP, HSCP, USU, or currently on active duty as physician), e-mail address, and phone number
• Curriculum Vitae
• Personal statement/Letter of Intent (may use the same statement in your graduate medicine education application packet)
• Self-report of any failed courses or clinical rotations during medical school
• Self-report of current and/or previous adverse comments in medical school transcript, military, or GME records that will appear in your GME application. If you're unsure of what you should disclose, contact the appropriate organization that will be submitting the information for your GME application, e.g. your school’s student affairs office regarding your medical school transcript
• Additional details about research listed on your CV, if applicable
• Self-report of USMLE/COMLEX scores
  • Include the number of attempts and whether you have failed any attempts
  • If USMLE/COMLEX step/level 2 scores are not available, please provide the exam date, if scheduled