Surgery
Department of Surgery
Locations:
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Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill
2301 Holmes St.
Kansas City, Missouri 64108
816-404-5364
Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
Wornall Road at 44th St.
Kansas City, Missouri 64111
Director: Charles Van Way, III, M.D., Professor and Chairman, 816-404-5364
The Department of Surgery at the University of Missouri-Kansas City is based at Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill.
In 1995 the residency programs at Truman and at Saint Luke's Hospital merged, creating a multi-specialty department offering a full range of surgical services including general, vascular, plastic, neurological, urologic, thoracic, and trauma.
Between the institutions, almost 18,000 surgeries are performed annually and there are more than 100 full- and part-time general and subspecialty surgeons/faculty in private or group practice.
Both Truman and Saint Luke's are Level I trauma centers.
The Department of Surgery provides undergraduate education including core clinic, subinternships and fourth-year or senior level electives in surgery and surgical subspecialties.
The residency program accepts four general surgery residents each year and offers three PGY-1 positions for residents requesting one or two preliminary years in surgery.