The one-year Colon and Rectal Surgery Residency at Mayo Clinic's campus in Jacksonville, Florida, offers excellent clinical teaching from experts in the field of colorectal surgery. Mayo Clinic's favorable faculty ratio, large patient population, and state-of-the-art diagnostic, therapeutic, and research facilities combine to create a truly integrated educational experience. The "Mayo Clinic Way" of graduate medical education ensures that you have the finest teaching and broadest patient care experience possible during a busy, hands-on training program.

Highlights of the program include:

• A training curriculum that qualifies residents for certification by the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery
• The opportunity to participate in the surgical care of patients with a wide variety of colorectal pathology
• A rotation schedule based on a one-to-one membership model
• The opportunity to work in a group practice that exhibits a team-based and multidisciplinary approach to patient care
• Core faculty that have experience in complex inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) surgery, recurrent rectal cancer, and Pressurized Intraperitoneal Aerosolized Chemotherapy (PIPAC)
• Ample scholarly activities
• An extensive schedule of didactic conferences which all residents are invited to attend
• A quarterly journal club and mock oral examinations
• A cadaver-based educational curriculum that includes robotics, open, pelvic, and transanal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS)

Accreditation

The Colon and Rectal Surgery Residency fulfills the training requirements as defined by the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons and is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

Certification

After successfully completing the program, residents are eligible to take the qualifying exam offered by the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery.

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