The Department of Surgery comprises nine standout divisions. Check them out here:
Cardiac Surgery
More than 110 thoracic transplantations in FY2022
Three residents enrolled in the integrated six-year residency program
Established an ECMO retrieval program
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Innovative multidisciplinary colorectal cancer program
Hereditary colorectal cancer specialists
Integrative Pelvic Floor Center
General and Gastrointestinal Surgery
Bariatric surgery program contributing to fastest growing robotic surgery space in the country
First in the country to offer multidisciplinary Abdominal Core Health elective for senior residents
Ohio State’s Gastroenterology and GI Surgery specialty achieved U.S. News & World Report top 50 ranking
Pediatric Surgery
New clinical programs in pediatric solid organ transplantation and fetal surgery
51 national trainee research awards since 2012
More than 150 publications last year
Surgical Oncology
Among the three-busiest robotic hepatopancreatobiliary and adrenal programs in the Midwest
Among the highest-volume hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy centers nationally
One of three original Society of Surgical Oncology fellowships started in 1977
Thoracic Surgery
Top 30 U.S. News & World Report lung surgery program
Among the highest annual thoracic surgery volume nationally, with over 440 cases
Dr. Robert Merritt performed his 500th robotic lobectomy lung resection in 2022
Transplantation Surgery
Top 10 transplant center by volume in the United States in 2021 (No. 7 for kidney transplants)
Living donor liver and kidney programs
More than 11,500 transplants performed since our first kidney transplant in 1967
Trauma, Critical Care and Burn
Level I trauma center and ABA-verified burn center at University Hospital
Level III trauma center at East Hospital
Vascular Diseases and Surgery
Only practice in Ohio performing four-vessel branch chimney thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair
11 active clinical trials, including TAMBE trial
New integrated residency options