Innovating How We Train Surgeons
The School of Medicine is a national leader in surgical education, with a cutting-edge skills lab and competency-based curriculum. Before performing a procedure on a patient, our student surgeons are recorded performing it in the skills lab and evaluated by faculty. Artificial intelligence platforms could use that footage to aid in those assessments. But that takes investment in equipment and staff to implement that technology—areas where donor gifts could be a great help. Our residency program is tailored to help each of our surgeons master complex skills and procedures.

Creating an Elite Training Space
The Department of Surgery is a hub of opportunity for medical students and surgeons in four residency programs and 11 fellowships across eight divisions. In 2024, the department will open an innovative skills center featuring state-of-the-art equipment in robotic surgery and virtual-reality simulation, further enhancing training. You can help our residents, fellows, and faculty have access to every resource they need to become surgeon leaders.

Building a Bench of Surgeon-Scientists
IU School of Medicine is a leader in surgical research. Our faculty interests are in regenerative medicine for intestinal, cardiac, nerve, and vascular diseases, as well as 3D printing of organs to bridge the gap of organ shortages. Other areas include improving outcomes in our surgical patient population and using artificial intelligence to better predict disease outcomes and success in surgery.

We offer a two-year research fellowship for general surgery and integrated surgical sub-specialty trainees. Residents are trained in research techniques and often develop their own projects. Gifts help us cover salary, benefits, educational costs, and research expenses while residents pause their training for two years to start their research. Gifts can also help us hire additional surgeons for our faculty and expand our research.

Improving the Quality of Care
The department is positioned to become a national leader in improving the quality and safety of surgical patient care. Our research spans general surgery, surgical and multidisciplinary oncology care, trauma/critical care, and vascular surgery. With your support, the Department of Surgery can continue to provide outstanding training opportunities and research advancement and equip our learners with the skills they need to excel in the field.

Thank you for your generous support!

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