Since its establishment by Dr. John Waldhausen in 1969, the Department of Surgery has been dedicated to providing the highest quality surgical care possible.

The department consists of both clinical divisions and sections as well as research divisions providing state-of-the-art care and scholarly activity in all of the specialty disciplines.

Together, they offer a wide range of high-quality services and procedures to referring physicians and their patients using state of the art diagnostic procedures and surgical techniques.

The department believes that multidisciplinary collaboration involving physicians, nurses and other health care professionals assures that patients receive the best care possible in both inpatient and outpatient settings. In concert with referring physicians, the department is dedicated to providing the highest quality, most state-of-the-art, most patient-centered care possible.