Surgery

Carilion Clinic's Department of Surgery provides expertise in all surgical fields and takes a team approach to providing multidisciplinary care. With an enduring commitment to the health of our region, we also seek to advance care through medical education and research, help our community stay healthy and inspire our region to grow stronger.

About

Program Overview

Carilion Clinic is a not-for-profit health care organization based in Roanoke, Va. Through our comprehensive network of hospitals, primary and specialty physician practices and other complementary services, we work together to provide quality care close to home for nearly 1 million Virginians.

Virginia Tech Carilion Partnership

The Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine (VTCSOM) formed out of an innovative public-private partnership with Virginia Tech. Together, we are working to transform health care by educating the physician leaders of tomorrow. VTCSOM uses a patient-centered curriculum designed to develop physicians who can take research from the lab to the patient’s bedside. Students learn, train and work side by side with Carilion’s highly experienced medical staff.

Mission, Goals and Strengths

Our mission is to provide high-quality surgical care to the communities we serve, respond to unmet health care and social needs for our patients, train the next generation of physicians and the future leaders of surgery and medicine, and create the new knowledge that underlies the biology of surgical disease that will shape future practice.

Message from Leadership

Welcome to the Department of Surgery at Carilion Clinic. We take pride in our pursuit and application of innovations in clinical care, education and research, which enables us to deliver unique, compassionate care for our patients and their families that is recognized throughout the region and nationwide. We have been able to attract nationally recognized surgeons and leaders in their fields who provide exceptional clinical care.

The Department’s over 90 full-time faculty members participate in clinical activities, teaching and research at Carilion and through our partnership with Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.

We provide exceptional training for our students, residents and fellows. Our focus is to build a culture for learning and education across all areas, providing all learners with experience in advanced and groundbreaking surgical techniques. Moving forward, we will continue to provide coordinated multidisciplinary care and support Carilion's mission of improving the health of the communities we serve.

"Providing comprehensive surgical care using minimally invasive approaches (laparoscopic, endoscopic, robotic) whenever possible. "

Michael Nussbaum, M.D.

Michael Nussbaum, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Senior Vice President, Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery

 

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Department specs

Carilion Clinic's Department of Surgery provides expertise in a wide range of surgical fields and takes a team approach to providing multidisciplinary care across our system at all of our hospitals and many ambulatory sites. With exciting new developments built on the solid ground established previously, we offer sophisticated subspecialty care in acute care surgery (trauma/emergency, surgical critical care), anesthesiology, audiology, cardiothoracic surgery, dentistry, general surgery (bariatrics, breast, colorectal, endocrine, hepatopancreatobiliary, minimally invasive, surgical oncology), neurosurgery, otolaryngology, pain management, pediatric surgery, plastic surgery, urology, vascular surgery and wound care. We are the only providers in the region for Level 1 and Level 3 Adult Trauma care and Level 1 Pediatric Trauma care. Many of our specialties have received special recognition, including accreditation in metabolic and bariatric surgery, ambulatory cosmetic surgery, wound care, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and special designation/recognition for the cleft palate craniofacial team, spine care and thoracic surgery/lobectomy. With an enduring commitment to the health of our region, we seek to advance care through medical education and research, help our community stay healthy, and inspire our region to grow stronger.

Program Size

  • 90 full-time faculty

Specialties within Department

  • Acute Care Surgery
  • Anesthesiology
  • Bariatric Surgery
  • Breast Surgery
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Colorectal Surgery
  • Dentistry
  • General Surgery
  • Neurosurgery
  • Otolaryngology
  • Pain Management
  • Pediatric Surgery
  • Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  • Surgical Oncology
  • Urology
  • Vascular Surgery
  • Wound Care

Areas We Serve

  • Roanoke
  • Franklin County
  • Martinsville
  • Lexington
  • New River Valley
  • Giles County
  • Bedford County
  • Southwest Virginia

Education

Overview

Residency and fellowship trainees at Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine (VTCSOM) receive a superior education. Our network of hospitals, along with our primary and specialty physician practices, provides ample opportunities to gain hands-on clinical experience in an academic setting. Learn more about our Graduate Medical Education programs.