Message from the Chairman
The General Surgery Residency at Danbury Hospital received initial AGME approval in 2010 and matched its first group of residents in the 2011 NRMP match. Although the residency program itself is new, Danbury Hospital was a secondary site to the Sound Shore Medical Center General Surgery Residency, and has had a full complement of surgical residents for the past twelve years. Danbury Hospital has academic affiliations with the University of Vermont, Yale University School of Medicine, Ross University, and the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. Members of our surgical teaching faculty are in the clinical professorship track at the University of Vermont.
With the freedom of our own program, and without the burden of institutional memory, the residency is constantly evolving. Fluidity to predict and meet the rapidly changing educational needs of residents is a top priority of the program. We constantly seek innovation to prepare residents for the dramatic changes in the U.S. healthcare system, including the overhaul which is occurring in graduate medical education.
A strong background in research is an important part of any graduate medical training, and all categorical residents are required to do a year of research between their second and third clinical years. Research, however, is not limited to the basic sciences, and residents are offered the freedom to spend their year in basic science, clinical, or translational research. Extended research faculty mentorship and facilities are available at the University of Vermont. For the past two years, a resident has remained at Danbury Hospital, integrally involved in our initiative for quality improvement using outcomes data generated by the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program or ACS-NSQIP.
Our faculty is young and motivated. Most of our general surgeons have fellowship training in either colorectal, minimally invasive or hepatobiliary surgery. Many of them lead research projects that include residents and culminate in presentations at national meetings and journal publications.
As the program director and chairman of the department I have the utmost commitment to provide our residents with the best of education while keeping the ever changing medical landscape in mind.
Pierre F. Saldinger, M.D., F.A.C.S.
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Chairman, Department of Surgery
Pierre F. Saldinger, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Chairman of the Department of Surgery
Carmen L. and Peter Buck Chair of Surgery
Director, Surgical Residency Program
Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of Vermont College of MedicineDr. Saldinger is a fellowship-trained hepatobiliary surgeon specializing in treating abdominal cancers, especially of the pancreas, gallbladder, bile ducts and liver. He leads Danbury Hospital’s organizational commitment to excellence in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP).
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Procedures and Specialties
- Minimally invasive techniques for abdominal cancers
- Surgery of the pancreas, gallbladder, liver and bile ducts
- The Whipple procedure
- Major liver resection
- Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST)
“Our team has exceptional surgical training and a track record for high-quality outcomes. Collaboration among our specialists, nurses and other staff is a hallmark at Danbury Hospital to facilitate recovery and high satisfaction with our services. Our published results are on par with major academic centers in addition to one of the lowest infection rates in the country. Our highly stable nursing team and support staff foster an environment that is less intimidating than a large urban center, while delivering the best results.”
A clinical professor of surgery at the University of Vermont School of Medicine, Dr. Saldinger previously held faculty appointments at New York Medical College and Harvard Medical School.
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