General Surgery Residency

We appreciate your interest in what we believe is an excellent training program for future general surgeons. Five years is a long time, but residents will tell you it goes by quickly when you have made the right choice. Your interest in obtaining more information about the Residency in General Surgery at Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, NC, is something we would like to encourage.

We are proud of our program, our residents, alumni, faculty, medical students and hospital staff. Residents play a highly valued role in the care of sick patients within our healthcare network.

Novant Health General Surgery Residency Program Mission:

At Novant Health New Hanover, we strive to train the surgeon leaders of tomorrow and empower them to strengthen community wellness through compassionate, inclusive, evidence-based surgical care.  

Department of Surgery Vision

The General Surgery Program is dedicated to the future of surgical care by creating a training program that is flexible, innovative and evolves in response to the healthcare system. Our educational goal is to equip learners with high quality surgical judgement and skills coupled with compassionate care. The curriculum encompasses progressive didactic and clinical experience under supervision of the faculty. Residents progress through levels of entrustment culminating in complete holistic patient care at the senior and chief level. Residents graduate as collegial team leaders, equipped to provide cost effective remarkable care as board-certified general surgeons.  

Overall Educational Goals & Objectives (Program Aims)

To educate and train residents to perform at the advanced level expected of a board-certified specialist and to direct inter-professional and multidisciplinary teams necessary for the care of surgical patients. General Surgery education will include:

• Didactic instruction in basic and clinical sciences relevant to treating surgical diseases and conditions.

• Instruction in procedural skills and operative techniques determined as essential by the American Board of Surgery.

• Preparation for life-long self-regulated learning and appreciation of evidence-based medicine to provide comprehensive care to surgical patients.

• Acquisition of an appropriate fund of knowledge (including technical skills) and the ability to synthesize information and utilize acquired knowledge appropriately in clinical situations (surgical judgement).

William W. Hope, MD
Program Director

Kathy Radley, C-TAGME
Program Administrator