Resources

Policy governing leave during residency training for surgeons applying for initial board certification in general surgery.

Policy outlining the procedure for requesting testing center or virtual examination accommodations for ABS examinations.

Policy outlining the requirements for residency or fellowship rotations completed outside the U.S. or Canada for general, vascular, and pediatric surgery, and complex...

Policy outlining the procedure for requesting accommodations to ABS examinations for individuals with documented ADA-related disabilities.

Policy regarding regaining admissibility to general surgery initial certification examinations.

Policy outlining how irregularities in a program's ABSITE administration will be handled.

Policy regarding re-entering surgical residency following a hiatus of four or more years.

This seven-year joint training pathway leads to certification in both general surgery and thoracic surgery.

Policy governing credit for foreign graduate training pertaining to board certification in general surgery.

Policy regarding the number of residency training programs that an applicant for board certification in general surgery may train at.