Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH), founded over 175 years ago, is located in New Haven, Connecticut, a medium-sized city on Long Island Sound. YNHH, the flagship hospital of Yale-New Haven Health System, has 900 beds and 80,000 emergency room visits and 22,000 operations annually. YNHH, the largest of the three training hospitals of the General Surgery residency, is the location for much of the tertiary and specialty care surgery. Yale University School of Medicine is physically attached to create a complete academic medical center. Seventy-two full-time academic faculty represent all surgical specialties, with most actively engaged in research and all providing both clinical and academic mentorship to residents and medical students. Community surgeons practicing at YNHH contribute substantially to resident education. YNHH contains intensive care units for Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Medicine, Coronary Care, Pediatrics, and Neonatology. Other special programs include a Vascular Center and Endolaparoscopic training facilities. The Children's Hospital opened in 1993. Yale has one of the oldest federally funded Cancer Centers and has had both Adult and Children's General Clinical Research Centers for more than 30 years.

The West Haven Campus of the Veterans Administration Connecticut Health Care System (V.A. Hospital) is a 179-bed tertiary care facility with an additional 30-bed Nursing Home Care Unit. Approximately 2,800 surgical procedures are performed annually, including 100-140 cardiac pump cases and a wide variety of specialized Minimal Access operations. There are more than 200,000 patient visits to outpatient clinics annually, and the average inpatient census is 138. This leading V.A. hospital boasts specialized national programs in epilepsy, stroke, blind rehabilitation, PTSD, alcohol, virology and a clinical/research P.E.T. Center. The V.A. Hospital has consistently ranked among the top five V.A. hospitals for research funding, and currently has six funded surgical investigators with active laboratories on the V.A. premises.

The Chief of the Surgical Service, Ronnie Ann Rosenthal, M.D., is assisted by Yale General and Vascular faculty, along with faculty in each of the surgical specialties. Also, approximately 75 members of the Yale faculty serve as consultants to the V.A. surgical service. The V.A. service is fully integrated at all levels with Yale Surgery including clerkships for medical students, surgical subinternships, and research positions. There are integrated residency programs in General Surgery, Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Otolaryngology, Plastic Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, and Urology. The Surgical Endoscopy Training Service performs over 150 procedures annually. Twenty-two residents in general surgery and surgical specialties rotate through the V.A. at any one time. The V.A. Hospital is located two miles from Yale and a shuttle bus, which operates every 15 minutes, connects the two institutions.

Bridgeport Hospital (BH), an affiliate of Yale-New Haven Health, is located in Bridgeport, Connecticut, about 20 miles southwest. BH has 425 beds and 60,000 emergency room visits and performs more than 15,000 operations annually. BH has the only Burn Center between New York and Boston, treating over 200 patients per year; is a Level I Trauma Center; and supports a full service outpatient clinic. BH brings to Yale Surgery both a large volume of general surgical, trauma and critical care cases, and a broad spectrum of surgical specialty cases. BH offers Yale General Surgery residents training opportunities and experiences in all surgical disciplines, working with superior and experienced practitioners in a wide range of surgical specialties. Nabil Atweh, M.D., the Interim Chairman of Surgery works with Michael Ivy, M.D., the Director of Resident Education at Bridgeport Hospital. Drs. Atweh and Ivy are assisted by a core group of full-time Bridgeport faculty, all of whom have clinical appointments at Yale, and several community-based medical faculty, who actively participate in the teaching activities of the surgical residency.