Surgery
Delivering unmatched state-of-the-art care, backed by groundbreaking research, to patients with emergency, critical or elective surgical needs.
Surgery
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Our residencies
Our Surgery Residency offers comprehensive training in acute care surgery, including trauma, emergency general surgery and critical care. Our Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency offers training in open and endovascular approaches to procedures.
Our fellowships
Our fellowships give surgeons a chance to specialize in advanced surgical care.
Manage overall care for ill and critically injured patients in our Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, or serve as the primary heart surgeon in hundreds of cases per year in our Vascular Surgery Fellowship.
Through research, better outcomes
Our research could improve patients' access to care. L.D. Britt, MD, MPH, the EVMS Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs, Edward J. Brickhouse Chair in Surgery, the Henry Ford Professor of Surgery, and Chair and Professor of Surgery at EVMS, is confronting healthcare disparities in surgery, backed by a $2.5 million NIH grant on behalf of the American College of Surgeons.
"Surgery is leading the charge," Dr. Britt says. But he wants this to be a template for any specialty that wants it. "There are no patents and no copyrights — we welcome everyone. The goal is to level the playing field across the board for all patients."
Compassion in patient care
We strive to provide the highest-quality care for every patient we serve. Our surgery specialties include:
Our practice has access to research and specialists who form the medical school's faculty as well as the comprehensive resources of an academic medical center.
Supporting renowned programs
Our EVMS surgeons support Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, the area's top-ranked hospital, where they staff the region's only Level I trauma center.
Our faculty also train medical students, residents, Surgical Critical Care fellows and Vascular Surgery fellows in this facility, which U.S. News & World Report has ranked in the top 50 hospitals in the nation in Cardiology & Heart Surgery, among other specialties.
Meet our faculty
L.D. Britt, MD, MPH, FACS, FCCM
Dr. Britt has received numerous distinctions for teaching and community service, including the AAMC’s Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award and the Association of Surgical Education’s Distinguished Educator Award for lifetime achievement, and has served in leadership roles, such as president and chair, of more than 10 surgical societies and associations, including the ACGME Residency Review Committee for Surgery. In 2016, he was elected to the National Academy of Medicine, and in 2017, he received a $2.5 million NIH grant to address healthcare disparities.
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Rebecca Britt, MD, FACS
Dr. Britt (MD ’98, Surgery Residency ’04) is the Robert L. Payne Chair in Surgery and the EVMS-Sentara Endowed Chair for Academic Leadership Advancement. She is board-certified in surgery and surgical critical care. Dr. Britt specializes in advanced laparoscopic, general abdominal, acute care and breast surgery. She helped develop the Acute Care Surgery service line at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Coastal Virginia Magazine recognized Dr. Britt as a "Top Doc" in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.
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Marybeth Hughes, MD, FACS
Dr. Hughes, Associate Professor of Surgery, leads EVMS' Surgical Oncology division as its chief. While working at the National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute, she served as principal investigator for clinical trials on cancer-related protocols and redeveloped the curriculum for the NIH's Surgical Oncology Research Fellowship. In between publishing in journals and books, serving as a reviewer for journals and presenting nationally and internationally on surgical oncology topics, Dr. Hughes serves as a mentor to medical students, residents and fellows in surgical oncology.
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