Program Summary of Performance on ABS Examinations : 2011-2016 First-Taker Examination Pass Rates (2011-2015 Graduates) General Surgery Qualifying and Certifying Examinations (QE & CE)

Program

Total QE # QE* Success

Total CE # CE* Success

Tot # QE / CE Cands. Comb Ind**

AL 0004 Baptist Health System

13

77%

12

92%

13

77%

36

89%

34

91%

36

81%

23

87%

21

81%

23

70%

25

92%

23

74%

25

68%

28

96%

27

81%

28

79%

18

89%

16

81%

18

72%

14

100%

13

100%

14

100%

8

50%

7

100%

8

50%

29

83%

23

74%

29

69%

Birmingham , AL

0003 Univ. of Alabama Birmingham , AL

0007 Univ. of South Alabama Mobile , AL

AR 0022 Univ. of Arkansas Little Rock , AR

AZ 0015 Good Samaritan (Phoenix) Phoenix , AZ

1011 Maricopa County Phoenix , AZ

9004 Mayo Clinic Arizona Phoenix , AZ

9009 St Josephs - AZ Phoenix , AZ

0017 Univ. of Arizona Tucson , AZ

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Program

Total QE # QE* Success

Total CE # CE* Success

Tot # QE / CE Cands. Comb Ind**

CA 1031 Kern Medical Center

10

80%

9

44%

10

50%

3

100%

3

67%

3

67%

10

100%

10

70%

10

70%

21

81%

19

95%

21

76%

29

90%

27

81%

29

76%

20

90%

20

85%

20

75%

16

94%

16

75%

16

75%

30

90%

27

89%

30

80%

34

100%

34

91%

34

91%

29

90%

27

78%

29

69%

21

95%

20

75%

21

71%

29

93%

29

93%

29

86%

Bakersfield , CA

9012 Arrowhead Regional Fontana , CA

1033 San Joaquin General French Camp , CA

7078 UC-SF (Fresno) Fresno , CA

0053 Loma Linda Loma Linda , CA

1051 Cedars-Sinai Los Angeles , CA

4032 Kaiser - Los Angeles Los Angeles , CA

4039 LAC - USC Los Angeles , CA

0052 UCLA Los Angeles , CA

9002 UC - SF, East Bay Oakland , CA

0058 UC - Irvine Orange , CA

0047 Stanford University Palo Alto , CA

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Program Summary of Performance on ABS Examinations : 2011-2016 First-Taker Examination Pass Rates (2011-2015 Graduates) General Surgery Qualifying and Certifying Examinations (QE & CE)

Program 7084 Huntington Memorial

Total QE # QE* Success

Total CE # CE* Success

Tot # QE / CE Cands. Comb Ind**

10

90%

9

89%

10

80%

39

100%

39

87%

39

87%

16

94%

16

100%

16

94%

30

80%

25

72%

30

60%

34

88%

34

79%

34

74%

14

93%

12

67%

14

64%

23

91%

22

82%

23

74%

39

92%

35

86%

39

79%

16

88%

14

100%

16

88%

12

75%

9

78%

12

58%

31

81%

24

83%

31

71%

Pasadena , CA

0060 UC - Davis Sacramento , CA

0867 Naval Hospital-San Diego San Diego , CA

4038 UC - San Diego San Diego , CA

0057 UC - San Francisco San Francisco , CA

0040 Santa Barbara Cottage Santa Barbara , CA

0041 LAC - Harbor UCLA Torrance , CA

CO 0064 Univ. of Colorado Aurora , CO

0066 Exempla/St.Joseph (CO) Denver , CO

CT 9013 Danbury Hospital Danbury , CT

0083 U.of Ct. Farmington , CT

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Program 0079 Yale - New Haven

Total QE # QE* Success

Total CE # CE* Success

Tot # QE / CE Cands. Comb Ind**

35

89%

30

90%

35

80%

11

73%

9

89%

11

64%

7

86%

7

71%

7

57%

9

33%

6

67%

9

22%

16

88%

15

67%

16

63%

22

95%

22

91%

22

86%

22

77%

20

60%

22

50%

25

84%

22

86%

25

76%

23

87%

21

86%

23

74%

3

100%

3

67%

3

67%

New Haven , CT

1082 Stamford Hospital Stamford , CT

1081 St. Mary`s Hospital Waterbury , CT

1080 Waterbury Hospital Waterbury , CT

DC 0113 George Washington U. Washington , DC

0114 Georgetown Univ. Washington , DC

0115 Howard University Washington , DC

0112 Washington Hosp.Cntr Washington , DC

DE 0098 Christiana Care (DE) Newark , DE

FL 9017 Miami-Palm Beach Regional Atlantis , FL

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Program 4122 Univ. of Florida

Total QE # QE* Success

Total CE # CE* Success

Tot # QE / CE Cands. Comb Ind**

26

100%

25

92%

26

92%

9

100%

9

89%

9

89%

19

79%

19

84%

19

63%

31

84%

26

81%

31

71%

10

80%

8

63%

10

50%

6

67%

6

67%

6

50%

20

85%

16

69%

20

60%

28

93%

26

81%

28

75%

6

33%

5

40%

6

33%

12

92%

11

82%

12

75%

44

93%

42

88%

44

82%

Gainesville , FL

9006 Mayo - Jacksonville Jacksonville , FL

0123 U. Florida - Jacksonville Jacksonville , FL

4121 Univ. Miami-Jackson Miami , FL

7085 Mt.Sinai - Miami Miami Beach , FL

9008 Florida Hospital Program Orlando , FL

1125 Orlando Regional Orlando , FL

4123 Univ. South Florida Tampa , FL

9016 Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston , FL

GA 1132 Atlanta Medical Center Atlanta , GA

0137 Emory University Atlanta , GA

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Program Summary of Performance on ABS Examinations : 2011-2016 First-Taker Examination Pass Rates (2011-2015 Graduates) General Surgery Qualifying and Certifying Examinations (QE & CE)

Program 9003 Morehouse - Atlanta

Total QE # QE* Success

Total CE # CE* Success

Tot # QE / CE Cands. Comb Ind**

10

60%

7

71%

10

40%

22

77%

17

82%

22

64%

14

93%

13

85%

14

79%

19

84%

17

82%

19

74%

15

93%

14

93%

15

93%

12

83%

11

64%

12

50%

19

89%

18

94%

19

84%

16

100%

16

94%

16

94%

27

81%

26

73%

27

59%

13

69%

11

73%

13

54%

Atlanta , GA

0135 Med. College Georgia Augusta , GA

0850 Eisenhower Army MC Fort Gordon , GA

1134 Mercer University Macon , GA

1135 Memorial - Savannah Savannah , GA

HI 0826 Univ. of Hawaii Honolulu , HI

1846 Tripler Army MC Tripler AMC , HI

IA 7012 Iowa Methodist Des Moines , IA

0204 University of Iowa Iowa City , IA

IL 0170 Mt. Sinai Chicago , IL

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Program Summary of Performance on ABS Examinations : 2011-2016 First-Taker Examination Pass Rates (2011-2015 Graduates) General Surgery Qualifying and Certifying Examinations (QE & CE)

Program 0163 Northwestern Univ.

Total QE # QE* Success

Total CE # CE* Success

Tot # QE / CE Cands. Comb Ind**

25

100%

24

100%

25

100%

6

83%

5

60%

6

50%

36

92%

34

85%

36

81%

28

96%

27

81%

28

79%

29

79%

25

64%

29

52%

25

80%

21

86%

25

72%

27

78%

24

96%

27

74%

14

100%

14

93%

14

93%

14

79%

14

57%

14

50%

2

100%

2

100%

2

100%

48

98%

48

92%

48

90%

Chicago , IL

1166 Presence Saint Joseph Hsp Chicago , IL

0171 Rush-Presb.-St.Luke`s Chicago , IL

0167 U. Illinois Metro Chicago , IL

0165 U. of Illinois Aff. Chicago , IL

7079 Univ. of Chicago Chicago , IL

0166 Loyola University Maywood , IL

0172 U. of Ill. - Peoria Peoria , IL

0168 Southern Illinois U. Springfield , IL

9015 Carle Foundation Urbana , IL

IN 0194 Indiana University Indianapolis , IN

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Program Summary of Performance on ABS Examinations : 2011-2016 First-Taker Examination Pass Rates (2011-2015 Graduates) General Surgery Qualifying and Certifying Examinations (QE & CE)

Program 9020 St. Vincent Hospital - IN

Total QE # QE* Success

Total CE # CE* Success

Tot # QE / CE Cands. Comb Ind**

2

100%

2

50%

2

50%

17

76%

14

93%

17

71%

29

90%

27

100%

29

90%

27

93%

26

96%

27

89%

34

94%

32

91%

34

85%

35

91%

33

82%

35

77%

22

91%

20

90%

22

82%

17

71%

13

62%

17

47%

25

72%

22

68%

25

52%

Indianapolis , IN

KS 7013 Univ. of Kansas Kansas City , KS

0212 U. of Kansas - Wichita Wichita , KS

KY 0226 Univ. of Kentucky Lexington , KY

0223 Univ. of Louisville Louisville , KY

LA 0237 Louisiana State New Orleans , LA

7014 Ochsner New Orleans , LA

9011 Tulane University New Orleans , LA

0239 LSU - Shreveport Shreveport , LA

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Program Summary of Performance on ABS Examinations : 2011-2016 First-Taker Examination Pass Rates (2011-2015 Graduates) General Surgery Qualifying and Certifying Examinations (QE & CE)

Program

Total QE # QE* Success

Total CE # CE* Success

Tot # QE / CE Cands. Comb Ind**

MA 0288 Beth Israel Deaconess

42

86%

40

78%

42

67%

22

91%

21

86%

22

77%

38

87%

34

88%

38

76%

39

97%

35

94%

39

95%

13

85%

12

67%

13

54%

15

87%

15

87%

15

73%

14

93%

13

77%

14

71%

23

74%

18

78%

23

57%

27

100%

25

96%

27

96%

31

90%

29

93%

31

84%

8

100%

8

50%

8

50%

Boston , MA

0287 Boston University Boston , MA

7022 Brigham & Women`s Boston , MA

0276 Mass. General Hosp. Boston , MA

7023 St. Elizabeth`s (MA) Boston , MA

7021 Tufts Medical Center Boston , MA

0742 Lahey Clinic Burlington , MA

0289 Baystate Med. Cntr. Springfield , MA

0286 Univ. Massachusetts Worcester , MA

MD 0260 Johns Hopkins Baltimore , MD

0256 Sinai Hosp of Baltimore Baltimore , MD

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Program Summary of Performance on ABS Examinations : 2011-2016 First-Taker Examination Pass Rates (2011-2015 Graduates) General Surgery Qualifying and Certifying Examinations (QE & CE)

Program 1254 St. Agnes

Total QE # QE* Success

Total CE # CE* Success

Tot # QE / CE Cands. Comb Ind**

15

93%

14

79%

15

73%

10

90%

9

67%

10

60%

24

83%

20

90%

24

75%

31

84%

29

93%

31

77%

20

75%

15

73%

20

55%

28

93%

26

92%

28

86%

26

85%

24

79%

26

69%

21

90%

19

84%

21

81%

35

86%

32

75%

35

63%

31

100%

30

80%

31

81%

11

100%

10

90%

11

91%

Baltimore , MD

0257 Union Memorial Baltimore , MD

0259 Univ. of Maryland Baltimore , MD

0848 Natl. Capital Consortium Bethesda , MD

ME 0241 Maine Medical Cntr. Portland , ME

MI 0312 Univ. of Michigan Ann Arbor , MI

0305 Henry Ford Hosp. Detroit , MI

1315 St. John Hospital Detroit , MI

0311 Wayne State Detroit , MI

0309 Grand Rapids MSU Grand Rapids , MI

9001 Western Michigan Kalamazoo , MI

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Program Summary of Performance on ABS Examinations : 2011-2016 First-Taker Examination Pass Rates (2011-2015 Graduates) General Surgery Qualifying and Certifying Examinations (QE & CE)

Program 9000 Michigan State Univ.

Total QE # QE* Success

Total CE # CE* Success

Tot # QE / CE Cands. Comb Ind**

20

85%

18

78%

20

65%

9

67%

8

88%

9

56%

24

92%

23

83%

24

79%

14

100%

14

93%

14

93%

24

96%

24

96%

24

92%

23

91%

21

100%

23

91%

29

86%

29

83%

29

79%

46

93%

44

89%

46

83%

13

92%

13

100%

13

92%

19

74%

16

75%

19

58%

25

88%

22

82%

25

72%

Lansing , MI

1317 St.Jos. Mercy - Pontiac Pontiac , MI

1318 William Beaumont Royal Oak , MI

7028 Providence - Southfield Southfield , MI

0301 St.Jos. Mercy-Ann Arbor Ypsilanti , MI

MN 0331 Hennepin County Minneapolis , MN

0336 Univ. of Minnesota Minneapolis , MN

7030 Mayo Clinic Rochester , MN

MO 7031 Univ.Missouri-Columbia Columbia , MO

0364 U. of Mo. KC Kansas City , MO

0362 St. Louis University St. Louis , MO

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Program Summary of Performance on ABS Examinations : 2011-2016 First-Taker Examination Pass Rates (2011-2015 Graduates) General Surgery Qualifying and Certifying Examinations (QE & CE)

Program 0365 Washington Univ.

Total QE # QE* Success

Total CE # CE* Success

Tot # QE / CE Cands. Comb Ind**

32

91%

27

93%

32

84%

23

91%

20

80%

23

74%

13

85%

12

92%

13

77%

30

93%

30

93%

30

87%

17

88%

14

100%

17

88%

31

90%

28

79%

31

71%

19

79%

16

94%

19

74%

10

90%

10

90%

10

90%

24

88%

23

96%

24

88%

16

81%

14

71%

16

56%

St. Louis , MO

MS 0346 U. of Mississippi Jackson , MS

7076 USAF - Keesler MC Keesler AFB , MS

NC 7087 North Carolina Chapel Hill , NC

1536 Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte , NC

0539 Duke University Durham , NC

0540 East Carolina Univ. Greenville , NC

1542 New Hanover Wilmington , NC

0542 Wake Forest University Winston-Salem , NC

ND 0546 U. of North Dakota Grand Forks , ND

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Program Summary of Performance on ABS Examinations : 2011-2016 First-Taker Examination Pass Rates (2011-2015 Graduates) General Surgery Qualifying and Certifying Examinations (QE & CE)

Program

Total QE # QE* Success

Total CE # CE* Success

Tot # QE / CE Cands. Comb Ind**

NE 0389 Creighton University

19

89%

17

82%

19

74%

21

90%

19

74%

21

67%

18

89%

18

72%

18

72%

16

63%

14

86%

16

63%

17

82%

14

71%

17

59%

16

88%

16

81%

16

75%

23

87%

17

65%

23

61%

30

83%

25

84%

30

70%

33

76%

24

54%

33

48%

Omaha , NE

0388 Univ. of Nebraska Omaha , NE

NH 0407 Dartmouth-Hitchcock Lebanon , NH

NJ 7080 Cooper - Camden Camden , NJ

1422 St. Barnabas-NJ Livingston , NJ

7038 Monmouth Med. Cntr. Long Branch , NJ

0421 Atlantic - Morristown Morristown , NJ

0422 Rutgers- New Brunswick New Brunswick , NJ

0419 Rutgers - Newark Newark , NJ

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Program Summary of Performance on ABS Examinations : 2011-2016 First-Taker Examination Pass Rates (2011-2015 Graduates) General Surgery Qualifying and Certifying Examinations (QE & CE)

Program

Total QE # QE* Success

Total CE # CE* Success

Tot # QE / CE Cands. Comb Ind**

NM 0437 U. of New Mexico

22

100%

21

81%

22

82%

19

74%

15

80%

19

63%

21

90%

18

78%

21

71%

14

100%

14

86%

14

86%

37

73%

28

82%

37

62%

17

76%

14

43%

17

35%

16

75%

13

62%

16

50%

25

96%

22

59%

25

64%

14

93%

12

75%

14

71%

37

78%

33

61%

37

54%

Albuquerque , NM

NV 0396 Univ. of Nevada Las Vegas , NV

NY 0491 Albany Med. Cntr. Albany , NY

1463 Bronx-Lebanon Bronx , NY

0497 Einstein - Montefiore Bronx , NY

1447 Brookdale Hospital Brooklyn , NY

0496 Brooklyn Hospital Ctr. Brooklyn , NY

0514 Maimonides Med. Cntr. Brooklyn , NY

0453 New York Methodist Brooklyn , NY

0500 SUNY - Brooklyn Brooklyn , NY

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Program Summary of Performance on ABS Examinations : 2011-2016 First-Taker Examination Pass Rates (2011-2015 Graduates) General Surgery Qualifying and Certifying Examinations (QE & CE)

Program 7090 Univ. of Buffalo

Total QE # QE* Success

Total CE # CE* Success

Tot # QE / CE Cands. Comb Ind**

42

76%

34

71%

42

57%

13

85%

12

83%

13

69%

13

54%

9

67%

13

46%

22

91%

20

70%

22

68%

38

84%

33

67%

38

58%

15

93%

14

79%

15

73%

9

78%

8

88%

9

67%

19

89%

16

81%

19

74%

28

93%

27

81%

28

75%

40

88%

38

84%

40

75%

40

100%

40

88%

40

88%

35

91%

33

85%

35

77%

Buffalo , NY

0459 Bassett Healthcare Cooperstown , NY

0460 Nassau University East Meadow , NY

1485 NY Hosp. - Queens Flushing , NY

1478 North Shore Univ. Hosp. New Hyde Park , NY

0469 Harlem Hospital New York , NY

0470 Lenox Hill Hosp. New York , NY

7077 Mount Sinai-Beth Israel New York , NY

0503 Mt. Sinai New York , NY

0506 New York Univ. New York , NY

0509 NY & Presbyt. - Cornell New York , NY

0477 NY/Presbyt.-Columbia New York , NY

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Program Summary of Performance on ABS Examinations : 2011-2016 First-Taker Examination Pass Rates (2011-2015 Graduates) General Surgery Qualifying and Certifying Examinations (QE & CE)

Program 9019 NYMC-Metropolitan

Total QE # QE* Success

Total CE # CE* Success

Tot # QE / CE Cands. Comb Ind**

2

100%

1

100%

2

100%

24

92%

22

82%

24

75%

25

92%

23

91%

25

84%

16

94%

16

63%

16

63%

24

83%

21

67%

24

58%

25

80%

23

91%

25

72%

21

62%

19

79%

21

57%

15

93%

13

85%

15

80%

11

64%

8

88%

11

55%

19

100%

19

100%

19

100%

9

89%

8

100%

9

89%

New York , NY

7092 St.Luke`s-Roosevelt New York , NY

0521 Univ. of Rochester Rochester , NY

0507 Staten Island Hosp. Staten Island , NY

0517 SUNY - Stony Brook Stony Brook , NY

0484 SUNY - Syracuse Syracuse , NY

0489 NY Med.Col-Westchester Valhalla , NY

OH 0556 Summa - Akron City Akron , OH

0557 Akron General Akron , OH

0577 Good Samaritan Cincinnati , OH

1558 Jewish Hosp. - Cincinnati Cincinnati , OH

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Program Summary of Performance on ABS Examinations : 2011-2016 First-Taker Examination Pass Rates (2011-2015 Graduates) General Surgery Qualifying and Certifying Examinations (QE & CE)

Program 0575 Univ. of Cincinnati

Total QE # QE* Success

Total CE # CE* Success

Tot # QE / CE Cands. Comb Ind**

30

100%

29

83%

30

83%

30

90%

29

86%

30

77%

46

89%

41

71%

46

63%

13

92%

13

85%

13

77%

28

89%

27

81%

28

71%

13

100%

11

100%

13

100%

31

87%

30

77%

31

65%

16

94%

15

87%

16

81%

15

87%

14

79%

15

67%

8

88%

7

86%

8

75%

20

80%

17

82%

20

65%

Cincinnati , OH

0582 Case Western Reserve Cleveland , OH

0579 Cleveland Clinic Cleveland , OH

0585 Mount Carmel Health Columbus , OH

7073 Ohio State Univ. Columbus , OH

1561 Riverside Methodist Columbus , OH

0583 Wright State Univ. Dayton , OH

0581 Univ. of Toledo Toledo , OH

0573 St. Elizabeth`s (OH) Youngstown , OH

0574 West. Reserve-Youngstown Youngstown , OH

OK 0602 Univ. of Oklahoma Oklahoma City , OK

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Program Summary of Performance on ABS Examinations : 2011-2016 First-Taker Examination Pass Rates (2011-2015 Graduates) General Surgery Qualifying and Certifying Examinations (QE & CE)

Program 0604 U. of Ok. - Tulsa

Total QE # QE* Success

Total CE # CE* Success

Tot # QE / CE Cands. Comb Ind**

12

100%

12

58%

12

58%

53

83%

45

82%

53

70%

21

95%

20

80%

21

76%

23

87%

20

75%

23

65%

12

75%

10

70%

12

50%

14

79%

13

77%

14

64%

10

80%

8

63%

10

50%

10

80%

9

78%

10

60%

9

56%

6

100%

9

56%

22

95%

21

76%

22

73%

12

67%

9

56%

12

58%

Tulsa , OK

OR 0613 Oregon Health Sc.Un. Portland , OR

PA 0621 Abington Memorial Abington , PA

0659 Lehigh Valley Hosp. Allentown , PA

1623 St. Luke`s - Bethlehem Bethlehem , PA

0622 Geisinger Med. Cntr. Danville , PA

0649 Mercy Catholic MC Darby , PA

1647 Easton Hospital Easton , PA

1627 Pinnacle Hlth-Harrisbgh Harrisburg , PA

0660 Penn State Univ. Hershey , PA

0656 Conemaugh Johnstown , PA

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Program Summary of Performance on ABS Examinations : 2011-2016 First-Taker Examination Pass Rates (2011-2015 Graduates) General Surgery Qualifying and Certifying Examinations (QE & CE)

Program 0648 Albert Einstein (PA)

Total QE # QE* Success

Total CE # CE* Success

Tot # QE / CE Cands. Comb Ind**

11

55%

8

50%

11

27%

27

74%

24

83%

27

63%

35

83%

31

71%

35

63%

26

92%

24

71%

26

65%

33

94%

32

84%

33

82%

28

79%

24

71%

28

57%

31

90%

30

87%

31

77%

17

82%

15

87%

17

71%

13

100%

13

62%

13

62%

11

91%

11

91%

11

82%

18

94%

17

71%

18

72%

Philadelphia , PA

0661 Drexel University Philadelphia , PA

0658 Temple University Philadelphia , PA

0654 Thomas Jefferson U. Philadelphia , PA

0655 Univ. Pennsylvania Philadelphia , PA

0632 Allegheny Genl.Hosp. Pittsburgh , PA

0634 Univ. of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh , PA

0633 UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh , PA

0636 Guthrie Healthcare ( PA) Sayre , PA

0629 Lankenau Medical Center Wynnewood , PA

0637 York Hospital York , PA

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Program Summary of Performance on ABS Examinations : 2011-2016 First-Taker Examination Pass Rates (2011-2015 Graduates) General Surgery Qualifying and Certifying Examinations (QE & CE)

Program

Total QE # QE* Success

Total CE # CE* Success

Tot # QE / CE Cands. Comb Ind**

PR 0836 Univ. of Puerto Rico

25

76%

22

86%

25

72%

28

96%

27

93%

28

89%

26

92%

25

92%

26

85%

14

79%

12

92%

14

71%

22

86%

21

90%

22

77%

14

100%

13

85%

14

86%

18

89%

17

100%

18

89%

26

81%

24

79%

26

62%

18

89%

18

72%

18

67%

San Juan , PR

RI 0672 Brown University Providence , RI

SC 0684 Med. Univ. South Carolina Charleston , SC

7072 Palmetto Health Alliance Columbia , SC

0686 Greenville Hospital Greenville , SC

1682 Spartanburg General Spartanburg , SC

TN 0709 U. Tenn.-Chattanooga Chattanooga , TN

1707 East Tennessee St. Johnson City , TN

1706 U. Tenn. - Knoxville Knoxville , TN

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Program Summary of Performance on ABS Examinations : 2011-2016 First-Taker Examination Pass Rates (2011-2015 Graduates) General Surgery Qualifying and Certifying Examinations (QE & CE)

Program 0708 U. Tenn.- Memphis

Total QE # QE* Success

Total CE # CE* Success

Tot # QE / CE Cands. Comb Ind**

34

94%

34

88%

34

85%

36

89%

34

97%

36

89%

7

86%

7

86%

7

71%

40

93%

39

90%

40

83%

10

100%

9

100%

10

100%

59

97%

56

89%

59

86%

13

85%

9

78%

13

69%

13

100%

13

92%

13

92%

21

81%

18

61%

21

48%

33

91%

31

84%

33

79%

18

89%

16

81%

18

78%

Memphis , TN

0707 Vanderbilt Univ. Nashville , TN

TX 9010 UT - Austin Austin , TX

7060 Baylor Univ. - Dallas Dallas , TX

1716 Methodist - Dallas Dallas , TX

0726 U. Texas Southwest. Dallas , TX

0725 Texas Tech - El Paso El Paso , TX

1847 Wm. Beaumont Army MC El Paso , TX

0718 U. Texas - Galveston Galveston , TX

0720 Baylor - Houston Houston , TX

7061 The Methodist Hospital Houston , TX

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Program Summary of Performance on ABS Examinations : 2011-2016 First-Taker Examination Pass Rates (2011-2015 Graduates) General Surgery Qualifying and Certifying Examinations (QE & CE)

Program 0728 U Texas - Houston

Total QE # QE* Success

Total CE # CE* Success

Tot # QE / CE Cands. Comb Ind**

27

93%

24

83%

27

78%

23

96%

23

91%

23

91%

15

67%

12

83%

15

53%

41

95%

37

86%

41

83%

23

91%

22

95%

23

87%

24

92%

23

91%

24

88%

25

100%

24

92%

25

92%

17

88%

14

86%

17

76%

20

80%

16

69%

20

55%

12

83%

11

100%

12

83%

23

74%

18

72%

23

52%

Houston , TX

0849 S.A.Unif.Svc.-Brooke Army JBSA, Fort Sam Houst , TX

1723 Texas Tech (Lubbock) Lubbock , TX

0727 U Texas -San Antonio San Antonio , TX

7062 TX A&M (Scott & White) Temple , TX

UT 0732 University of Utah Salt Lake City , UT

VA 0758 Univ. of Virginia Charlottesville , VA

9007 Inova Fairfax Falls Church , VA

0760 Eastern Virginia Norfolk , VA

1866 Naval MC - Portsmouth Portsmouth , VA

0759 VCU - MCV Richmond , VA

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Program Summary of Performance on ABS Examinations : 2011-2016 First-Taker Examination Pass Rates (2011-2015 Graduates) General Surgery Qualifying and Certifying Examinations (QE & CE)

Program 1755 Carilion Health Sys.

Total QE # QE* Success

Total CE # CE* Success

Tot # QE / CE Cands. Comb Ind**

20

95%

19

63%

20

60%

14

86%

12

83%

14

71%

14

86%

13

69%

14

64%

33

100%

32

84%

33

85%

23

91%

22

91%

23

83%

15

100%

15

100%

15

100%

12

100%

12

83%

12

83%

28

100%

28

93%

28

93%

12

100%

12

92%

12

92%

28

100%

28

93%

28

93%

Roanoke , VA

VT 0741 University of Vermont Burlington , VT

WA 1766 Swedish Medical Center Seattle , WA

0768 Univ. of Washington Seattle , WA

0767 Virginia Mason MC Seattle , WA

1848 Madigan Army MC Tacoma , WA

WI 0798 Gundersen La Crosse , WI

0794 Univ. of Wisconsin Madison , WI

0799 Marshfield-St.Joseph`s Marshfield , WI

0795 Med Col of Wisconsin Milwaukee , WI

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Program Summary of Performance on ABS Examinations : 2011-2016 First-Taker Examination Pass Rates (2011-2015 Graduates) General Surgery Qualifying and Certifying Examinations (QE & CE)

Program

Total QE # QE* Success

Total CE # CE* Success

Tot # QE / CE Cands. Comb Ind**

WV 0781 West Virginia U. Chrlstn

15

100%

14

79%

15

80%

13

69%

11

45%

13

38%

14

79%

13

69%

14

64%

Charleston , WV

0779 Marshall University Huntington , WV

0776 West Virginia U. Mrgntown Morgantown , WV

245 Programs

*QE = Qualifying (Written) Examination, CE = Certifying (Oral) Examination; totals based on actual numbers of candidates (2011-2015 graduates) who TOOK the QE and/or CE, NOT the total number who graduated from each program during that time period.

** QE / CE combined index : Candidate successful on 1st attempt for QE and CE; note - some candidates who have passed QE have not yet taken 1st CE - combined index includes only the QE for these candidates.

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