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Baystate Medical Center (UMass Chan-Baystate)

General Surgery residency · Springfield, MA · Program website

Trainees here publish less than most: 18% have published during training (6th of 6 general surgery residencies with complete rosters), at 0.4 papers per trainee-year (5th), and they're first author on 66% of their papers. How trainees publish ↓

3
Faculty
40
Trainees
52
Papers
18%
Trainees published
6th of 6
6th of 6
0.40
Papers / trainee-year
5th of 6
5th of 6
66%
First author
1st of 6
1st of 6

Papers

By this program's faculty and trainees since 2022, 52 in all · 34 with a trainee author. Updated 2026-11-07.

How trainees publishauthor positions, faculty co-authorship, ranks

Papers by current residents and fellows, and alumni within two years, published during training. Based on 7 of 40 trainees matched to publication records. Trainees with no match count as not yet published, so these figures are a floor.

18%
of trainees have published
6th of 6 general surgery residency programs with complete rosters
6th of 6 general surgery residency programs with complete rosters
0.4
papers per trainee-year
5th of 6 general surgery residency programs with complete rosters
5th of 6 general surgery residency programs with complete rosters
66%
of authorships as 1st author
1st of 6 general surgery residency programs with complete rosters
1st of 6 general surgery residency programs with complete rosters
27%
of trainee papers with program faculty
1st of 6 general surgery residency programs with complete rosters
1st of 6 general surgery residency programs with complete rosters
34
papers with a trainee author
Author position, all 35 trainee authorships
Faculty detailsh-index, papers and author positions per person

Program leadership from the program's own pages, matched to publications. Leadership is mostly clinician-educators, so these numbers describe the teaching team, not the department's research. Works since 2022-01-01.

3 / 3
faculty matched
15 (12.5–21)
faculty h-index, median (IQR)
0.45
median FWCI (before 2025)
NameResearch topicsh (lifetime)Works1stLastMedian FWCI
Neal Seymour, MDSurgical Simulation and Training; Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout2713230.46
David B. Tashjian, MDMedical Education and Admissions; Hernia repair and management1513010.23
Gladys Fernandez, MDHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout; Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare104000.11

40 trainees are counted above but never listed by name.

About Baystate Medical Centerinstitution-wide general surgery research

General Surgery publications from Baystate Medical Center and affiliated institutions, since 2022. Updated 2026-11-07; refreshed daily.

13
works per year
80th of 91 general surgery residency programs
80th of 91 general surgery residency programs
-27.6%
2-year growth
86th of 88 general surgery residency programs
86th of 88 general surgery residency programs
12.5%
in top 10% of field (works before 2025)
69th of 83 general surgery residency programs
69th of 83 general surgery residency programs
40.0%
cited above world average
61st of 83 general surgery residency programs
61st of 83 general surgery residency programs
2022: 11 works’222023: 18 works’232024: 11 works’242025: 10 works10’252026 (so far): 11 works11’26*

Works per year · * 2026 so far

Surgery · 61

General Surgery research topics at Baystate Medical Center

Papers in the window; each links to the list on OpenAlex.

Most cited at Baystate Medical Center since 2024

All general surgery papers there on OpenAlex

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