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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

General Surgery residency · Philadelphia, PA · Program website

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Faculty
61
Trainees
587
Papers
61%
Trainees published
34%
First author

7 people are awaiting a match decision, so numbers may change.

Papers

By this program's faculty and trainees since 2022, 587 in all. 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 39 of 61 trainees matched to publication records. Trainees with no match count as not yet published, so these figures are a floor.

61%
of trainees have published
1st of 5 general surgery residency programs with complete rosters
1st of 5 general surgery residency programs with complete rosters
3.24
papers per trainee-year
1st of 5 general surgery residency programs with complete rosters
1st of 5 general surgery residency programs with complete rosters
34%
of authorships as 1st author
3rd of 5 general surgery residency programs with complete rosters
3rd of 5 general surgery residency programs with complete rosters
2%
of trainee papers with program faculty
2nd of 5 general surgery residency programs with complete rosters
2nd of 5 general surgery residency programs with complete rosters
405
papers with a trainee author
Author position, all 475 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.

1 / 1
faculty matched
24 (24–24)
faculty h-index, median (IQR)
0.5
median FWCI (before 2025)
NameResearch topicsh (lifetime)Works1stLastMedian FWCI
Major Kenneth Lee, IV, MD, PhDPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research; Health and Medical Research Impacts2417010.5

61 trainees are counted above but never listed by name.

About University of Pennsylvaniainstitution-wide general surgery research

General Surgery publications from University of Pennsylvania and affiliated institutions, since 2022. Updated 2026-11-06; refreshed daily.

585
works per year
5th of 90 general surgery residency programs
5th of 90 general surgery residency programs
+18.6%
2-year growth
34th of 88 general surgery residency programs
34th of 88 general surgery residency programs
27.9%
in top 10% of field (works before 2025)
8th of 83 general surgery residency programs
8th of 83 general surgery residency programs
56.3%
cited above world average
1st of 83 general surgery residency programs
1st of 83 general surgery residency programs
2022: 540 works’222023: 531 works’232024: 600 works’242025: 670 works670’252026 (so far): 584 works584’26*

Works per year · * 2026 so far

Surgery · 2,925

General Surgery research topics at University of Pennsylvania

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

Most cited at University of Pennsylvania since 2024

All general surgery papers there on OpenAlex

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