Department of
Surgery

Recommended Reading

Essentials of General Surgery and Surgical Specialties (Recommended)
Author: Peter F. Lawrence, Matthew Smeds, Jessica B. O'Connell
Publisher: LWW
2025-04-30
ISBN 978-1975197520

Step-Up to Surgery - 2nd Edition (Optional)
Author: Stanley Zaslau, MD, FACS and Richard Vaughan, MD, FACS
Publisher: LWW
2014-04-18
ISBN 978-1451187632

Essentials of General Surgery (Optional)
Author: Peter F. Lawrence MD
Publisher: LWW
2012-10-03
ISBN 0781784956

First Exposure to General Surgery (Optional)
Author: Danny Jacobs
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Medical
2010-09-12
ISBN 978-0071441407

Students are expected to independently seek additional resources to supplement their learning throughout the clerkship.  Below are some suggested resources:

  • HSC Library
  • Department of Surgery Library
  • On-line resources
    • On-line textbooks
    • Ovid Medline, ClinicalKey
    • UpToDate