WELCOME to the Department of Surgery

Department of Surgery Chair's Message

At SUNY Upstate Medical University, we are quite excited by our emerging role in the health care and education activities in central New York. As the surgical referral center for a population of over two million people, we pursue our mission of quality surgical care quite vigorously. We utilize 29 full-time surgeons working in a variety of specialties.

Please visit the links in the left column of this page for a more in depth overview of what our department is all about. If you are a patient, you may be interested in learning more about our Clinical Services. If you are a student, our Residency Programs may encourage you to submit an Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS®) application. If you are a physician, you may want to use our site to retrieve contact information for one of our outstanding specialists. Whatever the case I fully expect that you will find something that meets your interest.

If you have any questions not answered by this site please don't hesitate to contact me so that I may help you or perhaps arrange for you to come to the Surgery Department for a visit to see in person the pride we take in what we do.

Sincerely,

John Fortune, MD, FACS
Interim Chair