Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center Surgery Residency

.surgery x 2026 ABA Annual Meeting! Congratulations to all our presenters! Shoutout to our DRH Burn Center Team for continuing to provide amazing care to our patients and providing us with great training & experience!

Congratulations to our new interns! Welcome to Detroit! 🥳🥼🔪🍾

Congratulations to our PGY-4 residents, Megha Patel and Jan Stevens, for representing our program at the ACS Leadership & Advocacy Summit in Washington, DC. Both were awarded scholarships to attend and advocate for the future of surgical care. 👏

Happy Galentine’s Day from .surgery Women in Surgery ♥️🌹💌

Post-ABSITE vibes 🥳🎉🙌🏼

Continuing to highlight the newest members of our team, this week’s ✨Intern Spotlight: Chayton Fivecoat, MD✨

Hometown: Wyandotte, MI
Medical school: Wayne State University School of Medicine
Why Surgery?: Best combination of technical skills and teamwork. I love being able to medically manage patients while also being and interventionalist when needed.
Hobbies outside the hospital: Playing/watching sports (currently 1st place in the residents fantasy football league 💪) collecting Lego’s, going to watch musical theater
Fellowship interests?: ACS/Crit Care
One word to describe intern year so far?: Thrilling

ACS Clinical Congress 2025 has officially come to a close! It was an excellent week in Chicago for our chiefs - filled with opportunities to learn and engage with colleagues.

Very special congratulations to:

Dr. Eliza Beal and Dr. Edmund Grady - both recognized as 2025 Initiates at the ACS Convocation Ceremony, and Dr. Anna Marie Ledgerwood, recipient of the Mary Edwards Walker Inspiring Women in Surgery Award.

We are proud to see our DMC/WSU surgeons recognized for their achievements and contributions!

✨Meet the newest members of our surgical family! Intern Spotlight: Alexandrea Adams, MD PGY1✨

Hometown: Detroit, MI
Medical School: Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Why surgery?: Love the technical aspect
Hobbies outside the hospital: Trying new restaurants and coffee shops!
Fellowship interests?: Trauma
One word to describe intern year so far: Exciting!

Our new PGY2s (& some PGY3s) participated in the ECMO Wet Lab today! Thank you to our amazing teachers/perfusionists Daren and Ali, and of course our favorite HUH SICU director 🫀🫁😷🔪

Detroit’s newest surgeons have arrived. Welcome to our crazy family! 🔪💙🎉

Strike Night at Garden Bowl was a hit! The WSU/DMC Surgery Wellness Committee had a great time welcoming our new interns — thrilled to have you join the family. Detroit Surgery: lean, mean, bowling machines. 🎳💥