 Hackensack University Medical Center is a place where people really want to go to train. We have tremendous faculty, we have a brand new medical school, we have residencies that are really at the top, we have a tremendously diverse patient population, so it's a great place to learn and people recognize that and our residencies are very competitive. People want to come here. The Department of Surgery at Hackensack University Medical Center has a long-standing tradition of over 50 years of training of surgical residents. The goal of the program and our mission is to train the finest, technical, and most compassionate surgeons that will be able to either practice independently when they finish or be competitive for any subspecialty in surgery that they want. It's such a large medical center. There's so many cases here going on a daily basis. You don't have to rotate anywhere else. Some programs you have to rotate for other specialties based off of cases and in this case this program you do not. You have pediatrics here, you have oncology here, transplant here, all of your rotations can be done here. The Department leads in medicine and in innovation. First of all with a large amount of clinical research and now with the Hackensack University Medical Center Medical School we have presently about 25 clinical trials that are ongoing. Our attendings and our surgeons are very much into producing literature and advancing the knowledge of surgery. Hackensack has a both a diverse patient population as well as being the flagship hospital in the health care system. They will be exposed from day one to all aspects of surgery including robotics, minimally invasive and endovascular surgery. As a junior resident I've been able to operate a lot. You're able to get exposure very early on. You're very engaged with faculty early on. You have a lot of support here. The nursing staff is great. That whole combination has made my time here at Hackensack very enjoyable just because of all the support that you have here. We have an incredible staff that is dedicated to the training of the residents not just surgical attendings but also advanced practice practitioners like APNs, PAs and we are proud that we all along with the residents train the medical students of our medical school. We have an extensive online curriculum. We have a library on site. We have a robust mentorship program. They do a good job at gradually allowing you to feel empowered to treat your patients and that's really important as you're trying to move forward in your career and I just think that you know between the operating room or managing patients on the floor you always have say in their management. People in your opinion actually really matters to the attendings and to your co-residents. I think there's a lot of autonomy and with that comes a lot of responsibility but it makes your work here very enjoyable and very rewarding.