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David Grant USAF Medical Center/VANCHCS - UC Davis Vascular Surgery Residency Program

Col. (Dr.) Darrin Clouse, center, 60th Surgical Operations Squadron vascular surgeon, performs a carotid endarterectomy surgery May 23 at David Grant USAF Medical Center. He is assisted by William Gadea, right, 60 MSGS physician assistant, and Adelita Filer, 60 MSGS perioperative nurse. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Liliana Moreno)

Col. (Dr.) Darrin Clouse, center, 60th Surgical Operations Squadron vascular surgeon, performs a carotid endarterectomy surgery May 23 at David Grant USAF Medical Center. He is assisted by William Gadea, right, 60 MSGS physician assistant, and Adelita Filer, 60 MSGS perioperative nurse. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Liliana Moreno)

Physician assistant William Gadea assists Col. (Dr.) Darrin Clouse, 60th Surgical Operations Squadron vascular surgeon, during a carotid endarterectomy surgery May 23 at David Grant USAF Medical Center. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Liliana Moreno)

Physician assistant William Gadea assists Col. (Dr.) Darrin Clouse, 60th Surgical Operations Squadron vascular surgeon, during a carotid endarterectomy surgery May 23 at David Grant USAF Medical Center. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Liliana Moreno)

Vascular surgeons at the David Grant USAF Medical Center watch imagery produced by the C-arm of the Artis zeego during a procedure. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

Vascular surgeons at the David Grant USAF Medical Center watch imagery produced by the C-arm of the Artis zeego during a procedure. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

(clockwise from left) Dr. Robert Noll, a vascular surgeon with DGMC, performs an abdominal aortic aneurysm repair procedure in the CVOR.  (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

(clockwise from left) Dr. Robert Noll, a vascular surgeon with DGMC, performs an abdominal aortic aneurysm repair procedure in the CVOR. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)


Located in northern California between San Francisco and Sacramento, the David Grant USAF Medical Center's Vascular Surgery Residency program was established in 2012 at Travis Air Force Base.

This training program is a fully accredited vascular surgery residency by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and is integrated with the University of California, Davis and the Department of Veterans Affairs Northern California Health Care System

DGMC's Vascular program is the next step in collaborative surgical GME between the three institutions; UCD and VANCHCS have been integrated with our General Surgery Residency Program since 2006. A full description of the Vascular Residency program can be found on the UC Davis Department of Surgery vascular residency website.

DGMC remains one of the critical clinical rotations for all vascular and surgical trainees during their clinical years. In 2011, the Heart, Lung and Vascular Center at DGMC was christened and provides outpatient and inpatient care in a multi-disciplinary state-of-the-art environment. Our faculty at DGMC are comprised of four board-certified vascular and endovascular surgeons. They are part of a ten surgeon teaching faculty and division integrated within the three facilities. At DGMC there is a full complement of surgical subspecialists to include general surgery, minimally-invasive surgery, colorectal, trauma/critical care, and cardiothoracic surgery.

Two new categorical residents are selected for the vascular residency each year. One active-duty military intern is chosen in the Joint Services Graduate Medical Education Selection Board (JSGMESB) held each December in Washington, DC, and one civilian is selected via the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP) each March.

Residents are scheduled for a five-year clinical training program. Additional time may be spent in either elective rotations or research activities based on individual preference and program authorization. Our research program involves clinical research at UCD and basic science at the Sacramento VAMC, as well as the DGMC Clinical Investigations Facility and the regenerative biosurgery program.

Applications for the 2012 Joint Service Graduate Medical Education Selection Board are available on the Air Force Medical Service Physician Education website.

We welcome military medical students to our facility to rotate on Vascular Surgery (Link to rotation description word document provided). Students interested in scheduling a clerkship rotation should contact our Residency Program Coordinator at (707) 423-5180. Once you are scheduled for a clerkship, please click the Military Rotations hot link below for further information and instructions regarding your anticipated rotation.

If you are interested in interviewing for the Vascular Surgery Residency, please contact our Residency Program Coordinator as well to schedule your interview date. Once you are scheduled for your interview, please click the Medical Student Interviews hot link below for detailed information regarding travel, lodging, anticipated itinerary, and documents that you will need to complete prior to your arrival.

If you are a resident scheduled for a rotation at Travis AFB, please click on the Rotating Residents hot link below for information regarding directions, how to get on base, paperwork you need to bring, and paperwork you need to send before arriving.

Additional Information:
DGMC Faculty
Medical Student Interviews
Military Rotations 
Rotating Residents 

Contact Information:
General Surgery Residency Program 
Cynthia Spadorcio
60 MSGS/SGCQG
David Grant USAF Medical Center
101 Bodin Circle
Travis Air Force Base, CA 94535-1800
(707) 423-5180

Vascular Program Director
W. Darrin Clouse, MD FACS RPVI
Colonel, USAF MC
(707) 423-2300