Pediatric Surgery ACGME case minimums
Fellows in Pediatric Surgery have a published ACGME minimum in all 11 case categories, and the largest single minimum is 800. Each row below cites the ACGME requirement it was read from.
By Chris, CA-1, anesthesiology
Pediatric Surgery minimums by category
| Category | Surgeon | Teaching Assistant (TA) | Teaching assistant maximum |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abdomen/Gastrointestinal (GI) | 120 | — | — |
| Endoscopy | 30 | — | — |
| Head and Neck/Endocrine, Genitourinary (GU), and Anorectal Malformation (ARM) | 50 | — | — |
| NICU | 20 | — | — |
| Non-Operative Trauma/Critical Care | 90 | — | — |
| Oncology | 25 | — | — |
| Operative Trauma/Critical Care | 20 | — | — |
| PICU | 10 | — | — |
| Thoracic | 50 | — | — |
| Total Major Cases | 800 | — | — |
| Teaching Assistant (TA) | — | 50 | 100 |
An em-dash means the ACGME publishes no minimum on that row — not a minimum of zero.
Pediatric Surgery · ACGME specialty 445.
Capnolog counts these live for anesthesiology and neurological surgery; other specialties are reference only.
What counts toward a minimum?
- Fellows log each case against its CPT procedure codes, and the ACGME sorts those codes into the categories below.
- Each minimum is read in its own column: “Surgeon”, “Teaching Assistant (TA)” and “Teaching assistant maximum”.
- 1 row is drawn from a larger row: those cases count toward that row too, never on top of it.
- The Review Committee for Surgery sets these requirements.
Where do these numbers come from?
Capnolog is independent of the ACGME. Where a number here and the ACGME's own document disagree, the document is right.