The Division has a strong clinical research emphasis and overall strategy is to improve the surgical management of disease through developments in both basic and translational research. The Faculty of the Division provides hands-on training in Medical Students and residents while at the same time direct research programs that have been internationally recognized for excellence. The Division includes 19 Faculty members in the following Departments:
- Department of General Surgery
- Department of Surgical Oncology
- Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology
- Department of Thoracic Surgery
- Department of Vascular Surgery
- Department of Cardiac Surgery
- Department of Urology
- Department of Pediatric Surgery
- Department of Anesthesiology
- Department of Intensive Care Medicine
It also includes the following Laboratories:
- Experimental Intensive Care Medicine Laboratory
- Experimental Oncology Research Laboratory
- Orthopaedic Research Laboratory
