该部门共有400多名医师，外科医生，科学家和教育工作者，9大分支的70多名行政，研究和技术人员。专业培训内容覆盖心脏手术，普通外科，神经外科，耳鼻喉科，小儿外科，整形外科，放射肿瘤学和发育放射治疗，胸外科和血管外科。
学院导师和学生分布在BC省各地的附属医院内，包括包括温哥华医院和健康科学中心、圣保罗医院、儿童医院、哥伦比亚皇家医院、圣玛丽医院、BC省北部大学医院、纳奈莫地区医院和BC省癌症机构。

The Department consists of more than 400 physicians, surgeons, scientists and educators and over 70 administrative, research and technical staff in nine divisions.

Specialty training programs are offered in Cardiac Surgery, General Surgery, Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology, Pediatric Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Radiation Oncology and Developmental Radiotherapeutics, Thoracic Surgery and Vascular Surgery.

Distributed across British Columbia, our faculty and students are located in our affiliated hospitals including Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, St. Paul\'s Hospital, B.C. Children\'s Hospital, Royal Columbian Hospital, St. Mary\'s Hospital, the University Hospital of Northern BC, Nanaimo Regional Hospital, and the British Columbia Cancer Agency.