Pediatric Surgery residency in Saudi Arabia
Surgery for babies, children and teenagers, including newborn operations.
Lowest accepted score 2026 (median): 86.4%. Training length: 6 years.
Rotations during residency
- General surgery (24 weeks)
- Pediatric surgery (16 to 48 weeks a year, rising each year)
- Emergency room
- Hepatobiliary
- Cardiothoracic surgery
- Vascular surgery
- NICU
- PICU
- Pediatric urology
- ENT, GI endoscopy and radiology (senior)
- Research
Schedule overview
- Early years: General surgery 24 weeks, ER, NICU, PICU
- Middle years: Pediatric surgery blocks, hepatobiliary, cardiothoracic, vascular, pediatric urology
- Senior years: Senior pediatric surgery, GI endoscopy, ENT, radiology, research
Most common encounters
- Hernias and hydroceles
- Appendicitis
- Congenital anomalies (such as atresias and Hirschsprung disease)
- Pyloric stenosis
- Undescended testis
- Pediatric trauma
- Intussusception
- Childhood tumors
- Anorectal malformations
- Vomiting in newborns
Most common procedures
- Inguinal hernia repair
- Appendectomy
- Orchidopexy
- Pyloromyotomy
- Laparoscopic surgery
- Circumcision
- Newborn bowel surgery
- Central line insertion
- Endoscopy
Fellowships after residency
- Neonatal surgery (3 years)
- Pediatric oncology surgery (3 years)
- Pediatric urology (2 to 3 years)
- Minimally invasive pediatric surgery (1 year)
- Hepatobiliary and transplant (3 years)
- Pediatric trauma (1 year)
Lowest accepted score by city
- Jeddah: 2026 86.2%, 2025 86.3%
- Riyadh: 2026 86.5%, 2025 87.6%
- Mecca: 2026 -, 2025 85.2%
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