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Program Strengths

The department is organized into 13 divisions, which provide the resident with a wide variety of experiences. While at Strong Memorial Hospital, residents get equal exposure to each of these services. In addition, there are community hospital and total joint rotations at Highland Hospital.

Our Divisions include:

Adult Reconstruction

General Orthopaedics

Spine

Athletic Medicine

Hand & Upper Extremity

Trauma

Foot/Ankle

Oncology

Research

Orthopaedic Plastic Surgery

Pediatric Orthopaedics

Shoulder/Elbow

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

 

 

The program is extremely balanced in every sense: University tertiary care plus community hospital experienced, fully subspecialized and diversified faculty, high volume pediatrics and both Level 1 as well as geriatric trauma services, number 1 NIH ranked orthopaedic research department with both strong basic and clinical research.

  • High volumes and large number of attendings means rarely more than one resident scrubbed with attending on surgical cases
  • Fellowships offered only in high volume subspecialities (1 slot each in Hand, Sports, Spine and Foot and Ankle) where multiple attendings ensures fellowship does not impact residency training, which is our priority.
  • Huge surgical and outpatient clinical volumes—over 140,000 outpatient visits and 8,000 surgeries per year
  • Outstanding basic research infrastructure and laboratory opportunities/exposure for trainees
  • No clinical "holes" or deficiencies—every subspecialty of orthopaedics is covered by skilled full-time faculty
  • Multiple faculty even in rare areas such as oncology, metabolic bone disease, and foot/ankle surgery
  • Full range of rehabilitation services and faculty within the Department
  • One of the strongest molecular biological research operations in any orthopaedic department
  • Extensive collaborations with bioengineering, including two engineering faculty
  • Identical residency experiences for all trainees, with optional extra research year
  • Outstanding track record of achievement by trainees—7 orthopaedic department chairs, 40% trainees, in academic positions; top fellowship slots consistently
  • Nationally known faculty in many areas, including Spine, Sports, Oncology, Research, Foot and Ankle and Hand Surgery Joint Orthopaedic/Plastics service
  • Sound financial footing of Department and institution
  • State-of-the-art multidisciplinary clinic with digital x-rays, and imaging, EMR, high level of efficiency, etc.
  • Excellent faculty stability and growth
  • Excellent support and collaboration with key interacting departments, including plastic surgery, trauma surgery, neurosurgery, pathology, and radiology