Twelve residents are selected each year to participate in the five-year Orthopaedic Surgery program. Our goal is to train knowledgeable, skilled orthopaedic surgeons by offering a structured and supervised curriculum focused on:
- Clinical Orthopaedics
- Comprehensive Surgical Training
- Basic Orthopaedic Science
- Orthopaedic Research Fundamentals
Clinical rotations last for 60 months and include all major subspecialty areas of orthopaedic surgery. The program incorporates rotations specific to each major subspecialty to provide a focused experience. Both out- and in-patient experiences are included, as well as operative and non-operative methods of treatment for a wide variety of orthopaedic conditions. Members of our teaching faculty provide residents with close interaction and supervision, as well as one-to-two weekly case conferences for each clinical rotation.
Clinical training is enhanced by a comprehensive didactic program that includes conferences in all areas of clinical orthopaedics, fractures, basic science, and orthopaedic pathology. Based upon a two-year cycle, the didactic program provides each resident with two complete cycles during the four years of orthopaedic training.
Scientific staff members and our clinical faculty work together to provide a comprehensive basic science didactic curriculum that is further enhanced by following the Basic Science Curriculum provided by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
To learn the fundamentals of orthopaedic research, each resident is required to complete two research projects during the course of the program.
- Clinical or Basic Science: A research project suitable for presentation at a national orthopaedic meeting and/or publication in a peer-reviewed orthopaedic journal
- Clinical or Basic Science: A research project or preparation of a chapter or case report
Support and resources are provided by the Musculoskeletal Research Center, as well as computerized clinical databases for clinical research studies. In addition, two residents choose to spend an extra year performing research full time.
Our Residents
We are proud of all graduates of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program. Find out where our latest graduates came from and their future plans in our 2006 Residency Graduation Dinner brochure.
2006 Residency Graduation Dinner
2006 - 2007 Orthopaedic Residents
For More Information
For more information about our residency and fellowship programs please contact:
Randie Godette
Residency Coordinator
t: 212.598.6509
e: godetr01@med.nyu.edu