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The Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program at The George Washington University Medical Center (GWUMC) is a categorical five-year program with 20 residents, four per year. Each year four PGY1 positions are filled through the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP). The four candidates who match in the next application cycle will start their PGY1 year on July 1, 2009. You should feel free to contact Ann Bond, Education Coordinator, with any questions or comments at email address: abond@mfa.gwu.edu. Please see application and program information below.
Our application deadline is October 28 of every year. We accept applications electronically using the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). You must work through your medical school dean's office for processing on ERAS, even if you are not a recent graduate. If you are a foreign medical school graduate, please refer to the ECFMG website: http://www.ECFMG.org.
The following items should be transmitted electronically:
Please note that we do not require any additional forms in hardcopy. All documents except the Dean's letter must be transmitted by October 28. Deans' letters must arrive electronically by November 8 and will be added only to the applications otherwise complete by October 28. In a typical year, we review approximately 450 completed applications and select approximately 45 applicants for interviews. Interviews are on Fridays in January. We rank all of the students we interview. We also rank, but do not formally interview, all students who do rotations, which include the visiting students as well as the GWU students. The rotation takes the place of a formal interview.
Note: the NRMP code for this program is 1802260C0.
PROGRAM INFORMATION
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Full-time Faculty at GWU Hospital |
Robert J. Neviaser, M.D., Program Director Andrew S. Holmes, M.D. For more information see http://www.gwdocs.com |
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Total Residents: |
20 |
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Appointed Each Year: |
4 (all through NRMP) |
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Residency Starts: |
July 1 |
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Length of Training: |
5 years |
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DIRECT INQUIRIES TO: |
Ann C. Bond |
The program provides a well-balanced, in-depth clinical exposure, utilizing rotations at four affiliated institutions. During the PGY1 year in the surgical specialties, interns spend 11 months at the GWU Hospital (GWUH) and one month at Children's Hospital. The PGY2 through PGY5 residents spend 18 months at The GWU Hospital where the emphasis is on reconstructive surgery, sports medicine, hand, shoulder and elbow, foot and ankle, and spine surgery, in addition to the usual types of trauma cases. Residents also spend a total of nine months at The Washington Hospital Center, a multi-trauma center. At Children's Hospital each resident receives a broad, in-depth exposure to pediatric orthopaedics during a six-month rotation. A nine-month rotation at Sibley Hospital provides exposure to a community general orthopaedic practice. Basic sciences are taught on a continuing basis, including orthopaedic anatomy, pathology, and biomechanics. Third year residents are trained in basic science research at the National Institutes of Health, Cartilage Biology and Orthopaedics Branch during a six-month rotation. Fellowship-trained faculty provide the resident education and supervision, with 13 full-time and over thirty clinical and research faculty members participating in the program.
Each resident is required to do at least one research project during the four years, culminating in a presentation at a national meeting or publication in a peer-reviewed journal. Chief Residents are sent to the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, a Board Review course, and certain other Continuing Medical Education seminars and conferences. Residents are generally reimbursed for registration and travel to meetings if they present a paper.
Salaries and benefits are described on the GWUMC website: www.gwumc.edu/smhs/gme/salaries.html. Please review that information, and if you have questions, contact Ann Bond at the above phone or email.
In summary, our residents learn from both full-time and clinical faculty in varied settings including a university hospital, large private hospitals, and one community hospital. Their training is supervised by a designated faculty member and overseen by an Education and Training Committee comprised of representatives from all affiliated hospitals. Our approach is to treat residents as graduate students and provide them with ample clinical material, a good library, integrated didactic lectures, and knowledgeable faculty members as advisors. By the time residents graduate from this program they are well-equipped to become independent practitioners.
If you are a senior in good standing at an ACGME-accredited U.S. medical school and have completed at least two weeks of orthopaedic surgery training (GWU students must complete the two-week Ortho #302 elective), we will schedule you for a four-week orthopaedic elective. You will participate in in-patient and outpatient care of orthopaedic patients, daily rounds, conferences, etc., under the direction of two faculty preceptors, one for each of two two-week periods. Your preceptors will supervise your training and complete any written evaluations of your work. You also will work closely with our residents and other faculty members.
Please send the following information to Ann Bond by email (abond@mfa.gwu.edu):
We will respond and begin the process of scheduling preceptors. You must complete an application form and send it to GWU's Medical School Dean's office along with written proof of your medical school status, malpractice insurance, and personal health insurance. The fee, once paid, is not refundable even if you cancel the elective. The application can be found on GWU Medical School's website: www.gwumc.edu/smhs, choose visiting student, visiting clerkship, and scroll to the bottom to apply to GWU.
Thank you for your interest in the Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program at GWUMC. Again, we hope you will send any questions or comments by email to Ann Bond at abond@mfa.gwu.edu.
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