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The Orthopaedics Residency Program at Brown strives to produce the next generation of physician leaders in orthopaedics, both nationally at the highest academic levels, as well as locally in the many outstanding community practices throughout the country.

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Meet the faculty and residents advancing orthopaedic practice and research locally, nationally, and globally.

Faculty Residency Teaching Faculty Residents
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Women's Orthopedic Leadership Forum

The Orthopaedic Department and Brown AMS's Women's Orthopedic Leadership Forum hosted a Women in Orthopedics dinner on August 14, 2024.

Leadership Forum

Residency Program

The Orthopaedics Residency Program at Brown strives to produce the next generation of physician leaders in orthopaedics, both nationally at the highest academic levels, as well as locally in the many outstanding community practices throughout the country.

One of the oldest orthopedic residencies in the nation, Brown’s “fracture” residency began in 1938 and transformed into a five-year program based at Rhode Island Hospital, Hasbro Children’s Hospital, The Miriam Hospital and the Providence Veterans Affairs Hospital. There are typically six residents in each year of the program. 

The breadth of experience during the residency is vast. Hasbro Children’s Hospital is the only children’s hospital in the state, and Rhode Island Hospital is the only level 1 trauma center in Rhode Island. Combined, they are the busiest emergency department system in New England. Both provide the vast majority of specialty orthopedic care in the region. The Total Joint Center at The Miriam Hospital annually performs over 1400 joint arthroplasty surgeries, including hip, knee, ankle, shoulder, elbow, and wrist replacements. Furthermore, the Department of Orthopaedics performs more than 17,000 operations and 150,000 office visits per year in Rhode Island. Subspecialty experience in Pediatrics, Tumor, Trauma, Sports Medicine, Hand Surgery, Shoulder and Elbow, Adult Reconstruction, Foot and Ankle and Spine is all obtained at one of our local facilities in Rhode Island. Two months of elective time during the PGY5 year can be used for international rotations.

Opportunities for clinical and basic science research are available, and each resident has four months of protected research time during the residency. The Orthopedic research laboratory at Brown University is one of the top-funded orthopedic labs in the country, with projects ranging from ligament reconstruction, cartilage biomechanics, and biochemistry, molecular biology to mechanical testing of spine constructs and 3D kinematic modeling. Our research division is staffed by a cadre of full-time scientists who assist residents in experimental design, technique, and data analysis.

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Orthopaedics Residency Program

 

Brown's Orthopaedic Residency Program is one of the oldest orthopedic residencies in the nation.

The Brown residency program is unique in that our orthopedic residents stay on for an additional 6th year of training in our Orthopedic Trauma fellowship. Fellows function as junior faculty with independent surgical cases and practice. This additional year allows participation in the acute management of orthopedic injuries and postoperative care. Fellows gain insight into an orthopedic practice's administrative and organizational aspects, as well as how to balance career and home life. Fellows experience working first hand as academic surgeons with residents, which is invaluable in guiding their future careers.

Our goal at Brown is to produce the next generation of physician leaders for the Orthopedic community, both nationally at the highest academic levels, as well as locally in the many outstanding community practices throughout the country. I invite you to learn more about our program by browsing our site, or better yet, visiting us in person. I look forward to welcoming you to Providence!

Brown's Residency Program in Orthopaedics has a nearly 90-year history of training superlative doctors and researchers.

Meet the Department

Meet the Department

Meet the faculty and residents advancing orthopaedic practice and research locally, nationally, and globally.

Faculty Residency Teaching Faculty Residents
several people posing for a photo

Women's Orthopedic Leadership Forum

The Orthopaedic Department and Brown AMS's Women's Orthopedic Leadership Forum hosted a Women in Orthopedics dinner on August 14, 2024.

Leadership Forum
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