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The Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program provides the resident with a rich educational experience through its home institution and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Rotations are available at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City and Shriners Hospitals for Children in Spokane Washington.
Rotations are provided in the clinical subspecialties of Hand and Foot Surgery, Microsurgery, Oncology, Pediatric Orthopaedics, Spinal Surgery, Sports Medicine, Joint Replacement and Reconstruction, Upper Extremity Surgery, and Orthopaedic Oncology. There is uninterrupted participation in the comprehensive management of patients in all subspecialties, from the initial ambulatory encounter through admission and treatment processes to rehabilitation and follow-up. All residents receive experience in clinical and diagnostic orthopaedics, and comprehensive training in the surgical management of all orthopaedic problems.
Multiple weekly specialty conferences include Pediatric, Spine, Sports, Hand, Food and Ankle, Trauma, and Recon/Ortho Oncology. X-ray rounds are held daily. Grand Rounds are held two to three times a month with in-depth, topic-based lectures provided by visiting professors, attendings, or senior/chief residents in one of our media integrated lecture halls. Tumor Board is held monthly, presenting and discussing recent surgical cases of bone and soft tissue cancers, and QA Conference is held quarterly, where resident case presentations of morbidities and mortalities are discussed by faculty and residents. Resident Conference is held every Wednesday, and consists of various conferences planned cadaver or skills labs, and specialty seminars.
Strong faculty commitment to teaching and academic development, combined with a full and varied surgical schedule, provides a vast amount of clinical material and support for the resident. This results in an experience that fulfills and exceeds the requirements of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons (ABOS). Stony Brook Medicine has new operating rooms, which are pre-wired for recording and conferencing capabilities.
A completed research project of publishable quality is required of each resident prior to graduation. Time and resources are available to the residents for required and elective research interests.
The Orthopaedic department also houses a musculoskeletal lab and a microsurgical skills lab with fully functional microscopes, both standard and trainer/dual scopes, instruments and suture materials. Our wet-dry surgical skills lab is a fully functional surgical demo and modeling area used for research, anatomic dissections, and surgical/arthroscopic practice. As stated above, all lab activity can be recorded and viewed live via direct communication with the conference room.
Educational activity, including the Orthopaedic Cellular Biology/Structure Lab and Musculoskeletal Lab, provide basic research experience. Instruction in cellular physiology and biochemistry of musculoskeletal tissues (bone/cartilage; muscle/nerve; tendon/ligament) is given by the Ph.D. faculty of the Orthopaedic Department. Our research scientists help to facilitate the development of collaborative and independent research initiatives. Pathology is taught by the clinical faculty, and anatomy is taught on a regular basis, both in the operating room and the lab. Cross-sectional anatomy is taught in combination with radio diagnostic techniques such as CT and MRI, both for the extremities and spine. Psychomotor skills are taught in a preliminary physical exam and psychomotor course that is given annually to entry-level (PGY-2) residents. Periodically throughout the year, psychomotor skills are refined through hands-on experience in the Micro Lab, suturing vessels, tendons and nerves. A trauma-oriented skill section is also included, and offers experience with procedures such as internal fixation for wrist fractures and AO techniques in trauma.
The department supports a fully accredited residency program in orthopaedic surgery and post-residency fellowships in hand surgery.
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