Adult Reconstruction Fellowship (Philadelphia)

Thank you for your interest in the Rothman Orthopaedic Adult Reconstruction Fellowship!

We are driven by the standard of excellence established by Dr. Richard H. Rothman in 1970. What began as a two person group has expanded to over 100 physicians. Among the joint replacement faculty, there are multiple Hip and Knee Society members. There are past and present leaders in AAHKS, AAOS, the Journal of Arthroplasty and the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. Our passion for research is supported by over one million dollars of annual funding.

We are driven to improve patient care and share this knowledge through publications, meetings and our fellows.
In terms of clinical volume, we perform more than 12,000 joint replacements a year with approximately 400,000 office visits. This is one of the busiest arthroplasty centers in the world.  When you enter this program, you become one of us and we follow you with interest and try to help you and nurture you for life. We have trained over 100 fellows and take great pride in ensuring they are all set up for ‘success’ throughout their careers while understanding that may look much different for each individual.

We are looking for fellows who want a high-volume surgical experience that includes very complex revision surgery, who want to learn how to do research and who want to provide the best care for their patients. Our fellows ‘hit the ground running’ when they join their new practice as there is nothing they will encounter that they have not seen before. We look for people who are inquisitive, who question the status-quo and who want to improve themselves.

We also have great resources to satisfy that inquisitive drive and want you to take advantage of them. At Rothman, if you developed a novel research idea, you will have people helping you as part of a team. This team includes two full-time biostatisticians.

In summary, we believe fellowship is for four reasons. One is to refine your surgical skill. Two, to broaden your knowledge base. Three, to make life-long friends and mentors. And four, to identify the areas in need of improvement for your patients.

Our hope is that in the year you spend here, you will become a confident and skillful surgeon, prepared to spend your life in joint reconstruction. We want you to be a gifted speaker, educator and teacher in the realm of joint reconstruction and offer our fellowship to anyone who is interested in maximizing their talents and abilities in this regard.

Sincerely,
Chad A Krueger, MD
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Adult Reconstruction Fellowship Director

The Fellow will gain clinical experience with these procedures:

Hip
• Primary arthroplasty
• Complex primary arthroplasty
• Revision arthroplasty
• Peri-prosthetic fracture
• Mega-prosthesis arthroplasty
• Direct anterior, anterolateral, and direct lateral approaches

Knee
• Primary arthroplasty 
• Unicompartmental arthroplasty
• Complex primary arthroplasty
• Revision arthroplasty
• Peri-prosthetic fracture
• Computer-assisted and robotic surgery

Joint Preservation Surgery
• Periacetabular osteotomy
• Femoroacetabular impingement surgery
• Labral repair

This program consists of four 3-month rotations.

Conferences
• Once or twice weekly Joints Conference with residents
• Once weekly Preop Planning meeting with your attending.
• Once monthly Journal Club, hosted by an attending at their home
• Once monthly Interesting Case Conference

Research requirements
• At least three research projects during the year
• At least one chapter

Protected research time
• Most Fridays. Many afternoons.

Research resources
• Large team of Research Fellows to assist in trials
• Medical students
• Full-time biostatistician
• Professional assistance with IRB process
• http://rothmanortho.com/about-us/research/personnel

Call
• One in four weeks, generally managing potential transfers 

The Rothman Orthopaedic Institute has numerous full-time staff, research fellows, and expanded facilities available for clinical and basic science research. Basic Science section of Orthopaedics is well funded from programs such as the NIH, Department of Defense, and other funding sources. Although, the Joint Arthoplasty Fellows can certainly take advantage of these facilities, majority of the fellows engage in clinical research.

The Clinical Research Division, occupying 3000 sq feet space, is particularly prolific, with national prominence at meetings such as the annual meetings of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, the Hip Society, the Knee Society, the Musculoskeletal Infection Society and numerous other national and regional meetings such as the Eastern Orthopaedic Association and the Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Association. The clinical research division has a full-time biostatistician who can help with the design of studies and subsequent data analyses for manuscript preparation. There is an active clinical trail division that helps with the preparation of the regulatory paper work for the IRB approval and also execution of the prospective studies. There is also a full-time database manager who helps with data retrieval from the prospectively collected database on over 30,000 patients. A full-time editorial staff is also available who can provide assistance for manuscript preparation, formatting, and ultimate submission to a journal.

The Joint Arthroplasty Fellows are required to engage in numerous research projects during their one –year tenure at the Rothman. They are encouraged to design their studies prior to the start of the fellowship to ensure that all preliminary work is completed prior to arrival here. The Fellow is expected to ask clinically relevant questions, design a study to answer those questions, and ensure timely completion of the study. The full-time personnel in research, including numerous research fellows who can help them with chart review, are at their disposal to ensure that the conceived projects are completed in a timely manner. The Faculty are also very engaged and readily available to provide mentorship. The Fellows are encouraged to submit their work for presentation in various national meetings and expected to ultimately publish their work in high tier journals. The Fellows are provided one protected day per week to allow them to fulfill the research requirements. There is an expectation that each Fellow will ultimately publish two to three manuscripts based on their research during the Fellowship.
 

• Salary is commensurate with a PGY6 level.

• Fellow is provided malpractice insurance, hospital, medical and dental insurance (for self and dependents).

• Four weeks vacation.

• CME allowance for continuing education.

All application materials must be submitted through the San Francisco Match program. More details of this process can be found at https://sfmatch.org/

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Kelly Quici
Program Administrator
Rothman Orthopaedic Institute
925 Chestnut Street, 5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
267-297-2440
kelly.quici@rothmanortho.com