Baylor College of Medicine Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Academic Office • Department Chair • Thomas Hunt, III, MD, DSc • Program Director • Melvyn Harrington, MD • Program Manager • Mr. Desi Griffin • desig@bcm.edu
A little bit about us . . . 6 residents a year • Diverse group • Mentorship – Faculty • and Resident • Operative heavy program in the largest medical center in the world. • Lots of research opportunities
Located in the Texas Medical Center
Baylor St. Luke’s McNair Campus • Joints • PGY III • Hand • PGY III Sports • • PGY III & PGY IV • Foot & Ankle • PGY II & PGY IV • Community Trauma • PGY V
Ben Taub General Hospital Level 1 – County Trauma Center • Resident run Service • 2000 cases/yr • Residents: • • 2 PGY V • 1 PGY IV • 1 PGY III, • 3 PGY II • 1 or 2 PGY I • 7 Faculty Primarily trauma cases • Elective Hand, Sports and Spine •
VA Medical Center • Largest VA hospital in country • Busiest VA ortho service in the country • Residents • 2 PGY Vs • 1 PGY IV • 1 PGY II • 1 PGY 1 7 faculty • • Elective Sports, Joints, Spine, Hand, Foot & Ankle, Geriatric
Texas Children ’ s Hospital • Largest Free Standing Pediatric hospital in the country • Residents: PGY I, II, IV • • Growing faculty • West Campus (Sports/Trauma) • PGY III
MD Anderson Cancer Center • World leading center for cancer patient care and research • 8 week rotation in orthopedic oncology as PGY 3 resident • 6 Faculty
Academics • Wednesday Morning Conferences • Year-long comprehensive curriculum • Orthobullets Program • Daily Questions & reading • Self Assessment exams • Friday Grand Rounds • Weekly Subspecialty Conferences • Every subspecialty, every week • Specialty specific Journal Club
Academics • Surgical Skills Curriculum • Required for Interns • Strongly suggested for PGY 2s • Thursday evening sessions every month throughout the year • BCM Surgical Simulation Center • VirtaMed ArthroS arthroscopy simulator • Knee Module • Shoulder Module
Research • Requirements: • One resident research project • One quality improvement project • Research Support: • Research Chief Resident • Research Committee • >60 days of protected time • Quarterly Research Mo Halawi, MD Meetings Director of Resident Research
Mentorship • Resident Mentor • Assigned as a PGY 1 • Matched with a PGY 3 • First point of contact • Faculty Mentor • Meet after every rotation • Formal or informal • Breakfast with the Chair & PD • Quarterly informal chat session
Post-Residency • ~50% of Baylor graduates are in academic positions • 96% residents pursue subspecialty fellowships at top institutions • Subspecialties • Hand • Stanford, U Washington, Duke, Pittsburgh, Brown, Medical College of Wisconsin, Colorado, UAB, UCSD, New Mexico, BCM • Spine • Harvard, Jefferson, Emory, Wisconsin, NYU, U of Washington • Joints • HSS, Rush, NE Baptist, Wash U, FOI, Anderson Clinic, CC Florida, UPENN, NYU, Mayo-Jacksonville • Sports • Emory, Lennox Hill, ASMI (Andrews), Stedman-Hawkins, Michigan • Tumor • MD Anderson • Pediatrics • Columbia, TCH, Texas Scottish Rite • Trauma • Miami, UT Chattanooga, UCSF, Tampa • Foot and Ankle • FOARR, Union Memorial, Stanford Omar Attassi, MD Shoulder & Elbow PGY1 - Faculty • Rush, University of Washington
Welcome to BCM Orthopedics!
WORK HARD
LEARN OPERATE
Lasting Memories
Good Luck! https://www.bcm.edu/departments/orthopedic- surgery/education/orthopedic-surgery-residency Twitter: @BCMOrthoRes, @BCM_OrthoSports IG: bcmorthores, bcm_orthosports
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