Program Information
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Residency Program: |
Carolinas Medical Center Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program |
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Program Director: |
Steven L Frick, MD |
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Number of Residents: |
15 |
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Number of Staff: |
35 |
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Accredited: |
Accredited |
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Length of Program: |
5 |
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Start Dates: |
July |
Program Contact Information
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Name: |
Sherry Weeks |
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Address: |
Carolinas Medical Center |
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City: |
Charlotte |
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State/Province: |
North Carolina |
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Zip/Postal code |
28232 |
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Phone: |
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Fax: |
(704) 334-2177 |
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Email: |
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Website: |
Program Highlights
- One-on-one instruction
- Clinic assignments based on current rotation
- Extensive operating room experience
- Two research projects required, one each in PGY-3 and PGY-5
- Educational experience
- Twice-weekly core curriculum
- Weekly trauma conference, Grand Rounds, journal club
- Weekly anatomy/surgical skills
- Monthly M&M conference
- One instructional meeting per year
- PGY-1: Orthotics and Prosthetics Course in Chicago (often also attend Southeastern Fracture Consortium meeting)
- PGY-2: Orthopaedic Trauma Association Residents Fracture Course
- PGY-3: Pediatric Review Course, Montreal
- PGY-4: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting
- PGY-5: Residents’ Board Review Course
Program Gallery
Program Curriculum
- PGY-1: Orthopaedics, trauma surgery, intensive care, emergency medicine, plastic surgery, internal medicine, pediatric surgery, neurosurgery, general surgery
- PGY-2: Pediatric orthopaedics, trauma, spine, sports, foot/ankle
- PGY-3: Adult reconstruction, trauma, tumor, hand, pediatrics
- PGY-4: Pediatrics, hand, sports, foot/ankle, spine, adult reconstruction
- PGY-5: Chief Resident, trauma, adult reconstruction, tumor, sports
Program Hospitals
- Carolinas Medical Center – Charlotte, NC
- Carolinas Medical Center-Mercy – Charlotte, NC