Person to contact for more information:

Name:	Natalie Price
Address:	200 1st St. SW
City:	Rochester
State/Province:	Minnesota
Zip/Postal code:	55902
Phone:	507-284-3316
Fax:
Email:	price.natalie@mayo.edu
Website:	http://www.mayo.edu/msgme/orthosurg-rch.html

Program Highlights

Program Description
The five-year orthopedic surgery residency includes didactic and research training and extensive clinical experience. You will gradually assume increasing responsibility for patient care and will participate in trauma management throughout the entire residency. After you complete the program, you will be able to evaluate and treat most orthopedic conditions.

Program Outcomes
The most important sign of the success of any training program is how its graduates fare after they begin their careers.

American Board of Orthopedic Surgery Certification
In the last decade, 98 percent of our graduates have successfully passed their examinations. The scores for the yearly in-training examinations have consistently exceeded the 80th percentile.

Present Professional Status
Of the residents who have trained in Mayo Clinic's Orthopedic Surgery Residency program over the past decade, two-thirds are in private practice and one-third are in academic positions. Our recent graduates practice in all regions of the United States and in many foreign countries.

Accreditation
The training program fulfills the requirements for training as stated by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and is accredited by the Liaison Committee on Graduate Medical Education.

Program History
The Orthopedic Surgery Residency began in 1910, and since that time, more than 840physicians have completed training. It is anticipated that 10 fellows will complete training in this program annually.

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Program Curriculum

Clinical Training
Your clinical training will cover all subspecialty areas of orthopedics, including:

Adult Reconstruction (and its subdivisions)
Foot Surgery
Hand Surgery
Microvascular Surgery
Orthopedic Oncology
Orthopedic Trauma
Pediatric Orthopedics
Spine Surgery
Sports Medicine
During your residency you will serve as a team physician for one of the local high schools or the junior college. You will participate in all aspects of care for the athletes: pre-participation examination, training, decision-making about continuing play, evaluation and treatment of injuries, and rehabilitation.

Training Hospitals

Mayo Clinic, Rochester Methodist Hospital, St. Mary's Hospital