Letter From The Program Director

Dear Prospective Resident:

On behalf of the faculty and staff of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery of the University of California Irvine, College of Medicine, I want to thank you for your interest in our residency training program.

The Orthopaedic Residency Training Program at UC Irvine is a five-year training program with four residents per year. The teaching hospitals of the program include the University of California - Irvine Medical Center, Long Beach Veterans Affairs Hospital, Children’s Hospital of Orange County, and the Kaiser Permanente Medical Group of Orange County. The program is designed to provide exposure and experience in all areas of orthopedics, including trauma, reconstructive and joint replacement surgeries, pediatric orthopaedics, spine surgery, sports medicine, foot & ankle surgery, upper extremity surgery, and rehabilitation. It is a program designed for maximum resident participation with early and active participation in all aspects of patient care followed by significantly graduated resident responsibility.

The program is designed has sixteen resident physicians and four interns. The program performance on the In-Training examination attests to the quality of our residents, and the breadth of experience they receive. Our residents are extremely active in research with most resident presenting and publishing multiple papers within their residency period. Many of our residents choose to perform fellowships following their residency, and almost all are selected into their top choice of fellowship.

Interested individuals are invited to apply in their fourth year of medical school. At the present time we are accepting applications from fourth year medical students who are applying for a residency (internship) position through the NRMP specific for Orthopaedic Surgery. Currently most of our residents are from the top 10% of their graduating class with corresponding National Board scores.

We look forward to receiving your completed application and we appreciate your interest in the UC Irvine Residency Program in Orthopaedic Surgery.

Nitin N. Bhatia, M.D.
Residency Program Director
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

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