About the Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program

The goal of the program is to produce well-trained, academically oriented orthopaedic surgeons. The basic philosophy is to provide a broadly based education in orthopaedics with exposure to all major subspecialty areas. The learning environment is protected by strict rules requiring resident attendance at all educational activities.

The five-year orthopaedic residency program provides a well-rounded clinical exposure to the resident with graduated responsibilities and excellent supervised teaching. Trauma experience is obtained primarily at Miami Valley Hospital, a Level-I Trauma institution, where orthopaedics is an important component of the surgical multi-disciplinary team. Pediatric orthopaedics is provided at the Children's Medical Center, with many outstanding multi-disciplinary clinics.

Since adding a third resident to each year of training, we have moved to a mentor-based system where the residents rotate through subspecialty rotations. This affords opportunity to experience continuity of treatment from preoperative evaluation through surgery and the postoperative periods. Rotations are transitioning to four-month blocks in each of the subspecialties. (Children's, Hand, Foot/Ankle, Trauma, Knee/Sports, Shoulder/Elbow, Joint Replacement.)

The orthopaedic residency program was founded at Miami Valley Hospital by Dr. Hobart Klaaren in 1973. The ACGME Residency Review Committee (RRC) has granted full accreditation of the program since 1973. The RRC reviewed our program in 2003, and in June of 2003 increased the number of allowed positions from two residents per year to three residents per year with a new total of 15 available resident positions. The internship is designed to conform to the guidelines outlined by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS). As of June 2003, the program had produced 55 orthopaedic surgeons. All eligible graduates have passed the ABOS certifying examination. The Orthopaedic In-Training Exam (OITE) is administered nationally each fall.

For more information about the Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program, read the Program Overview.

For more information, please contact:
Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
30 E. Apple Street, Suite 2200
Dayton, OH 45409
Phone: 937-208-2127
Fax: 937-208-2920
E-mail: Peggy K. Baldwin at pkbaldwin@mvh.org