DMC Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program

Weekly:

Attend Weekly Didactic Grand Round lectures – Every Wednesday
Attend 8 week summer anatomy sessions

Each resident will have an opportunity to present academic lectures at weekly conferences

Monthly:

Orthopaedic Journal Club
Orthopaedic Surgery Visiting Lecturer Series – 2^nd Wednesday of the month
M&M Conference

Annual Conferences per PGY year:

PGY 1 – AO Technique
PGY 2 – AO Basic
PGY 3 – Arthroscopy or Pathology
PGY 4 – AO Advance
PGY 5 – Board Review Course and AAOS Annual Meeting

With the exception of our Intern class our rotations are divided up into 4 three month blocks:

PGY1

Pediatrics – 1 month
Adult Reconstruction – 1 month
Trauma – 4 months
General Surgery – 2 months
Anesthesia – 1 month
Radiology – 1 month
Vascular Surgery – 1 month
Plastic Surgery – 1 month

PGY2

Pediatrics
Oncology
Trauma – Detroit Receiving Hospital
Hand/Wrist & Foot/Ankle

PGY3

Adult Reconstruction
Sports Medicine
Spine
Trauma – Sinai Grace Hospital

PGY4

Pediatrics
General Orthopaedics – Huron Valley Hospital
Trauma – Sinai Grace Hospital
Hand/Wrist & Foot/Ankle

PGY5

Adult Reconstruction
Sports Medicine
Trauma – Detroit Receiving Hospital
General Orthopaedics – VA Medical Center

Bryan Little, MD Program Director Orthopaedic Surgery, Total Joint Replacement	Kerellos Nasr, MD Associate Program Director Orthopaedic Surgery, Trauma	Hussein Darwiche, MD Orthopaedic Surgery, Total Joint Replacement	Rahul Vaidya, MD Orthopaedic Surgery, Spine Specialist, Trauma
Petra Gheraibeh, MD Orthopaedic Surgery, Trauma	Bryant Oliphant, MD Orthopaedic Surgery, Trauma	Devone Mansour, MD Orthopaedic Surgery, Trauma	Walid Yassir, MD Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Ahmed Bazzi, DO Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery	Heather Lochner, MD Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery	Christopher Minnock, MD Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery	Brittany Hedrick, MD Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Steven Slotkin, MD Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery	Ira Zaltz, MD Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery	Henry Goitz, MD Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine	Christopher Cooke, MD Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine
Chase Ansok, MD Orthopaedic Surgery, Shoulder & Elbow	Manuel Schubert, MD Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine	Andrew Tsai, MD Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery	Ramotsumi Makhene, MD Plastic Surgery, Hand
Mark Mackey, MD Orthopaedic Surgery	Robert Meehan, MD Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot & Ankle	Anil Sethi, MD Orthopaedic Surgery, Spine	Scott Mccarty, MD Orthopaedic Surgery, Spine
Alysia Kemp, MD Orthopaedic Surgery, Oncology	J. Antonio Bouffard, M.D. Radiology, MSK Ultrasound

Welcome!

The mission of the Research Division in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine at the Detroit Medical Center is to advance the field of musculoskeletal medicine, science, and surgery through both basic and clinical research.

DMC has attracted the best and brightest physicians, researchers, residents, fellows, and trainees to deliver world-class orthopaedic care, education, and research. The Orthopaedic department is a leader in surgical innovation and performing cutting-edge research. The research faculty and attending physicians deliver both surgical and primary-care service to patients. The research programs offered continue to advance orthopaedic research in biomechanics, kinesiology, physical therapy, neurophysiology of orthopaedic pain, cartilage regeneration and tissue engineering, rehabilitation, nutrition, emerging artificial intelligence applications, and more.

DMC Orthopaedic faculty members are devoted to research, and are advancing patient care by studying disease pathways, helping to develop a broad range of surgical devices and technologies, and study the safety and effectiveness of new procedures.

Our attending faculty physicians are supported by research professionals, fellows, residents, and students who work in the subdivisions of the Orthopaedics department. Studies are frequently conducted with faculty from other basic science and clinical departments including biochemistry, biomedical engineering, and radiology. The department’s faculty members serve on a wide variety of editorial boards and regularly contribute to scientific journals, lecturing at regional, national, and international conferences.

Areas of Research:

Spine
Trauma
Joints
Sports Medicine
Biomechanics
Hand/Wrist
Foot/Ankle
Orthopaedic Oncology
Pediatric Orthopaedics

For more information, please contact one of the research specialists:

Andreea Geamanu, MS, PhD

Scientist / Research Assistant Professor
Research interests: Nutrition, Disease prevention and management, Sports Medicine, Trauma, and Spine
Email: ageamanu@dmc.org

Chaoyang Chen, MD, PhD

Research Scientist, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, DMC
Director and Associate Professor (Adjunct), Robotic Rehabilitation Lab, Biomedical Engineering, Wayne State University
Research Interests: Clinical Orthopaedic Research, Biomechanics, Robotic Assistive Rehabilitation, Artificial Intelligence in Orthopaedics
Email: cchen4@dmc.org

Hannah Joines, BS

Research Assistant/ Lab Coordinator
Research Interests: Biomechanics, Pediatric orthopaedic, and Sports Medicine
Email: hjoines@dmc.org

Dr. Kerellos Nasr is our appointed Associate Program Director and Medical Student Coordinator. He along with the Program Coordinator will be your point of contact throughout your rotation.

Our away rotation offers a full educational experience and workload similar to that of a first year resident. Students will gain insight into the Orthopaedic residency program at DMC and have the opportunity to rotate through various orthopaedic subspecialties.

Students participate in daily morning inpatient rounds followed by outpatient clinics or operative cases. Individual or group discussions are conducted daily with attendin staff and residents. Students are encouraged to attend weekly grand rounds and journal clubs.

We encourage anyone with a passion for orthopaedic surgery who is in their last year of medical school to submit an application for an opportunity to rotate with us in our hospitals and meet our residents and faculty. Please note, not everyone who rotates will be guaranteed an interview with the program.

Curriculum:

The Detroit Medical Center Orthopaedic Department aims to provide students with a diverse and rewarding experience. The curriculum is designed as one month/4-week program. Students will be assigned two of the following 2-week rotations during their rotation.