Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship

• Orthopaedic trauma
• Pelvic and acetabulum fractures
• Fractures and dislocations of the lower extremity
• Fractures and dislocations of the upper extremity
• Fractures and dislocations of the foot and ankle
• Fractures of the clavicle and scapula
• Management of traumatic wounds of the upper and lower extremity
• Correction of lower extremity deformity
• Correction of upper extremity deformity
• Correction of pelvic deformity
• Limb salvage and reconstruction surgery
• Limb lengthening
• Treatment of fracture nonunion
• Treatment of fracture malunion
• Treatment of osteomyelitis of the upper and lower extremities
• Treatment of lower and upper extremity bone loss
• Arthroplasty of the shoulder and elbow
• Arthroplasty of the hip and knee
• Distraction arthroplasty of the ankle
• Arthrodesis of the upper and lower extremities
• Treatment of knee, ankle, and elbow contracture

Call is taken from home and each fellow takes on average six days of call per month. Primary call at Jackson Memorial Hospital is taken by the University of Miami Orthopaedic Surgery Residents with the fellows available for operative consults three or four days per month. Fellows are also responsible for primary call as an attending at Jackson South Hospital two to three days per month.

Jackson Memorial Hospital

Serving as the county hospital for Miami and Dade County with 1,550 beds, Jackson Memorial Hospital is utilized as the main teaching hospital. It is part of the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center Complex, a modern 67-acre campus located minutes from downtown Miami. The average daily orthopaedic inpatient census is 61 and annual orthopaedic outpatient clinic visits total over 26,500. There are an average of 10,100 operative procedures performed annually by the orthopaedic department.  The Ryder Trauma Center Receives approximately 4,000 polytrauma cases annually.

Jackson South Hospital

Jackson South is a 262-bed hospital that opened as a Level 2 trauma center to serve the South of Miami Dade County and the Florida Keys in 2016.  Every year, more than 3,400 surgeries are performed at Jackson South and approximately 37,000 people visit the emergency department.  The Ryder South Trauma Center receives approximately 1,550  polytrauma admissions annually.