Description

Geriatric Orthopedic Trauma Fellowship:  2021-2022

The University of Minnesota and HealthPartners offers an exceptional opportunity for a multi-disciplinary Geriatric Orthopedic Trauma Fellowship. This fellowship is a twelve month unique training experience in the operative and clinical management of geriatric orthopedic patients.  The fellowship will emphasize multidisciplinary aspects of geriatric patient care including operative and nonoperative orthopedic trauma care, peri-prosthetic fracture reconstruction, bone health, and palliative care considerations.  This will prepare you to build and efficiently run a geriatric fracture center.

Fellowship Director:                           

Julie A. Switzer, MD, FAOA   

Fellowship Director, Geriatric Orthopedic Trauma, University of Minnesota

Medical Director, Geriatric Orthopedics – The Masters Orthopedic Program, HealthPartners Care Group

Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Minnesota 

Fellowship Contact:

Lisa K. Schroder

Academic Program Director

Ph: 574-835-5174

Lisa.K.Schroder@HealthPartners.com

Requirements

Qualified candidates  for either program are current PGY4 (or beyond) orthopedic residents in an accredited US orthopedic residency program and available to obtain a Minnesota medical license by July 2021.