Interviewed at HF and was very impressed. They have a new chair - a hand surgeon, and new faculty either recently arrived or soon to arrive, including an alum who just finished a total jts fellowship. The dept also received a nice lump of funds recently and is in the process of renovating their floor. If I'm recalling right, there are no fellows. There's also a sweet deal on car discounts (ford, jag, land rover, volvo) and moonlighting (capable of making near $100000/yr 3rd yr and beyond). If the weather was more desirable, I would've ranked them very highly (now ranked middle of pack).

I would have to echo Money's sentiment. I don't know much about the inside politics, but I interviewed and was very impressed. I had heard very good things, the hospital is pretty nice, the residents seemed pretty cool. The hospital seems to have lots of money (actually making money) and it shows-- they also seem to crap a lot of it in Ortho's direction. I'm not sure about this year's meetings, but in the recent past they have had A LOT of papers at ORS and AAOS, with a research interest much more than would be expected. In all, it's a very solid program with a lot to offer (even in addition to those mentioned in Money's post). I ranked it middle of the pack, but largely for geographic/logistical concerns in the end. But, if you don't mind Detroit (without the hockey), it would be a good alternative to Beaumont or UMich.