Hey guys... thought I'd try and help get the ball rolling here.
I rotated at the San Francisco Orthopaedics program (not UCSF). As a student, you rotate at St. Mary's hospital in San Francisco, which is one of three hospitals the residents work at. They also do their rotations at Highland County Hospital, Kaiser, and Children's hospital of Oakland. The St. Mary's rotation consists of Spine, Joints, and Sports. The spine program is very strong with a few new attendings, and many recent fellowships for the residents. Joints is with Dr. McGann who is a great teacher and the program chairman. Sports service is with Dr. Montgomery, who takes care of many area high school and college athletes, along with doing a lot of shoulder work. Didactics are every Tuesday for all the residents and includes a cadaver dissection. While at Kaiser, the residents said that they operate a ton and just work very hard in general, as well as get exposure to hand and tumor. Highland is the workhorse in terms of trauma and experience. There are only two ortho attendings there, but enough cases to keep the three residents as busy as they want to be, and then some. It's a very laid-back rotation for the residents while at St. Mary's. Home call every night, very few ER calls. All the residents are very competent surgeons and are constantly educating each other. Overall, a very non-malignant program. Free food, parking is tough.
