Greetings. I'm a resident at Wayne - not sure why FRIEDA website
may say that - I will try to contact the secretary to make sure they fix
it. Program is in great standing.
As far as the program goes - I have absolutely no complaints. If anything
its a little operative heavy especially from PGY-2 year on - you don't get
that much clinic. As a PGY-1 you do 3 months of ortho - where you take
primary ER call Q4 - and during the day you are responsible for covering
any cases left over during the day and all cases that go while you are on call - other than that you are in clinic and taking care of the floor patients. As a PGY-2 you help the PGY-1 in the morning with floor work if they need a hand otherwise you go to the OR. You take primary in house call Q4 while you are at Receiving Hospital (our level 1 trauma center).
The program is trauma heavy, our chairmen and his brother are VERY
well known hand surgeons, and we have a very strong tumor, peds, joints and spine. If I have to pick one area of weakness - that is likely sports. However, starting next year the plan is to add a sports rotation with one of our Cleveland Clinic Fellowship trained sports surgeons - that should be awesome.
We go to several hospitals - 1. Detroit Receiving Hospital/Childrens/VA are all located in the same location across the street from one another 2. SG hospital (urban hospital - level 2 trauma center) 3. Providence Hospital (community hospital - very nice - all private attendings) 4. Michigan ortho hospital ( our own private completely ortho hospital - mostly elective cases - lots of joints, scopes, etc.).
Some people think we are spread thin across too many hospitals - but we are a fairly large program with 40 residents - so its kind of nice to work in smaller teams and get experience at various hospitals.
A few years ago - we had a few of our very well known trauma surgeons leave - the program took a few years to re-organize and re-group. Finishing my PGY-1 year here I have not noticed any issues. They did lack a in-house exclusive pelvis/acet person - which is no longer an issue. Starting July 1 one of our cheifs from two years ago is coming back to Wayne to be our trauma attending here - fellowship trained. She is supposed to be a great addition. Personally I like working with newly graduated attendings since they seem to be less intimidating and very good teachers.
If anyone has any questions feel free to contact the program, read our website, or post/email me - I have no problem in addressing any issues.
