Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Pediatric Spinal Deformity Fellowship Position 2022-2023

The Department of Orthopedic surgery/Spine Division at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, Miami, Florida invites candidates to apply for a pediatric spine deformity fellowship starting August 1, 2022. Candidates who apply for this fellowship will have completed a residency in orthopedic surgery or Neurosurgery in the United States or their respective countries and must show a strong interest in Pediatric Spine Deformities. 

               The Center of spinal division at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital currently performs over 300 pediatric spinal surgeries annually. The pediatric spine fellow will work closely with our current team of surgeons: Dr. Stephen George, MD; Dr. Thomas Errico, MD and Dr. Subbu Ramchandran, MD. The pediatric spine fellow will have a vast exposure to operative techniques in patients with idiopathic, neuro-muscular, congenital, syndromic scoliosis, kyphosis and high grade spondylolisthesis.  The fellow will gain a broad experience in techniques ranging from posterior spinal fusion, posterior column osteotomies, anterior spinal fusion, three column osteotomies, growing rod instrumentation, MAGEC rod instrumentation, Halo application, high grade spondylolisthesis correction, pediatric spine disc pathologies and use of navigation in pediatric spine deformities. In addition, there will be opportunity to gain experience in the management of pediatric cervical spine disorders through a partnership with the pediatric neurosurgery team and non-surgical techniques like Mehta’s casting for early onset scoliosis. The fellow will spend time in clinics to gain valuable knowledge on non-operative modalities of treatment in pediatric spinal deformities. The fellow will participate in weekly pre- and post-operative conferences and will be actively involved in surgical plan and decision making.

                 The fellow will have ample opportunities to participate in clinical research. The center for spinal disorders is an enrollment center for four multicenter national registries on children with spinal deformities.  The center is well equipped with research staff and the fellow is expected to complete two research projects for the entire academic year.

                  In order to be eligible to apply, the candidate must have completed or in the final year of residency in Orthopedic surgery or Neurosurgery in the United States. For candidates who have pursued residency outside United States, the candidate should be either a citizen or must have a green card to apply. Unfortunately at this point, we are not offering visas.

Interested candidates should mail their CV, a letter of intent and USMLE scores to Dr. Thomas Errico at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

For enquiries, please contact Dr. Subbu Ramchandran, MD at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.