Program Review
Staff / Faculty / Chairman
Chairman: Nicholas Sgaglione<br />
Specialty: Sports<br />
Upcoming President of AANA (Arthroscopy Association of North America)<br />
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David Dines: shoulder surgeon guru, doc for lots of high profile tennis players. intimidating personality. You work with him as a 4 and 5. He is one of the premier shoulder surgeons in the world and whether you like it or not you will leave the program a skilled shoulder arthroscopist.<br />
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Stanley Asnis: joint surgeon, invented hip pinning
Didactics / Teaching
AMAZING Bio-skills center with fresh frozen specimens available for frequent labs: anatomic dissection, approaches, arthroscopy, Industry sponsored events to practice with trauma, arthroscopy, spine instrumentation...
Operating Experience
High volume. You will be able to do Bread and Butter Orthopedics: femoral nail, knee arthroscopy, knee replacement, hip replacement, hip hemiarthroplasty on your own by the end of your 2nd year. <br />
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Sports: Excellent sports experience and volume.<br />
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Joints: HIGH volume joints. 1 in particular incredibly gifted revision surgeon, nothing so far gone he cant fix it: Lementowski.<br />
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Trauma: One hospital is level 2 adult trauma/level 1 peds trauma (LIJ?Cohen children's hospital), the other is level 1 adult trauma/level 2 peds trauma (Norht Shore). <br />
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Tumor: We have one Tumor surgeon who operates at both hospitals but do a dedicated tumor rotation at Sloan Kettering in Manhattan during the 4th year. <br />
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Hand: 3 excellent hand surgeons who have inspired many previous residents into the Hand surgery world. 2 Dedicated 2 month rotations during 2nd and fourth years as well as cases mixed into routine "adult service." <br />
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Foot and Ankle: Minimal foot and ankle experience (other than ankle fractures of course)<br />
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Spine: plenty of routine and complex Spine cases available for the interested with very non-egotistical friendly attendings.<br />
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Peds: New peds chair starting this year. pediatric hospital on campus/connected to LIJ. 4 peds attendings at Cohen: new Chief and his associate, Crider (old about to retire), Laplaza (Bread adn butter peds and trauma), Godfried (lots of osteotomied, spinal deformity etc. 1 Peds attending at North Shore: Trepeta, community guy.
Clinic Experience
2-3 hours of clinic per week.
Research Opportunities
Available to those who are interested. Very good opportunities for basic science, molecular biology and genetics, mouse/rat stuff, biomechanics and cartilage.
Residents
4 per year (just increased this year from 3 to 4)
Lifestyle
1/3 of residents live in Manhattan. 2/3 live on Long Island. Not far from the city.
Location / Housing
subsidized housing available
Limitations
new Foot and Ankle attending just starting this year - very limited F&A experience previously.
Overall Rotation Experience / Conclusion
Not malignant. Requires self-motivation for education. minimal pimping. Lots of operating.<br />
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GREAT fellowships: <br />
for example this past year:<br />
Tumor: Memorial Sloan Kettering<br />
Spine: The Baptist in Boston (Mass General affiliate)<br />
Hand: Philadelphia Hand fellowship
