Brown Orthopaedics - Our Residency Program

Welcome to the Brown University Orthopaedic Residency Program! One of the oldest orthopedic residencies in the nation, Brown’s “fracture” residency began in 1938 and transformed into a five-year program based at Rhode Island Hospital, Hasbro Children’s Hospital, The Miriam Hospital and the Providence Veterans Affairs Hospital. There are typically six residents in each year of the program. The residency is followed by one year as a junior attending for which a Trauma Fellowship is awarded. This unique year provides the Brown graduate with a tremendous breadth of independent experience. The Silver Family Fellowship award allows interested residents to experience the rewards of providing orthopedic care in underserved regions around the globe. Click here for an overview of the GME experience and the perspective from residents and fellows.

The breadth of experience during the residency is vast. Hasbro Children’s Hospital is the only children’s hospital in the state, and Rhode Island Hospital is the only level 1 trauma center in Rhode Island. Both provide the vast majority of specialty orthopedic care the region. The Total Joint Center at The Miriam Hospital performs nearly 1000 joint arthroplasty surgeries, including hip, knee, ankle, shoulder, elbow, and wrist replacement. Furthermore, the Orthopaedic surgeons at Rhode Island Hospital perform an average of 14,000 operations and receive nearly 200,000 office visits per year at University Orthopedics, the practice arm of the full-time orthopaedic faculty. The faculty supervised/resident run continuity clinics see approximately 75,000 patient visits over the course of a year. Subspecialty experience in Pediatrics, Tumor, Trauma, Sports Medicine, Hand Surgery, Shoulder and Elbow, Adult Reconstruction, Foot and Ankle and Spine is all obtained at one of our local facilities.