Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery Fellowship Program at the Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware

The Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery Fellowship Program at the Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware, in affiliation with Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University (TJU), trains physicians in advanced skills in pediatric orthopedic surgery.
Our program provides in-depth training for a wide spectrum of congenital and acquired musculoskeletal problems in children.
Our one-year program, accredited by the Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North American (POSNA) and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) , admits three fellows annually for a well-rounded training experience with our large, diverse faculty. The fellowship year not only focuses on surgical and clinical training, but includes a strong research component, to best train our future leaders in pediatric orthopedics.
Our Fellowship Program
The Nemours pediatric orthopedic surgery clinical fellowship program provides in-depth training for a wide spectrum of congenital, acquired and traumatic musculoskeletal pathology in children. Fellowship should not simply be a sixth year of training, and our Fellows are offered the support and autonomy they need to become insightful, competitive pediatric orthopedic surgeons. You’ll gain clinical and surgical competence in the management of a wide range of orthopedic issues, including:

complex spine disorders and deformities
neuromuscular disorders
skeletal dysplasia and osteogenesis imperfecta
trauma
sports medicine
disorders of the hip
lower extremity deformity and clubfoot
bone and soft tissue tumors
hand and upper extremity problems
A Long History of Pediatric Orthopedics Care
Nemours has been setting the standard for pediatric orthopedic care since 1940, when Alfred I. duPont’s philanthropic vision was first realized through the creation of the duPont Institute in Delaware — a place which, for 40 years, was devoted entirely to pediatric orthopedics and led by renowned physicians in the developing field.

Today, we are an international leader in the field of orthopedics for children, with one of the world’s most widely respected Pediatric Orthopedic practices. With 15 orthopedic surgeons on faculty, we are one of the country’s largest and most diverse practices, providing comprehensive care to all children with orthopedic conditions. Our Skeletal Dysplasia Program is one of the world’s foremost centers in the treatment of skeletal dysplasia, offering expert, state-of-the-art multi-disciplinary medical and surgical care used to treat children and adults up to age 35 with dwarfism and osteogenesis imperfecta. Our Spine Center is one of the country’s busiest pediatric spine practices, with eight surgeons providing care for the entire spectrum of scoliosis, kyphosis and spine anomalies.

We’re redefining children’s health by looking beyond and improving children’s health where it starts — at home, in the community and anywhere you find children.
Nemours Children's Health. Well beyond medicine.