Application Process

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Applicants for residency in orthopaedic surgery will be selected via the National Resident Match Program (NRMP). All applications are handled through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).

The UTHealth Houston Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program provides 5 years of accredited graduate medical education fulfilling the educational requirements of the ABOS and the ACGME. Following the initial year of general medicine and surgical exposure (including six months of orthopedics), each resident is taken through a four year curriculum of increasing responsibility and subspecialty exposure within the field of orthopaedic surgery. Specifically, the program has a designated 4 week block of simulation training for the PGY1 year as well as cadaveric milestone simulation training for the PGY 2 to 5 years.  Due to the large population of the Houston area, a wide range of both common and complex problems provides the resident with an ample appropriately supervised clinical experience to graduate from the program being competent in all aspects of general orthopedic surgery.

Residency Application Screening and Interview Process

Applications are screened by a group of staff with about 50-60 applicants receiving interviews. The goal of the committee is to select applicants to interview who they feel will flourish in the orthopaedic residency training vision at UTHealth Houston.

This year our interview process will be conducted in person.

We are participating in the AOA Universal Interview Offer Day and we will send out invitations on Monday, November 18th, 2024.  More information on the Universal Interview Offer Day can be found here: Universal Interview Offer Day

Interviews will be conducted on January 8th and 9th, 2025.

For additional information regarding our program, go to the AMA FREIDA website.

Helpful Links

AMA – Services of FREIDA Online

https://freida.ama-assn.org/program/2604821166

AAMC

https://www.aamc.org/

ERAS (Electronic Residency Application Service)

https://students-residents.aamc.org/applying-residency/article/eras-timeline-applicants/

Match (NRMP)

http://www.nrmp.org