Mount Sinai Orthopaedic Oncology Fellowship Available

[mtsinaiortho]

JAMES C. WITTIG, MD
CHIEF OF ORTHOPAEDIC ONCOLOGY
Mount Sinai Medical Center
5 East 98th Street, Box 1188
New York, NY 10029
212.241.1621 Tel 212.241.9429 Fax



Email amanda.mercado@mountsinai.org

Stipend $63,299 yr / plus benefits

Location Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Start Date August 1st, 2011

Goals and Characteristics

We are proud to offer a clinical and academic orthopedic oncology fellowship with a strong emphasis on limb sparing surgery for pediatric and adult bone and soft tissue sarcomas. The fellow will be exposed to over 300 musculoskeletal tumor cases per year including benign and malignant bone as well as soft tissue tumors and metastatic cancers involving the extremities, pelvis and sacrum. He or She will also collaborate with other members of our multidisciplinary team including musculoskeletal radiology, bone and soft tissue pathology, pediatric oncology, medical oncology and radiation oncology. Research is encouraged and the fellow will be assisted by our team’s full time research assistant. Orthopedic resident as well as multidisciplinary conferences are regularly scheduled. The fellow will also participate in the annual regional musculoskeletal pathology course.

We are currently accepting applications for August 2011 – 2012. Interested candidates contact Amanda Mercado, Program Coordinator at amanda.mercado@mountsinai.org or 212.241.1621.