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Website: http://www.ohsu.edu/orthopaedics/
City: Portland
State/Province: Oregon
Oregon Health & Science University Orthopedic Surgery Residency Program


User reviews

Average user rating from: 4 user(s)

Overall rating
8.6
Staff Surgeons
8.8
Didactics/Teaching
7.8
Operating Experience
8.5
Clinical Experience
8.3
Research
7.3
Residents
8.5
Lifestyle
9.8
Location
10.0
Overall Experience
8.8
 

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

Oregon Ortho, Sunday, 15 November 2009

Written by VikingOrthoPod   -  View all my reviews  - Top 50 Reviewer

Overall rating
8.6
Staff Surgeons
9.0
Didactics/Teaching
8.0
Operating Experience
8.0
Clinical Experience
9.0
Research
8.0
Residents
8.0
Lifestyle
9.0
Location
10.0
Overall Experience
8.0
Program Information
Staff/Faculty/Chairman: Dr. Yoo is a major presence in the program. He attends fracture rounds every morning and has a great attitude. He is committed to improving the program from attracting new faculty to picking competitive residents that work well as a team. Most of the newer faculty followed Dr. Yoo from Case Western and are a true benefit. Dr. Friess and Mirza head up the trauma team and enjoy teaching the residents. Dr. Mirarchi and Orfaly are great for Hand and Drs. Huff and Vigeland make up a solid joint service that is looking to increase its volume.
Didactics/Teaching: Historically a weakness of the program. I found this not to be true. There are weekly conferences for Hand, Spine and OITE review along with the usual grand rounds and fracture conference.
Operating Experience: All the faculty I worked with were interested in teaching the residents and most allowed residents to do a decent amount in the OR. Not a huge volume due to SLOW turnovers in the main OR (45-90 min). Turnovers in the outpatient OR are much faster (10-20 min)
Clinic Experience: It has been said before but the clinic is located in a beautiful LEED Platinum certified building on the riverfront. As with most programs clinic is highly variable from attending to attending. No surprises here but a good experience overall.
Research Opportunities: Another historical weakness of the program that has improved. Residents are active in research projects and have dedicated research blocks. Many of the younger faculty are not established names in their respective fields so it will take time before they start pumping out articles.
Residents: Great group of residents. Have varied interests outside of the program but they all seem to enjoy the outdoors. Some are not as responsive to medical students but I found them all to be helpful during my rotation. They all seemed happy. They have some odd numbers in the chief and R2 year due to a chief being held back but I don't this is a reflection of any weaknesses in the program.
Lifestyle: Average. Night float is here to stay and seems to work well. Residents rotate on night float for a total of 10 weeks during the R2 year. Hours are long on Spine and Trauma but the rest of the services are fairly laid back.
Location/Housing: 60 minute to Mt. Hood, 20 Minutes to the Columbia River Gorge, 90 minutes to the Coast. Portland is an amazing city with excellent public transportation, and thriving a beer culture and food cart scene downtown. The farmer's markets are impressive.
Limitations: After reflecting on my rotation the only major drawback to the program is the slow OR turnover in the main OR. This must be detrimental to resident caseload. Turnovers at the CHH OR are great and I hear they are good at St. Vincent.
Overall Rotation Experience/Conclusion: Dr. Yoo is committed to improving the program and is starting to deliver. It takes time but he is attracting more away rotators, more competitive residents and expanding the faculty. This would be a great program to get into now as they are on the verge of becoming a top-tier program on the west coast.
Qualification
I rotated as a medical student at this program
Date of Rotation: Fall 2009
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5 of 8 people found the following review helpful

Current Intern, Sunday, 11 January 2009

Written by ljmm   -  View all my reviews  - Top 100 Reviewer

Overall rating
9.3
Staff Surgeons
9.0
Didactics/Teaching
9.0
Operating Experience
10.0
Clinical Experience
9.0
Research
8.0
Residents
9.0
Lifestyle
10.0
Location
10.0
Overall Experience
10.0
Program Information
Overall Rotation Experience/Conclusion: OHSU was my first choice for my Orthopaedic residency. I am so stoked to have matched here. Since match day-close to 9 months ago - it has been a great experience. I've completed rotations on trauma surgery, neurological surgery, plastic surgery, msk radiology, and general surgery. These rotations on the services related to orthopedics have not only enabled me to learn more about these fields, but have also enabled me to make key friendships with the residents in other fields that will help all of us be a team as we move forward in our training. Without exception each of the rotations have been positive experiences in learning and in teamwork. I’m now five days into my first orthopedic rotation (3 mo total as an intern) – this morning I got to pin my first hip! I know I'm in the right place.
Qualification
I am a current resident of this program.
Date of Rotation: 2008 current
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

OHSU by an Away Rotator, Thursday, 18 December 2008

Written by LaxFury   -  View all my reviews  - #1 Reviewer

Overall rating
8.6
Staff Surgeons
9.0
Didactics/Teaching
7.0
Operating Experience
8.0
Clinical Experience
8.0
Research
7.0
Residents
9.0
Lifestyle
10.0
Location
10.0
Overall Experience
9.0
Program Information
Staff/Faculty/Chairman: Great staff overall. Personally worked with Chair: Dr. Yoo (Spine), PD: Dr. Hart (Spine), Dr. Mararchi (Hand/UE), Dr. Orfaly (Hand/UE), and Dr. Crawford (Sports). Many new hires over the last year or two. A completely different department within the last 5 years. Dynamic and approachable, big on teaching. Representation: 3 spine, 2 tumor, 2 trauma, 2 hand/ue, 2 sports, 2 joints, 2 peds, 2 foot/ankle, 1 general/va, 2 pm&r. A great academic/clinical mix.
Didactics/Teaching: Could be better, but improving. Fracture/ER every AM. GR on Mondays. Weekly spine, bi-weekly sports, hand conferences. OITE review. Not bad, but I've certainly seen much better.
Operating Experience: Good experience beginning early on. R2s certainly get into OR. Never double scrubbed- frequently you and the attending. One fellow in spine, who does not compromise the spine experience.
Clinic Experience: Beautiful clinic down the hill in the new OHSU Center for Health and Healing (take the Portland Aerial tram to get there-- great view!). 1-2X per week on most rotations. Fair amount of independence. Decent patient mix with good variety of orthopedic problems.
Research Opportunities: Certainly a past weakness, improving. A commitment of the dept. to address. Available, not emphasized at this point.
Residents: A great group from top to bottom. Feels like a close knit team- certainly help each other. Very competent by chief year. All work hard and have great life outside as well.
Lifestyle: A true plus of the program. Night float in place. Life outside of program is important to everyone as well. They live in a great place; hard not to take advantage of that.
Location/Housing: Portland is a wonderful place. I had never been before my rotation, but found time to explore the city. Very green, efficient, and manageable. Skiing, coast, rivers, the gorge all close by. Housing seems reasonable for a city like Portland-- many residents own, some homes, some condos.
Limitations: Not quite there yet, but making huge strides. Didactics need work. Research is still getting going. Some growing pains as new staff get settled and department further defines identity.
Overall Rotation Experience/Conclusion: Rotation: 2 weeks on one service, 2 weeks on another (can submit preferences). Most students do spine (Chair, PD). Call is flexible and what you make of it...a great chance to get involved though. All students give 20-30 min presentation in front of entire dept. before GR and is a big part of the rotation.

As a program, OHSU is great and getting better. With main hospital, ambulatory surg. center, Shriners, another children's hospital and a VA all part of the same complex, your education is very complete. Tight group. Great young attendings that are enthusiastic about OHSU, teaching, and what they do. A dynamic, present chairman with great vision. Plans to expand residency from 4-->6 residents/year if approved. A great program on the verge of prominence. Cannot beat the location and lifestyle, hands down.
Qualification
I rotated as a medical student at this program
Date of Rotation: Fall 2008
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful

OHSU review by student rotator, Monday, 18 February 2008

Written by green3rdyear   -  View all my reviews  - Top 50 Reviewer

Overall rating
8.0
Staff Surgeons
8.0
Didactics/Teaching
7.0
Operating Experience
8.0
Clinical Experience
7.0
Research
6.0
Residents
8.0
Lifestyle
10.0
Location
10.0
Overall Experience
8.0
Program Information
Staff/Faculty/Chairman: Dr. Yoo the chairman is absolutely great. An extremely down-to-earth and compassionate guy who has great vision and is working to make this a top program. He is also the most visible chairman you can imagine -- often the first one at x-ray rounds in the morning. Dr. Hart the program director is also a nice guy, and a great surgeon and resident advocate. The other faculty are for the most part very strong, although there seem to be a few who continue to rock the boat a little bit. Overall a great group to work with from what I could tell during my month there.
Didactics/Teaching: Didactics were a bit of a weakness in my eyes. Daily x-ray rounds from the ER which were good, and strong weekly spine conference with neurosurgery. Other than that the conferences seemed a bit sporadic...occasional sports or hand scattered amongst OITE review. I believe they are working on this.
Operating Experience: Residents get operative experience early, starting in the 2nd year. Rarely double scrubbed except for some spine cases (with a fellow). How much they got to do was variable and attending dependent, but seemed a reasonable amount of responsibility early.
Clinic Experience: I didn't get a lot of exposure to the clinics, but from what I saw residents seemed to shadow more than have independent responsibility (in trauma and spine at least). Teaching varied with how hectic the day was.
Research Opportunities: Dedicated research time during year 4, but up to you how much you make of it. Some basic science research available, but in general research didn't seem to be a focus of the current residents.
Residents: A good group of residents -- all very friendly, generally seemed very happy, and it was a pretty cohesive group for the most part.
Lifestyle: Definitely a huge plus of the program. Residents and faculty alike both seem to realize there is more to life than being in the OR or clinic 18 hours a day. Several times I saw non-critical cases deferred to the next day rather than starting to operate at 7 pm. (provided there was OR time the next day of course)
Location/Housing: Portland is an amazing city with tons going on both city-wise and for the outdoor enthusiast. Mt. Hood is 1 hr away, the coast an hour and a half, and tons of hiking, fishing, biking, etc. within and just outside the city. Housing is relatively affordable, and it seemed most residents owned or were looking to buy.
Limitations: Research is not a focus right now, so may not be the best place if that's your thing. Also, as mentioned above I felt the didactics could use a little more structure.
Overall Rotation Experience/Conclusion: Overall seemed like a good program to train at in a great city. The spine experience with Dr. Yoo and Hart is definitely a focus/strong point of the program. Good group of faculty and residents, all of whom seemed happy. And strong leadership that makes me think this place will only be even better in the coming years.
Qualification
I rotated as a medical student at this program
Date of Rotation: Summer/Fall 2007
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