I am a fourth year medical student who is applying to Wake Forest's orthopaedic program and was hoping someone has some information on the program, its strengths and weaknesses, etc.

Very strong in Hand and Trauma, has fellows in both those areas, but the residents get a ton of exposure due to high volume of both. Also strong in Sports with the Editor of Arthroscopy as Chair and multiple other Sports faculty. Very strong in Tumor. Weakest now in Joints, but just got a new Joints faculty. Is expanding and hiring more faculty (including additional F&A). Shares Spine with Nsurg, so typical splits. Nsurg has a Spine fellowship and more Spine faculty so they tend to see more than Ortho. Great program for marrieds or families. Town is slow for singles. All of the residents own houses, even the single ones. Good number of female residents and faculty and a low proprotion of frat/jock meatheads make it a very friendly enviroement. Very little malignancy. Overall, a great program.

rotated at wake this fall and would definitely agree with all aspects of the above. huge amount of operative exposure with half-days of individual continuity clinics throughout most of the residency years. very strong trauma, hand, sports and tumor. the entire staff is incredibly friendly (residents included) and a great group to work with. they are adding quite a few new staff members over the course of this year (including a new joints staff this fall) so the opportunities for getting into the OR will be even greater. only one adult spine surgeon so if you're really interested in ortho spine, might not be the best program due to minimal exposure. senior resident on sports covers athletics for WFU and travels with the teams. individualized mentorship in peds ortho during the 2nd year with the program director, though not sure if this will change at all with the new peds staff starting this summer. didactic sessions every morning are generally well done and cover a broad range of orthopaedics topics...was able to learn quite a bit from these conferences even as a medical student. residents have historically gone into private practice but over the past number of years have placed very well in fellowships. winston-salem is definitely not a singles city though there are a few single residents. easy to find real estate for reasonable prices though and not a far drive at all to big cities (d.c., charlotte), the beach, or the mountains. lots of great outdoors opportunities. in short, all around solid program with great operative experience, friendly staff, in a smaller city that's great for families/couples.

Good number of female residents and faculty and a low proprotion of frat/jock meatheads make it a very friendly enviroement. Very little malignancy.

This site was designed for people interested in "Orthopaedic Surgery". I appreciate everyone being honest on this site, but please let's avoid bashing of any individual orthopaedic residency program as was done above.

bashing? Im confused... sounds like a great program to me....too bad they gave me the no go

Good number of female residents and faculty and a low proprotion of frat/jock meatheads make it a very friendly enviroement. Very little malignancy.

This site was designed for people interested in "Orthopaedic Surgery". I appreciate everyone being honest on this site, but please let's avoid bashing of any individual orthopaedic residency program as was done above.

My post was not bashing--to the contrary it was quite complimentary. I think that you did not read the original post very carefully. Even if you read what you quoted you will see that I spoke highly of the program. Sorry for the confusion,