Dear Medical Students:
The Division of Pediatric Orthopedics at Columbia University Medical Center invites 3rd year medical students to apply for The David P. Roye, Jr., MD, Clinical Research Fellowship, a funded one-year clinical research fellowship, starting in the summer of 2022.
This is an exciting opportunity for highly motivated students who are interested in pursuing a career in Orthopedic Surgery. This research position offers training in clinical research and hands-on collaboration with junior and senior faculty research mentors and orthopedic surgeons. You will work closely with 3-4 other members of the research team on a variety of clinical research projects.
Our mission is to improve pediatric musculoskeletal health through evidence based clinical research. As a renowned research center in Pediatric Orthopedics, we have an opportunity to spearhead many initiatives to make significant impacts in this field. Specific areas of interest of our team are:·
- Clinical Research: developing new analytical methods for evaluating various surgical and non-surgical techniques and applying these methods to innovate approaches to patient care.·
- Patient-Based Outcome Research: developing and assessing quality of life and caregiver burden outcome measures reflecting issues of importance to patients and their caregivers. ·
- Quality and Safety Research: investigating and developing methods in improving the quality and safety of the surgical experience for patients and family members, such as preventing surgical site infections post-spine surgery.