Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

Cedars-Sinai's Orthopaedic Surgery Program is a five-year, ACGME-accredited university-affiliated academic residency (five residents per year) situated within a nationally ranked tertiary orthopaedic department in Los Angeles. The program emphasizes a high-volume, broad, and diverse clinical caseload across subspecialties, paired with structured didactics and a research component, positioning trainees for comprehensive exposure to complex and specialized orthopaedic pathology rather than a narrow community caseload. Faculty composition includes subspecialty-representative clinician-researchers, and the program frames its identity around translational medicine, academic rigor, and institutional prestige rather than rural or primary-care-oriented service. The program appears to value compassionate, clinically excellent, academically-minded residents capable of engaging with both high-acuity surgical volume and research/critical-thinking components of training.