Corewell Health Farmington Hills and Dearborn Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a five-year osteopathic-heritage orthopaedic surgery residency based at Corewell Health Farmington Hills and Dearborn hospitals, training residents broadly across trauma, arthroplasty, hand, arthroscopy, sports medicine, spine, foot/ankle, and pediatric orthopaedics toward AOBOS certification. The program is structured around surgical services, emergency room orthopaedics, and office-based practice, with an on-site skills lab, casting/taping clinics, and a strict no-outside-rotation policy in the final six months signaling an emphasis on internal continuity and readiness for independent practice. Research is expected rather than optional, with a mandatory annual resident paper (poster allowed one year) and departmental funding for conference presentations, though the identity remains clinically and community-oriented rather than academic-research-driven. The resident roster is composed almost entirely of DO graduates from osteopathic medical schools, reflecting a program deeply rooted in the osteopathic orthopaedic training pathway.