Marshall University School of Medicine Program

Program Identity & Fit

Marshall's orthopaedic surgery residency is a university-affiliated program built around a tight, four-resident-per-year model with a tri-state trauma referral base and a strong subspecialty rotation structure (adult reconstruction with Mako robotics, hand with high autonomy, sports medicine tied to Marshall athletics, oncology through the Edwards Cancer Center, and a four-month pediatric block at Shriners Hospital in Lexington). The program emphasizes individualized, tutor-style teaching, a dedicated cadaveric basic-science rotation, and consistently reports residents scoring in the 99th percentile on the OITE, signaling a strong emphasis on didactic rigor within a small cohort. Its explicit dual identity is producing both community-ready generalist surgeons who can "not turn away even the most complex trauma" and graduates who go on to competitive named fellowships (Mayo, Rothman, UCLA, Cleveland Clinic, NYU/ISK) across nearly every subspecialty, indicating fellowship placement is a core institutional metric of success. The stated mission to have "residents who would affect their communities as we have affected ours" reflects a service and regional-impact orientation layered onto rigorous subspecialty exposure.