Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Phoenix Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a five-year, small (two residents per year) academic orthopedic surgery residency at Mayo Clinic's Phoenix/Scottsdale campus, embedded in a tertiary/quaternary academic medical center with subspecialty exposure across all major orthopedic domains including oncology, spine, hand, and pediatric orthopedics. The program supplements its core Mayo experience with strategic off-site partnerships (HonorHealth for trauma and spine, Phoenix Children's Hospital for pediatrics, Sonoran Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeons, Sonoran Spine), giving residents high-acuity trauma and pediatric volume not typically native to a Mayo campus. Annual faculty-supervised research is a mandatory curricular expectation, paired with a dedicated basic-science curriculum (biomechanics, anatomy, cadaver labs) protected two afternoons weekly, reflecting an academic identity that blends clinical subspecialization with structured scholarly output. Distinctive resident touchpoints include team physician duties for a local high school and NCAA Division I sports medicine coverage, signaling emphasis on sports medicine exposure and community athletic care alongside tertiary reconstructive and oncologic complexity.