Riverside University Health System Program

Orthopaedic Surgery Analyst Verified · Jul 1, 2022

Riverside University Health System Program

Riverside University Health System Program is a residency program specializing in Orthopaedic Surgery, located in Moreno Valley, California, directed by Wade Faerber, DO and coordinated by Atrina Johnson. The program accepts applications through November 17, 2026 and holds an accreditation status of Continued without outcomes. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at [email protected] or (951) 486-4698. IMGPrep analysts have verified and compiled this program’s IMG acceptance rate, USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 score requirements, Visa Sponsorship Policy, graduation year cutoff, and ECFMG certificate requirements — available to IMGPrep subscribers.

Program Identity & Fit

RUHS is a safety-net, Level 1 ACS trauma center (regional pediatric trauma center as well) in Moreno Valley with an osteopathic-rooted orthopaedic residency (AOA-accredited since 2001, now ACGME-accredited) explicitly mission-driven toward training surgeons who will serve underserved populations of Riverside County and California. The program offers broad in-house subspecialty exposure (trauma, total joints, sports, hand, pediatrics, spine, shoulder/elbow) supplemented by out-rotations to Children's Hospital of Orange County and Kaiser Riverside, and has earned Joint Commission Center of Excellence designations in total joints and hip fractures. Research is structurally required rather than optional - residents must produce a scientific paper annually (with a defined multi-year project track) and can draw on the institution's CECORC infrastructure - but the program's overwhelming graduate outcome pattern is subspecialty fellowship training (sports, joints, trauma, hand, spine, pediatrics) rather than academic research careers. The program's identity centers on community/safety-net trauma-heavy service to an underserved county population, drawing almost exclusively from DO-granting institutions.

Who it fits

A DO-trained applicant committed to trauma-heavy, underserved community orthopaedic practice who has demonstrated resilience through structured research productivity and is oriented toward post-residency subspecialty fellowship rather than academic faculty life.

Research intensity

Moderate - a scientific paper or project is required each year and CECORC infrastructure is available, but research is not central to the program's identity or graduate outcomes.

Career orientation

Mixed - Fellowship, Community Practice

Important

The program states its goal is to train surgeons who will choose to practice in underserved areas of Riverside County and the State of California.

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