University of Miami-Jackson Health System Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a large, university-based orthopaedic surgery program anchored at Jackson Memorial Hospital, the only Level 1 trauma center in Miami-Dade County, with additional rotations at UHealth Tower, the VA Miami, and Nicklaus Children's Hospital, giving residents exposure spanning high-acuity trauma, pediatric orthopaedics, adult reconstruction, spine, sports medicine, hand, foot and ankle, and musculoskeletal oncology. Research is structurally embedded rather than optional: every resident completes a dedicated 7-8 week PGY4 research block, must produce at least one project, and the department maintains its own research infrastructure (Miami Center for Orthopaedic Research and Education) plus collaborations with the University of Miami College of Engineering and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, an NCI-designated center. The department explicitly frames itself as the only full-service, multidisciplinary, university-based orthopaedic department in South Florida, with all faculty fellowship-trained and graduating residents matching into competitive subspecialty fellowships (hand, oncology, sports, spine offered in-house). Scale is notable - 35 residents, 33 full-time faculty, over 7,800 annual surgical procedures - reflecting a program oriented toward high-volume, subspecialty-rich academic training rather than a community generalist model.