The purpose of the Fellowship is to develop a comprehensive experience into the diagnosis and treatment of problems related to the upper extremity with an emphasis on shoulder and elbow disorders.
Length: One year
Dates: August 1 through July 31st
Application Deadline: September 15th; Early applications are strongly encouraged
Affiliated Institutions:
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
Veterans Administrative Hospital
Clinical Faculty: Leesa Galatz, M.D. (Fellowship Director), Ken Yamaguchi, M.D. (Chief of Service) and Jay D. Keener, M.D.
The fellowship includes the participation in the care of patients in the private office practice of the attending surgeons, assisting in the operating room and performing surgery under the direction of the upper extremity surgery attending staff, supervising resident surgery activities, and contributing to the overall educational program. The Fellow can anticipate a reasonable amount of independent activities in terms of conducting weekly adult upper extremity clinics and operating on emergency cases commensurate with the level of training and ability. Standard educational activities include a weekly anatomical dissection program, journal club, and interactive upper extremity conferences. Multiple basic, transitional, and clinical research opportunities are available; participation in on-going projects has been encouraged and has generally resulted in excellent academic productivity.
The fellowship is designed to complement a pre-existing Upper Extremity Fellowship comprised of two fellows in which the emphasis is primarily hand and wrist disorders.
The Fellow is a member of the Orthopaedic faculty at Washington University School of Medicine with an appointment as an Instructor. All fellows within the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery must be eligible for work within the United States as well as a permanent Missouri medical license, BNDD and DEA. For questions regarding your eligibility for a permanent Missouri medical license, please contact the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts at (573) 751-0098 prior to making application.
The shoulder and elbow experience is anticipated to be extensive with over 350 cases per year being performed. Approximately 70% of the cases are shoulder and 30 % are elbow. Operative experience includes a significant percentage of arthroscopic procedures as well as advanced arthroplasty cases. The hand and wrist experience is similarly extensive.
The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery enjoys prominence and respect within the hospital, medical school, the city of St. Louis and the surrounding areas of Missouri and Illinois. We are the team physicians for the St. Louis Blues and St. Louis Rams and the Washington University athletic teams.
If you are interested in applying for the fellowship, please forward a universal shoulder application (can be found on the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons web site), cover letter, current cv and three letters of recommendation from surgeons who are familiar with your work to:
ATT: Shoulder & Elbow Fellowship
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Washington University
Campus Box 8233
660 S. Euclid
St. Louis, MO 63110
(314) 747-2534