American Hip Institute Comprehensive Hip Fellowship
AHIRF Hip Preservation Fellowship
American Hip Institute Research Foundation (AHIRF) is pleased to offer five (5) Hip Preservation Fellowship positions annually. This highly specialized fellowship prepares trainees for a focused niche practice in Hip Preservation. Fellows with academic interests benefit from the strong research program, based in a collaborative learning environment. The fellowship is ideally suited for trainees graduating from a prior sports medicine or adult reconstruction orthopedic fellowship, who wish to obtain further training in a secondary subspecialty program. However, application is also open to exceptional graduating orthopedic surgery residents.
The fellowship experience is 1 year, with 2 week orientation starting August 1, and includes:
Surgical activity: High-volume privademic practice focusing on a variety of sports medicine hip conditions, from simple to complex, emphasizing surgical and rehabilitation approaches. Also, a full spectrum of hip reconstruction procedures will be taught to gain a unique, comprehensive clinical and surgical experience:
- Minimally-invasive Hip Arthroscopy using preoperative 3-D planning software and real-time intra-operative navigation
- Labral- repair, augmentation, circumferential reconstruction
- Ligamentum teres reconstruction
- Capsular-plication, reconstruction
- Management of hip impingement
- Femoroacetabular
- Subspine
- Ischiofemoral
- Endoscopic Preservation
- Trochanteric bursectomy, IT band release, Gluteus medius repair, Proximal hamstring repair
- Open Preservation and Reconstruction
- Surgical Hip Dislocation, Femoral Rotational Osteotomy, Peri-acetabular osteotomy, Full-thickness Gluteus Medius repair, Glute max transfer, Birmingham hip resurfacing (direct anterior, posterolateral), Total Hip arthroplasty (direct anterior, posterolateral, Makoplasty robotic-arm assisted surgery)
Regular cadaver lab training for all the above
Clinical activity: Full spectrum of hip pathology learning the essential skills for performing patient evaluations
- Mastery of physical examination techniques
- Analyzation of radiographic imaging; X-Ray, MRI (arthrogram / dGEMRIC), CT (3D reconstructions), and triple phase bone scan
- Hands-on training with ultrasound guided large joint injections (diagnostic and therapeutic)
- Substantial exposure to indications and use of Cutting-Edge Regenerative Medicine techniques (Bone Marrow derived orthobiologics therapy, Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP), and viscosupplementation)
Research: the American Hip Institute & Orthopedic Specialists Research Foundation is a robust center producing, on average, >40 publications annually in major, peer-reviewed, academic journals.
- Hip Preservation Fellows with research interest will participate in clinical outcomes studies alongside the research team (interns, clinical research fellows) with the opportunity for publishing 5-10 papers annually.
- Fellows also attend conferences and symposiums, both nationally and internationally, to present their podiums and posters, as well as gain experience in IRB and grant writing techniques.
Other Information
- Attending staff: Dr. Benjamin Domb, Dr. Mark Schinsky, Dr. Etan Sugarman, & Dr. Benjamin Kuhns
- Duration: 1 or 2 year(s)
- Stipend: up to $80,000 annually.
Interested Candidates:
- To apply, please email a 1-page personal statement explaining career goals and interest in the AHIRF fellowship, CV, USMLE Step 1/2/3 scores or ECFMG Certification (if available), 3 letters of recommendation, and proof of completion of prior fellowships:
Dr Benjamin G. Domb: [javascript protected email address]