The Fellowship involves a one-year experience of intensive post-residency training in disorders and injuries of the spine in adult and pediatric patients. The fellowship combines a diverse and active operative and clinical schedule with the opportunity for clinical research.

With a reasonable call schedule and an active operating room experience, the Fellow(s) will be expected to participate in resident education, didactic conferences and research. Our interest is in training surgeons who will undertake a career in either academics or private practice.

The goal of this Fellowship is to produce well-rounded and competent spinal surgeons with a broad knowledge of patient evaluation, clinical decision making, pre-operative planning, operative technique and post-operative care. The Fellow is also expected to become adept at analysis of the literature and will have the ability to contribute to orthopaedic research.

Faculty, Division of Spine Surgery: From left, Drs. Palumbo, Eberson, Daniels, and Lucas.

Drs. Daniels and Palumbo performing a complex adult spinal deformity operationApproximately 750 operative cases are undertaken in the Division of Adult Spine Surgery each year with an additional 50 operative pediatric spine cases. The Fellow(s) play an extremely active role in the majority of these cases. The Fellow(s) will be expected to teach and direct the resident staff in both the hospital care of in-patients and the operative and non-operative care of out-patients. In addition, each Fellows will be responsible for managing his/her own limited private practice of spine patients and will be responsible for evaluating and managing the care of spine trauma patients admitted through the Level I Trauma Center at Rhode Island Hospital.

Lastly, the Fellowship Directors will provide instruction in the business side of organizing and managing a spine practice. Instruction will be provided in all aspects of practice management.

The salary is competitive with typical post-graduate year six level for orthopaedic trainees and post-graduate year eight level for neurosurgical trainees including benefits. The fellowship year will run from August 1 to July 31. Three weeks of vacation are provided (not including meetings) and flexibility is available for the purpose of job interviews.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Program Details

Percent of Fellowship devoted to Operative Care:           
65%

Non-Operative Care:                                                           
35%

Research/Publication Obligation:                                       
Encouraged

Approximate percentage of exposure to the Spine by region:
Cervical:  35%
Thoracic:  10%
Lumbar:  55%

Approximate percentage of Fellowship exposure to the Spine by diagnostic category:  
Degenerative:   60%
Trauma:             15%
Deformity:        20%
Tumor:               5%
Adult cases:      85%
Pediatric cases: 15%

Number of Fellowship Positions:
2

Faculty

 

Alan H. Daniels, MD
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics
Chief, Division of Spine Surgery                                                                                                     Director Spine Fellowship

 

 

 

 

Dominic Kleinhenz, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics                                                                                          -Director of Cervical Spine Surgery

 

 

 

 

   Philip Lucas, MD

   Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopedics

 

 

 

 

Alexander P. Robertson, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics                                                                                          Director of Spine Patient Access

 

 

 

 

 

Craig P. Eberson, MD
Associate Professor of Orthopaedics

 

 

 

 

David Bica, DO
Clinical Assistant Professor

 

 

 

 

George Pasquarello, DO
Clinical Assistant Professor

 

 

 

 

Matthew Smith, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

 

 

 

 

Shiqiang "Chris" Tian, MD, PHD
Clinical Assistant Professor

 

 

 

 

John K. Czerwein, Jr., MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics                                                                                          Director of Outpatient Spine Surgery

 

 

 

 

Current Fellow

YEAR	FELLOW	RESIDENCY
2019-2020	Andrew Younghein, MD	Tufts Medical Center

Former Fellows

YEAR	FELLOW	CURRENT POSITION
2018-2019	Edward Smith, MD	Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
2018-2019	Dominic Kleinhenz, MD	Brown University/University Orthopedics, Providence, RI
2018-2019	Peter Wagner, MD	Orthopedic Partners, Niantic, CT
2017-2018	Scott Mallozzi, MD	UConn Health/Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, Farmington, CT
2016-2017	Christopher McCarthy, MD	SouthPalm Ortho-Spine Institute, Delray Beach, FL
2015-2016	Keng-Heng "Stephen" Huo, MD	South County Orthopedic Specialists, Irvine, CA
2014-2015	Alan Daniels, MD	Brown University/University Orthopedics, Providence, RI
2014-2015	Maahir Haque, MD	Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Institute, Celebration, FL
2013-2014	Felipe Ramirez-Terrassa, MD	Touro LCMC Health, New Orleans, LA
2012-2013	Steven Schiebert, DO	New Jersey Spine and Orthopedics, Bridgewater, NJ
2011-2012	Aaron Bianco, MD	Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists Syracuse, NY
2010-2011	Robert Campbell, MD	Baystate Health, Palmer, MA
2009-2010	Jessica Aidlen, MD	Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA
2008-2009	John Czerwein, MD	Brown University/University Orthopedics, Providence, RI
2005-2006	Richard Tallarico, MD	OrthoNow of Syracuse, Syracuse, NY
2004-2005	Andrew J. Appel, MD	Advanced Ambulatory Surgery Center, Altamonte Springs, FL
2003-2004	Mauricio Valdes, MD	Hedley Orthopaedic Institute, Phoeniz, AZ
2001-2002	James H. Stanley, MD	Lakewood Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, Dallas, TX
1999-2000	Wojciech Bulczynski, MD	Orthopedic Care Physician Network, North Easton, MA
1998-1999	Michael Barnum, MD	Northwestern Orthopaedics, St. Albans, VT

 

Contact

University Orthopedics, Inc.
2 Dudley Street, Suite 200
Providence, RI 02905
Phone: (401) 330-1420; Fax: (401) 330-1495            
Email: [email protected]