Rotation Sites | Rotation Schedule By Year | Clinical Site Faculty
Rotation Sites
George Washington University Medical Center (GW) is a 371-bed level 1 trauma center, major tertiary care referral center, and is the principal academic teaching hospital of the residency. The medical center is located at the heart of the nation's capital in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood next to the Department of State and less than a mile from the White House. There is extensive exposure to major and minor adult trauma, and broad exposure to routine and complex orthopaedic procedures with dedicated rotations in sports medicine, shoulder and elbow, foot and ankle, spine, trauma, hand, and adult reconstruction. Residents play a major role in longitudinal care of patients, from the emergency department, to inpatient care, surgery, and outpatient management. Residents rotate throughout all five years of residency. Junior resident call is taken in-house.
Washington Hospital Center (WHC) is a 926-bed hospital, major tertiary care referral center, and the other adult level 1 trauma center in the district. There is intensive exposure to complex high-energy adult trauma in the emergency department, inpatient setting, and operating room. Residents have a high-volume operative experience in trauma, spine, sports, adult reconstruction, hand, foot and ankle, and oncology. Residents rotate during their PGY-2 and PGY-5 years and work on the same team as orthopaedic surgery residents from Georgetown University. Junior resident call is taken in-house.
Children's National Medical Center (CNMC) is a 323-bed pediatric level 1 trauma center, major tertiary care referral center, and is consistently ranked as one of the best pediatric medical centers in the nation. There is wide exposure to pediatric trauma, as well as congenital and acquired pediatric musculoskeletal disease. In addition to routine orthopaedic pediatric care, residents are exposed to a number of complex surgeries working with dedicated specialists in pediatric sports, hand, spine, cerebral palsy, limb deformity, hip dysplasia, scoliosis, and rare genetic and metabolic conditions. Residents rotate during their PGY-1, PGY-3, and PGY-4 years and work on the same team as orthopaedic surgery residents from Walter Reed Medical Center, Howard University, and Georgetown University. Junior call is taken in-house.
Sibley Memorial Hospital is a 288-bed hospital located and level 2 trauma center in the Palisades neighborhood of Washington D.C. The rotation at Sibley exposes residents to a high-volume community orthopedic practice setting in adult reconstruction, sports medicine, shoulder and elbow, spine, hand, foot and ankle, and oncology. Residents rotate during their PGY-3, PGY-4, and PGY-5 years and work on the same team as orthopaedic surgery residents from Walter Reed Medical Center. Call is taken from home.
Rotation Schedule By Year
PGY-1
GW Orthopaedic Surgery (4 months)
Multi-institutional Orthopaedic Surgical Skills Bootcamp (1 month)
Children's National (1 month)
Non-Orthopaedic Rotations (6 months): Trauma Surgery, ICU, Plastic Surgery, Anesthesia/Acute Pain, Emergency Medicine
PGY-2
GW Foot and Ankle (6 weeks)
GW Hand Surgery (6 weeks)
GW Sports, Shoulder and Elbow (6 weeks)
GW Arthroplasty (6 weeks)
WHC Trauma (3 months)
PGY-3
WHC Trauma (3 months)
GW Spine (3 months)
Children's National (3 months)
Sibley Electives (3 months): Sports Medicine, Adult Reconstruction, Spine, Hand, Foot and Ankle, Musculoskeletal Oncology
PGY-4
GW Foot and Ankle (6 weeks)
GW Hand Surgery (6 weeks)
GW Sports, Shoulder and Elbow (6 weeks)
GW Arthroplasty (6 weeks)
Children's National (3 months)
Sibley Electives (3 months): Sports Medicine, Adult Reconstruction, Spine, Hand, Foot and Ankle, Musculoskeletal Oncology
PGY-5
GW Trauma (3 months)
GW Sports, Shoulder & Elbow (3 months)
WHC Trauma (3 months)
Sibley Electives (3 months): Sports Medicine, Adult Reconstruction, Spine, Hand, Foot and Ankle, Musculoskeletal Oncology
Clinical Staff by Rotation Site
The George Washington University
Robert Sterling, MD (Chair) - Adult Reconstruction/Total Joint Arthroplasty
Rachel Bratescu, MD - Spine Surgery
Marc Chodos, MD - Foot and Ankle Surgery, Residency Associate Program Director
James Debritz, MD - Trauma Surgery
Theresa Doerre, MD - Sports Medicine
Craig Faulks, MD - Sports Medicine
David Lutton, MD - Sports Medicine
Andrew Lee, MD - Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery
Sam Moghtaderi, MD (Residency Program Director) - Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery
Tom Pollard, MD - Trauma Surgery
Jordan Villa, MD - Adult Reconstruction/Total Joint Arthroplasty
Zachary Zimmer, MD - Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Washington Hospital Center
Brock Adams, MD - Musculoskeletal Oncology
Evan Argintar, MD - Sports Medicine
Wiemi Douoguih, MD - Sports Medicine
David Hampton, MD - Trauma Surgery
Robert Henshaw, MD - Musculoskeletal Oncology
Rob Golden, MD (Site Director) - Trauma Surgery
David Johsnon, MD - Sports Medicine
Oliver Tannous, MD - Spine Surgery
Children’s National Medical Center
Emily Hattwick, MD - Pediatric Hand and Upper Extremity
Shannon Kelly, MD (Site Director) - Pediatric Orthopaedics, Spine/Scoliosis
Joseph Letzelter, MD - Pediatric Hand and Upper Extremity
Benjamin Martin, MD - Associate Chief, Pediatric Orthopaedics, Hip Conditions, Spine/Scoliosis
Emily Niu, MD - Pediatric Sports Medicine
Matthew Oetgen, MD (Division Chief) - Pediatric Orthopaedics, Spine/Scoliosis
Jeffrey Peck, MD - Pediatric Orthopaedics, Hip Preservation
Laura Tosi, MD - Pediatric Orthopaedics, Bone Health
Robert Wilson, MD - Pediatric Hand and Upper Extremity
Megan Young, MD - Pediatric Orthopaedics, Limb Deformity
Sibley Memorial Hospital
Richard Barth, MD - Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery
Steven Bernstein, MD - Sports Medicine
Phillip Bobrow, MD - Adult Reconstruction/Total Joint Arthroplasty
Christopher Cannova, MD - Adult Reconstruction/Total Joint Arthroplasty
Marc Connell, MD - Sports Medicine
Marc Danziger, MD - Sports Medicine
Scott Faucett, MD - Sports Medicine
Kenneth Fine, MD - Sports Medicine
Jonathan Forsberg, MD - Musculoskeletal Oncology
Michael Goldsmith, MD (Site Director) - Spine Surgery
Richard Grossman, MD - Adult Reconstruction/Total Joint Arthroplasty
Mustafa Haque, MD - Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery
Eve Hoffman, MD - Spine Surgery
Alison Kitay, MD - Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery
John Klimkiewicz, MD - Sports Medicine
Louis Levitt, MD - General Orthopaedics
Edward Magur, MD - Foot and Ankle Surgery
J. Stuard Melvin, MD - Adult Reconstruction/Total Joint Arthroplasty
David Moss, MD - Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery
Tushar Patel, MD - Spine Surgery
Andrew Pham, MD - Spine Surgery
Noah Raizman, MD - Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery
Marc Rankin, MD - Sports Medicine
Jonas R. Rudzki, MD - Sports Medicine
Gautam Siram, MD - Adult Reconstruction/Total Joint Arthroplasty
John Starr, MD - Spine Surgery
Benjamin Stein, MD - Foot and Ankle Surgery
Anthony Unger, MD - Adult Reconstruction/Total Joint Arthroplasty
Andrew Wolff, MD - Sports Medicine
Bashir Zikria, MD - Sports Medicine