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“THE ORTHOPAEDICS EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE HEIGHTENS THE LEVEL OF CARE AT HOI AND IN ORTHOPEDICS AT LARGE. HOI WILL BE TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF SURGEONS, EVALUATING CLINICAL
PATHWAYS AND OUTCOMES, INCREASING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ANATOMY, IMPROVING HEALTH, AND TAKING A LEADERSHIP POSITION IN EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND TREATMENT MODALITIES.”
MICHAEL J. PATZAKIS, MD, EMERITUS PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDICS, KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF USC, HOI MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
INTRODUCTION CONTINUED
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
Orthopaedics Education and Research Institute (OERI)
In late 2012 Hoag Orthopedic Institute established an affiliation agreement with the Orthopaedics Education and Research Institute (OERI), a non-profit organization (501c3) to improve the quality of life for patients with musculoskeletal disease. OERI is actively involved in medical research, teaming with innovators to develop new orthopedic treatment modalities. Monthly OERI educational conferences on joint replacements are now held at HOI. Through OERI, Michael J. Patzakis, MD, former chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Southern California (USC) Keck School of Medicine, serves as HOI’s Medical Director of Research and Education.
Fellowship Program
As surgical techniques and procedures have become more complex, orthopedic surgeons have benefitted from more advanced training than what most orthopedic surgical residency training programs can cover in a finite amount of time. And because orthopedics is such a diverse specialty, many surgeons seek to complete specialized, sub-specialty fellowship training after residency training.
Responding to this need, HOI initiated an Orthopedic Surgery Fellowship Program in 2012. Several of HOI’s orthopedic surgeons direct the annual fellowship in joint replacement and arthritis surgery. The fellows experience a high volume of surgical procedures, including new techniques
in primary hip and knee replacement as well as complex revision and reconstructive procedures. Fellowships in other orthopedic specialties, including orthopedic research, spinal reconstruction and sports medicine, are anticipated in the near future. In addition, a clinical research fellow will join HOI in 2013.
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