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The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery's Residency Program at the University of Louisville is fully accredited by the Residency Review Committee for Orthopaedic Surgery, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The program is conducted within the University of Louisville affiliated hospitals. The training consists of five post-graduate years, beginning at the PGY-1 level which is under the direction of the Orthopaedic Department. Orthopaedic residents have compreshensive exposure to adult and pediatric orthopaedic conditions and injuries. Subspecialty exposure in orthopaedic trauma, spine, adult reconstruction, hand and upper extremity surgery, sports medicine, foot and ankle, orthopaedic oncology, and pediatric orthopaedics.
In addition, the Department has an Orthopaedic Biomedical Engineering Research Laboratory, an Arthroscopic Psychomotor Skills Laboratory, and in conjunction with the Neurosurgery Division, a Neurophysiology and Spinal Cord Monitoring Laboratory.
University of Louisville Hospital is the primary teaching hospital for the University of Louisville and is the Level-I trauma center for the greater Louisville area. Approximately 1,000 major orthopaedic procedures are performed here each year, plus an additional 350 hand cases. University of Louisville Hospital has currently experienced growth exhibited in the expansion of the emergency and outpatient areas.
Norton Healthcare Pavillion is widely recognized for its outstanding orthopaedic education and patient care. The orthopaedic unit includes 39 private rooms and state-of-the-art equipment. The pavillion is also the primary training site for the Alliant Reconstruction Service (including Shoulder, Hip, Knee, Foot and Ankle), the Hand and Upper Extremity Service and the Orthopaedic Oncology Service.
Kosair Children's Hospital, since its inception, has been a children's orthopaedic hospital. In recent years, it has become a multi-disciplinary hospital caring for chronically disabled children, and remains the main orthopaedic center for the State Handicapped Children's organization for Western Kentucky. Clinics are held under the auspices of Kentucky's Department of Human Resources (general pediatric orthopaedic, hand, myelomeningocele, cerebral palsy, clubfoot, and scoliosis).
The internationally known Kenton D. Leatherman Spine Center is located at Norton Hospital and the affliated Kosair Children's Hospital. More than 500 major orthopaedic spine procedures are performed here each year.
Jewish Hospital is the primary teaching center for the Jewish Adult Reconstruction Service and the Kleinert, Kutz, and Associates Hand Service. The country's first successful hand transplant was performed here.
