Orthopaedic Surgery Trauma Fellowship Applicant Information

Applicants for the Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship must have completed an accredited Orthopaedic Surgery Residency by the time they would enter the fellowship.

Applications for the fellowship are taken via the San Francisco Match.  Information on the program and the application are available at http://spec.ota.org/education/fellowshipcenter/fellowship_dir/dir_detail.cfm?encrypted=%257%29W%2C%5B%20P%20%0A  or    http://www.sfmatch.org. Interested parties may contact  Donna Gibson, Program Coordinator (Donna.Gibson@erlanger.org) for further information.  Call the Department at (800) 947-7823, ext. 9008, or (423) 778-9008.

Department Mailing Address:

UT College of Medicine Chattanooga
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
975 East Third Street, Hospital Box 260 
Chattanooga, TN  37403

Please view the links below regarding our current Initial Resident Letter of Agreement and terms and conditions of appointment, as well as recruitment, selection, and appointment policy:

Recruitment and Selection Policy

Note:  The Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners requires that applicants for license in Tennessee must be graduates either from LCME or AOA accredited schools or from international schools whose admission meet or exceed those of medical schools accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.  The UT College of Medicine Chattanooga and its programs have determined that they will only consider applicants for student rotations or residency/fellowship applications who are from schools who meet these same criteria so they would be eligible for medical license in Tennessee after completing residency.  The Board of Medical Examiners adopts the following list of accreditation bodies:

• Medical Board of California list of approved medical schools 
  www.mbc.ca.gov/Applicants/Medical_Schools/Schools_Recognized.aspx

• Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and other Health Professions (CAAM-HP)  www.caam-hp.org/assessedprogrammes.html

• Accreditation Commission of Colleges of Medicine (ACCM)  www.accredmed.org/

• In addition, the National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation (NCFMEA) provides a list of countries whose designated accreditation process or designated organization used for their accreditation has comparable standards used to evaluate medical schools in the United States by the LCME. Medical schools in those countries and accredited by the listed accrediting authority will be deemed to meet the criteria required in Tennessee  http://sites.ed.gov/ncfmea/comparability-decisions/