The Joint Replacement Fellowship with the Anderson Orthopaedic Institute offers comprehensive training in total hip replacement and knee replacement surgery and affords opportunities for research with Anderson Clinic Doctors Charles A. Engh, Sr., Gerard A. Engh, C. Anderson Engh, Kevin B. Fricka, and William G. Hamilton.

Location

Under the auspices of The Anderson Clinic Post-Graduate Medical Education Foundation, this fellowship is located at the shared facilities of the Anderson Orthopaedic Clinic and the Anderson Orthopaedic Research Institute (AORI). These facilities share a medical campus with the INOVA Mt. Vernon Hospital, located in Alexandria, Virginia, approximately 20 miles south of Washington, DC.

Surgeons in this fellowship develop a thorough understanding of cementless hip implant design, surgical expertise in primary and revision hip and knee replacement surgery, new techniques, such as minimally invasive unicompartmental knee surgery. Preoperative planning is stressed. In the research area, Fellows gain analytical skills with respect to the radiographic and clinical evaluation of long-term clinical results in a scientific manner. Our educational goals are supported by biweekly patient management conferences, weekly journal discussions, quarterly teaching conferences at the Anderson Orthopaedic Clinic, and a national orthopaedic conference.

Fellows assist in the care of all patients admitted by Dr. Charles A. Engh, Dr. Gerard A. Engh, Dr. C. Andy Engh, Dr. William G. Hamilton, and Dr. Kevin B. Fricka to Mt. Vernon Hospital. Fellows see preoperative and postoperative patients in the Anderson Clinic, assist in surgery, and see hospitalized patients daily. Each fellow will serve on both the hip service and on the knee service. Rotations are subject to change. Fellows also share on-call responsibilities.

Recently, the Anderson Clinic began two other fellowships specifically for international orthopaedists in their residencies. These fellowships do not involve medical care. A one-year international research fellowship on cementless total hip arthroplasty is available with Dr. Charles Engh. Fellows participate in case discussions, journal reading conferences, and quarterly educational conferences.