Fellowship In Orthopedic Trauma

1. Applicants should have completed residency training in Orthopaedic Surgery.
2. Applicants must meet the fellowship’s professional and clinical training requirements.
3. Applicants should demonstrate an interest in complex fracture management, trauma surgery, and musculoskeletal reconstruction.
4. Fellows are expected to participate in patient care, surgical procedures, teaching, and research.
5. Applicants must apply through the SF Match platform using program identification number 5197.
6. The fellowship accepts one fellow annually.

Yale School of Medicine, located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, offers the Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship through its Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation in partnership with Yale New Haven Hospital. This one-year program provides advanced clinical and surgical training in the management of complex orthopaedic injuries, including open fractures, pelvic and acetabular fractures, upper- and lower-extremity fractures, polytrauma, mangled limbs, fracture complications, nonunions, malunions, and post-traumatic arthritis. Fellows gain experience in open and minimally invasive surgery, soft-tissue reconstruction, trauma-related joint replacement, and multidisciplinary trauma care at a high-acuity Level I trauma center. The program also emphasizes clinical and biomechanical research, teaching, mentorship, and academic development.

1. Applicants must apply through the SF Match platform using program identification number 5197.
2. Candidates should review the application requirements and confirm their eligibility before submitting the application.
3. The published deadline for the cycle described on Yale’s application page was December 1, 2025.
4. Interviews for the 2027–2028 fellowship year were listed for January 23 and February 27, 2026. Since these dates have passed, applicants should contact the program or review the official application page for the next available cycle.