The Human Motion Center is staffed by physicians who treat general orthopaedic problems and those who specialize in the areas of trauma, the spine, total joint replacement, upper extremities, sports medicine, foot and ankle, and physical medicine and rehabilitation. The hospital's orthopaedic physicians have extensive experience in assessing and treating injuries, deformities and diseases affecting the musculoskeletal system. The five-year Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program is an accredited program designed to prepare residents for practice and consultation in orthopaedic surgery and the option of subspecialty training. Two residency positions are available at each of the four program levels. Includes subspecialty rotations in upper-extremity surgery, sports medicine, spine surgery, joint reconstruction and replacement, and rehabilitation.
Residents care for patients in clinic and outpatient office settings.
In the Orthopaedic Clinic, residents see patients, diagnose conditions, discuss proper treatment and follow-up, schedule any preoperative consultations and follow the patients postoperatively with direct oversight from the faculty members present in the clinic, appropriate to the residents' competence and level of training. Chief residents are responsible for managing and overseeing the clinic for a six-month period during their PGY 5 year. Approximately 350 patients are treated each month in the Orthopaedic Clinic. In addition, residents are required to participate in the approximately 62,500 patient visits that occur annually in the faculty's outpatient offices. Trauma Center accredited by the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation, Allegheny General Hospital has one of the state's busiest emergency departments.