Adult Reconstruction Fellowship
Learn to handle the most complex arthroplasty cases and help people live with less pain and more mobility by joining Geisinger’s Adult Reconstruction Fellowship.
About the program
Joint pain can dramatically impact a person’s quality of life. Geisinger’s Adult Reconstruction Fellowship trains highly skilled physicians who are ready to provide patients with life-changing relief and mobility.
As our adult reconstruction fellow in the northeastern Pennsylvania cities of Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, you’ll join our Geisinger Musculoskeletal Institute team of 80 physicians, including 49 surgeons representing all the subspecialties. Along with being a valued colleague from day one, you’ll have the opportunity to gain experience with:
- Revision hip and knee arthroplasty
- Treatment of periprosthetic joint infection
- Complex and high-risk primary arthroplasty
- Advanced technologies in arthroplasty such as computer navigation, patient-specific instrumentation, robotic assisted surgery and augmented reality
This fellowship will prepare surgeons for adult reconstruction careers ranging from complex tertiary care to high-volume primary arthroplasty. It is also appropriate for adult reconstruction surgeons who were unsatisfied with previous fellowships, or practicing generalists who wish to specialize in adult reconstruction.
Your fellowship team will be diverse, focused and dedicated to your success. The adult reconstruction section includes 8 fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeons who meet in a weekly educational conference. The conference includes a comprehensive didactic lecture series and sessions focusing on quality review, interdisciplinary work with other specialties, review of complex cases, cadaver labs and journal clubs. You’ll also be involved in the education of orthopaedic residents and medical students.
As a PGY6 fellow, you should expect to spend four days a week in the operating room and one day a week in the clinic with a core faculty of six fellowship-trained surgeons who have high-volume practices. Finally, you’ll be supported to attend the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons meeting in the fall and an additional arthroplasty meeting in the spring.
Geisinger has a strong tradition of innovation and scholarly research, and we’ll encourage you to conduct research with the support of dedicated personnel who serve the department. But we tailor our program to our fellows’ interests and desired career paths, so you can decide how much time you want to dedicate to this aspect of your training. You can also choose whether you want a role in trauma call if you’d like to maintain your proficiency, but it isn’t required.
Geisinger’s mission is to make better health easier for everyone we serve in central and northeastern Pennsylvania. As our fellow, you’ll play a key role in that effort by meeting a growing need in the northeast for surgeons who can assess complex problems with hip and knee replacements and offer care right here, without forcing patients to drive to urban centers like New York or Philadelphia.
If this program sounds like the right match for you, we hope you’ll join us.
About Geisinger
Geisinger is among the nation’s leading providers of value-based care, serving 1.2 million people in urban and rural communities across Pennsylvania. Founded in 1915 by philanthropist Abigail Geisinger, the non-profit system generates $10 billion in annual revenues across 134 care sites — including 10 hospital campuses, and Geisinger Health Plan, with 600,000 members in commercial and government plans.
The Geisinger College of Health Sciences educates more than 5,000 medical professionals annually and conducts more than 1,400 clinical research studies. With 26,000 employees, including 1,600 employed physicians, Geisinger is among Pennsylvania’s largest employers with an estimated economic impact of $14 billion to the state’s economy.
On March 31, 2024, Geisinger became the first member of Risant Health, a new nonprofit charitable organization created to expand and accelerate value-based care across the country.
Our home: Northeastern Pennsylvania
Northeastern Pennsylvania (NEPA) is a great place to live, with safe neighborhoods, an affordable cost of living and access to recreational activities. NEPA is close to New York City and Philadelphia, giving you access to major cities in just a few hours. Overall, our communities are a good bet for living a stress-free, healthy lifestyle. And more importantly, NEPA is a place where you can make a difference.
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