Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship

The Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship is an 8-week program of mentored research designed to introduce students who have completed their first year of medical school to research opportunities in orthopaedic basic science, translational science, and clinical research in orthopaedics.

The fellowship program is built around a summer research project that is directed by an orthopaedic surgeon or scientist at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS). Both clinical and basic science projects are offered, and these are detailed below.

The fellowship program includes the opportunity for weekly observation of orthopaedic surgical procedures with a variety of clinical faculty. In addition, a weekly seminar series and discussion group provides the opportunity for students to expand their understanding of the fundamentals of medical research and clinical orthopaedics.

The 8-week program runs from mid June to mid August, 2013 and includes a $2,400 stipend. Up to fifteen (15) fellowship awards will be granted.

To apply for the program, eligible students should first contact an orthopaedic surgeon or scientist who is offering a research project that is of interest. Once the student has been accepted by the surgeon or scientist, the student and mentor may apply for the fellowship together. Alternatively, if a student has an established working relationship with a faculty member, projects not listed can be submitted for consideration.

Students who have completed their first year in an accredited US medical school are eligible to apply. Preference will be given to those students attending Weill Cornell Medical College.

Download the Fellowship Application Form (pdf).

The applications must be sent to Shauna Davis (davissh@hss.edu) by March 15, 2013. Students and mentors will be notified of the award by May 1, 2013.

For questions, contact Chisa Hidaka, MD, Assistant Scientist, Hospital for Special Surgery, at hidakac@hss.edu.

Fellowship Coordinators:
Chisa Hidaka, MD and Jo A. Hannafin, MD, PhD

Translational

• Enhancement of Osseointegration Using a Mouse Model
• Genetic Profile As a Predictor of Decompensation and Spontaneous Correction in Patients Treated with Spine Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis 

Biomechanics

• The Effect of Lateralization on the Joint Reactive Forces Across a Reverse Total Shoulder Replacement
• Biomechanical Testing of a Novel Scapholunate Ligament Reconstruction
• Enhancing Clinical Measurement of Knee Rotations Following ACL Injury and Reconstruction
• Evaluation of a Novel Use of a Digital Optical Microscope to Assess Bone Ingrowth in Prosthetic Joint Replacements
• An Automated Method for Implant Retrieval Analysis
• Refining outcome parameters of wrist function: the correlation of wrist circumduction and function

Clinical

• Safety and efficacy of uncemented hemispherical components: minimum 5 year follow-up
• Total Hip Replacement at HSS in Subjects under 35 Years of Age
• Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) in Children
• Frailty index as predictor for level post-operative care
• Study the effect of timing of surgery on duration of surgery, operating room time, blood loss during surgery, operative complications, and post operative recovery.

Basic Science

• In vivo evaluation of AxoGuard® Nerve Protector, NeuraWrap™, and vein wrap as a nerve protector in an induced scar tissue bed
• Evaluation of the Effect of Strain on ACL Graft Healing and Remodeling in a Rabbit Model
• The Prevalence of Heterotopic Ossificaiton after Total Hip Replacement in Patients with Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis