Selected catalogue fields; this score does not confirm eligibility or application readiness.Application information: 2/7 selected fields published
Deadline
Published by official source
Funding
Published by official source
International eligibility
Not published
Registration
Awaiting source review
Language
Awaiting source review
Visa / work authorisation
Awaiting source review
Required documents
Awaiting source review
Faculty documentation: Awaiting programme-specific faculty evidence. Photos and roster sources are assessed separately.
Published information may still be partial. Confirm current intake, clinical privileges and your own eligibility with the host.
DECISION SUMMARY
Key facts at a glance
Eligibility
Entry requirements published; international route unconfirmed
Funding / fees
No stipendPublished by official source. Financial support may cover expenses; it does not establish employment or a salary.
Deadline
November 1 and May 1 (for the January and July starts respectively, as listed on the page)
Duration
6 months (January and July starts)
Hands-on
Conditional scrub-in published
Clinical exposureParticipation in grand rounds, seminars and didactics, case conferences or chart rounds, observation of walking rounds or procedures with the supervising attending or senior resident, surgical skills lab activities, journal club and at least one research project.
Participation levelThe placement is observational: activities include observing rounds/procedures, educational conferences, surgical skills laboratories and at least one research project. The page describes individuals without medical licensure; it does not establish independent patient-care privileges.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
Can an international surgeon apply?
—Not published
International applicants
The page names a practising physician from another country who wants a focused experience to take back home as an appropriate observer, and states that international graduates seeking US experience before applying for US residency are not appropriate. Visa and registration requirements are not published.
≈Partially published
Clinical role
Observational pathway; no independent patient care is implied. The placement is observational: activities include observing rounds/procedures, educational conferences, surgical skills laboratories and at least one research project. The page describes individuals without medical licensure; it does not establish independent patient-care privileges.
—Awaiting source review
Medical registration
Registration and licensing requirements are not published by the cited source.
—Awaiting source review
Language
No formal language requirement is published by the cited source.
—Awaiting source review
Visa or work authorisation
Visa sponsorship and work-authorisation information are not published.
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY62% of catalogue fields have published detailsChecked 2026-11-07 · Next scheduled editorial review: 2027-05-06
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APPLICATION TIMELINE & CONTACT
Plan the application
Application deadlineNovember 1 and May 1 (for the January and July starts respectively, as listed on the page)
Commencing dateJanuary and July; no next intake year is specified.
Application route / cycleStarts in January and July
Official contactNo programme-specific contact published
Graduate of medical school, or current medical student, or graduate of a PhD degree
Two observership places are available every 6 months
The page lists a practising physician from another country seeking a focused skill to take home as an appropriate situation
The page lists an international graduate seeking US experience before applying for a US residency, and unmatched graduates strengthening an application, as not appropriate
Application documents
Awaiting source review
Not published by the cited official source.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
Six-month observership in the SIU Division of Orthopaedic Surgery with a limited number of places per cycle. Observers join didactics, observe procedures and complete a research project.
HOST INSTITUTION
About Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery (Memorial Medical Center; St. John's Hospital)
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine's Division of Orthopaedic Surgery combines patient care, research and orthopaedic teaching within the medical school's educational mission. Its official observership page identifies Memorial Medical Center and St. Johns Hospital in Springfield, Illinois, as learning locations. The described educational activities include rounds, case conferences, seminars, journal club, skills laboratory sessions and a research project. These observations describe the host's teaching setting; the programme remains an observership rather than permission for independent clinical practice.
The cited evidence does not provide a programme-specific faculty roster that OrthoFellow can safely publish. Open the official source or submit an institutional correction; names and portraits are never inferred from department membership.
Names and roles come from the cited programme source; photographs have their own cited source and do not establish an individual profile. Rosters may change.
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New York, New York, United States · Not published as a fixed term; fees are set for stays 'less than one full month' and 'one full month or more'. No maximum stay is published.View program profile →
