Orthopaedic Surgery·Boston, MA

Boston University Medical Center

Signal lift7%33%+26 pp with a signal here

Allocate signal →Track an away here22-26 pooled · applicant-level

Step 2 invited

—

p10 – p90

Sample N

404

applicant rows

This cycle

—

no tracked aways yet

Match rate

1.7%

7 of 404 matched

01Cohort funnel2022-26 pooled · applicant-level

N = 404

Applied

404

100.0%

Invited

23.5%

Matched

1.7%

Steepest cliff: invite → match (93% of invitees did not match here). Interview prep and ranking strategy carry the weight.

02Away rotation impact2024-25 cycle

-2pp

Non-rotators

26%

119 of 450

Rotators

24%

12 of 50

Interview lift

-2pp

vs not rotating

Rotators got interviewed at 24%, vs 26% for everyone else. If you can secure a rotation here, you've effectively secured the interview.

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Program Director

Paul Tornetta III, MD

Email director

Program Coordinator

Lynnette St Louis

Email coordinator

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Training sites5 hospitals · Boston

1
Boston University Medical Center
Boston, MA
Primary
2
Lahey Clinic
Burlington, MA
Participant
3
Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Boston)
Boston, MA
Participant
4
Shriners Hospitals for Children (Springfield)
Springfield, MA
Participant
5
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Participant

Interview invites

Rotator reports6 reports · paraphrased

mixed hands-onpresentation req.

25-26Rotator in 2025-26 described BU as a hard-working academic program. Mornings start with pre-rounds on each service (~4-4:30am on many teams) before combined 5-6:15am zoom trauma board rounds with faculty. Rotators split 24-hour call during the week and present a weighted end-of-rotation case with literature review. Described as strong didactically with close-knit residents; hours flagged as long.
19-20Rotator in 2019/20 noted all rotators receive an interview on a single January day, with an end-of-rotation presentation in front of faculty and residents.
18-19Two rotators in 2018/19 described an academic blue-collar program with high trauma volume, approachable faculty, strong joints and trauma training, and multiple weekly didactic and skills-lab sessions. Residents worked hard but enjoyed the rotation.
15-16Details withheld for this cycle.
14-15Rotator in 2014/15 described a collegial program with high trauma volume and a desirable city location.

Paraphrased from rotator survey responses. Names and identifying details removed.

Score rangesinvited cohort

Step 2 CK data not available

Level 2 CE data not available

Interview rates

US MD

US DO

US IMG

Non-US IMG

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