Orthopaedic Surgery·Washington, DC

George Washington University

Signal lift10%35%+25 pp with a signal here

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

Step 2 invited

—

p10 – p90

Sample N

393

applicant rows

This cycle

—

no tracked aways yet

Match rate

0.3%

1 of 393 matched

01Cohort funnel2022-26 pooled · applicant-level

N = 393

Applied

393

100.0%

Invited

24.7%

Matched

0.3%

Steepest cliff: invite → match (99% of invitees did not match here). Interview prep and ranking strategy carry the weight.

02Away rotation impact2024-25 cycle

+93pp lift

Non-rotators

50 of 725

Rotators

100%

25 of 25

Interview lift

+93pp

vs not rotating

Rotators got interviewed at 100%, vs 6% for everyone else. If you can secure a rotation here, you've effectively secured the interview.

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Program Director

Sam Moghtaderi, MD

Email director

Program Coordinator

Yolanda Porter

Email coordinator

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Training sites6 hospitals · Washington

1
George Washington University School of Medicine
Washington, DC
Primary
2
George Washington University Hospital (UHS)
Washington, DC
Participant
3
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Washington, DC
Participant
4
Children's National Hospital
Washington, DC
Participant
5
Sibley Memorial Hospital
Washington, DC
Participant
6
Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
Participant

Rotator reports5 reports · paraphrased

George Washington

mixed hands-on

25-26Rotator in 2025-26 described GW as a smaller program (~10 attendings, some recently out of fellowship). Two-week subspecialty rotations, weekly fracture conference with rotators reading x-rays in front of faculty and residents, and two 24hr calls during the rotation. Hours described as better than many aways. Mentorship model; residents rarely double-scrub; no fellows. Rotators flagged 3-6 months/year of driving 30-40 minutes north to WHC and Children's National and limited subspecialty volume at the main hospital.

George Washington University

mixed hands-on

18-19Two rotators in 2018/19 described a rotator-friendly program in a state of transition under a new chairman, with tight residents, early single-scrub operative exposure, and opportunities in advocacy and public health policy. Rotators noted recent faculty turnover, attending-specific variability in OR involvement, and concerns about hospital infrastructure and cost of living.
16-17Rotator in 2016/17 described a well-regarded academic program with all in-house rotations and a team-based rotation structure rather than traditional subspecialty blocks. Rotator noted limited research personnel support, concerns about the rotation structure, late peds exposure, and planned future transition to a specialty-based system.
14-15Rotator in 2014/15 described a solid program with strengths in shoulder and more flexibility in rotation structure than typical service-based programs, with operations at three DC sites. Rotator noted DC as an expensive city.

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

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US DO

US IMG

Non-US IMG

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