Orthopaedic Surgery·Lexington, KY

University of Kentucky College of Medicine

Signal lift10%43%+33 pp with a signal here

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

Step 2 invited

—

p10 – p90

Sample N

345

applicant rows

This cycle

—

no tracked aways yet

Match rate

2.9%

10 of 345 matched

01Cohort funnel2022-26 pooled · applicant-level

N = 345

Applied

345

100.0%

Invited

110

31.9%

Matched

2.9%

Steepest cliff: invite → match (91% of invitees did not match here). Interview prep and ranking strategy carry the weight.

02Away rotation impact2024-25 cycle

+90pp lift

Non-rotators

10%

65 of 626

Rotators

100%

24 of 24

Interview lift

+90pp

vs not rotating

Rotators got interviewed at 100%, vs 10% for everyone else. If you can secure a rotation here, you've effectively secured the interview.

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Program Director

Ryan David Muchow, MD

Email director

Program Coordinator

Gage Bradford

Email coordinator

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Training sites4 hospitals · Lexington

1
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Primary
2
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Lexington, KY
Sponsor
3
Shriners Hospitals for Children (Lexington)
Lexington, KY
Participant
4
Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Lexington)
Lexington, KY
Participant

Rotator reports5 reports · paraphrased

hands-on

20-21Rotator in 2020/21 described a night-float system across 4 hospitals, high trauma and peds volume, growing research with new hires in hand, spine, peds/sports, and trauma, and strong recent fellowship matches.
19-20Two rotators in 2019/20 described a hands-on program with q4 call, heavy peds and trauma exposure, strong resident teaching, and a family-friendly culture. Leadership was described as resident-focused.
18-19Two rotators in 2018/19 described a blue-collar program with a growing research emphasis, strong operative training, high trauma volume for the city size, and a strong peds rotation at the attached Shriners hospital. Recent hand and foot faculty hires were noted.

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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