Orthopaedic Surgery·Tampa, FL

University of South Florida Morsani

Signal lift4%26%+22 pp with a signal here

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

Step 2 invited

—

p10 – p90

Sample N

329

applicant rows

This cycle

—

no tracked aways yet

Match rate

1.2%

4 of 329 matched

01Cohort funnel2022-26 pooled · applicant-level

N = 329

Applied

329

100.0%

Invited

17.9%

Matched

1.2%

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

02Away rotation impact2024-25 cycle

+43pp lift

Non-rotators

50 of 680

Rotators

50%

10 of 20

Interview lift

+43pp

vs not rotating

Rotators got interviewed at 50%, vs 7% for everyone else. If you can secure a rotation here, you've effectively secured the interview.

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Program Director

Caroline Chebli, MD

Email director

Program Coordinator

Nikki Rives

Email coordinator

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Training sites13 hospitals · Tampa

1
Tampa General Hospital
Tampa, FL
Primary
2
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
Tampa, FL
Sponsor
3
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
St Petersburg, FL
Participant
4
James A Haley Veterans Hospital
Tampa, FL
Participant
5
Shriners Hospitals for Children (Tampa)
Tampa, FL
Participant
6
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Tampa, FL
Participant
7
Lakeland Regional Medical Center
Lakeland, FL
Participant
8
AdventHealth Tampa
Tampa, FL
Participant
9
Florida Orthopedic Institute
Tampa, FL
Participant
10
AdventHealth Carrollwood
Tampa, FL
Participant
11
Foundation for Orthopaedic Research and Education
Tampa, FL
Participant
12
USF Health-Medical Clinics North Campus (Morsani Center)
Tampa, FL
Participant
13
AdventHealth Wesley Chapel
Wesley Chapel, FL
Participant

Rotator reports6 reports · paraphrased

South Florida

18-19Rotator in 2018/19 described rotations spread across multiple Tampa and St. Petersburg sites with one-week blocks on trauma, VA, sports, and joints. Tuesday evening and Friday morning didactics were scheduled weekly. Residents were described as collegial.

U South Florida Morsani

hands-on

19-20Rotator in 2019/20 described 2-week blocks across subspecialties, heavy trauma volume, strong VA autonomy, and extensive research infrastructure. Rotators noted that the number of fellows reduced resident operative time.
18-19Rotator in 2018/19 described one-week blocks across trauma, sports, joints, and VA with hands-on opportunities and good faculty teaching, plus close resident culture.
17-18Two rotators in 2017/18 described a well-regarded trauma program with strong faculty reputation, abundant research opportunities, and close resident camaraderie. The high number of fellows was noted as a concern for resident operative volume.
16-17Rotator in 2016/17 described a large Tampa trauma center with a well-regarded tumor experience at Moffitt and extensive research and lab resources, but flagged concerns about fellow-heavy services limiting resident operative volume.

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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