Orthopaedic Surgery·Pittsburgh, PA

UPMC Medical Education

Signal lift4%27%+23 pp with a signal here

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

Step 2 invited

—

p10 – p90

Sample N

335

applicant rows

This cycle

—

no tracked aways yet

Match rate

1.8%

6 of 335 matched

01Cohort funnel2022-26 pooled · applicant-level

N = 335

Applied

335

100.0%

Invited

18.8%

Matched

1.8%

Steepest cliff: invite → match (90% of invitees did not match here). Interview prep and ranking strategy carry the weight.

02Away rotation impact2024-25 cycle

+93pp lift

Non-rotators

70 of 975

Rotators

100%

20 of 20

Interview lift

+93pp

vs not rotating

Rotators got interviewed at 100%, vs 7% for everyone else. If you can secure a rotation here, you've effectively secured the interview.

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Program Director

Albert Lin, MD

Email director

Program Coordinator

Noreen Corcoran

Email coordinator

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Training sites8 hospitals · Pittsburgh

1
UPMC Presbyterian
Pittsburgh, PA
Primary
2
UPMC Medical Education
Pittsburgh, PA
Sponsor
3
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Participant
4
UPMC Mercy
Pittsburgh, PA
Participant
5
Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Pittsburgh)
Pittsburgh, PA
Participant
6
UPMC St Margaret
Pittsburgh, PA
Participant
7
UPMC Mercy Outpatient Center
Pittsburgh, PA
Participant
8
Hand and UpperEx Center (Wexford Office)
Wexford, PA
Participant

Rotator reports8 reports · paraphrased

UPMC

mostly shadow

21-22Details withheld for this cycle.

Pitt (UPMC, U of Pittsburgh)

hands-on

19-20Rotator in 2019/20 described a demanding rotation (2 weeks trauma + 2 weeks subspecialty), roughly q5 call with no formal post-call day, and expectations to present patients during morning rounds post-call. Faculty were noted as engaged teachers.
18-19Rotator in 2018/19 described high trauma volume, a senior-led OR model (PGY6 running their own trauma room on call), and questions about junior operative exposure on trauma and joints. No interview offered during the rotation. Mixed reports on trauma culture.

UPMC - Pittsburgh

hands-on

18-19Two rotators in 2018/19 described strong research infrastructure, an optional super-chief trauma year, faculty-led didactics, and a demanding sub-I (often 7 days/week with daily trauma conference). Rotators noted concerns about late operative autonomy on some services and a high-intensity trauma environment.
17-18Rotator in 2017/18 described strong operative experience and a well-known program name, with concerns about cohesion given the spread across Pittsburgh sites and a historical second-look expectation that has softened.
16-17Rotator in 2016/17 described protected Wednesday morning didactics (7am-12pm), 8 residents per year split between clinical and research tracks, high operative volume with limited fellow encroachment, and basic-science-heavy research. Rotators noted concerns about resident cohesion across geographically spread sites.
15-16Two rotators in 2015/16 described a high-volume hands-on program with a 6-year academic track, busy trauma (attendings occasionally running two overnight rooms in summer), and leadership responsiveness to resident feedback. Rotators noted a strong program culture that applicants needed to buy into.
14-15Rotator in 2014/15 described strong faculty support, high volume training, and a trauma-heavy culture with structured staged operative immersion.

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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