Max Rady College of Medicine

Adult Hip and Knee Reconstruction Fellowship (Arthroplasty)

The fellowship program for Adult Hip and Knee Reconstruction is a 12-month program with two positions available to trainees annually.

Fellows will be inducted into work with the Concordia Joint Replacement Group (CJRG) which consists of four fellowship trained arthroplasty surgeons who perform approximately 1,400 primary and revision hip and knee replacements per year.

Knee surgery.
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    Department

    • Department of Surgery

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    Expected duration

    • 1 year

Fellowship details

Modern practices

The CJRG group employs the most current techniques for primary hip and knee replacement surgery including cemented and uncemented implants, computer navigation, robotic assisted and unicondylar arthroplasty from a variety of implant manufacturers.

Inspiring facilities

Our facility hosts an extensive clinical data repository as well as an implant retrieval laboratory, an RSA laboratory, a surgical training suite and through collaboration with the Orthopedic Innovation Centre has access to several state of the art implant wear simulation and prototyping facilities.

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Admission and application requirements

Application deadline: March 31

How to apply

Candidates must apply to fellowship program with the following documents:

  • Letter of intent
  • Curriculum vitae/resumé
  • Three recent reference letters
  • Copy of certificate of specialty completion
  • University of Manitoba Application form - please contact surg.fellowships@umanitoba.ca for a copy of the form.

International Medical Graduates (IMGs) must also submit one of the following documents:

IELTS academic version within the last 24 months at the time of application, and achieved a minimum score of 7.0 in each of the four components in the same sitting

OR

Occupational English Test – Medicine (OET-Medicine), with a minimum grade of B in each of the four subsets in the same sitting

OR

Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program – General (CELPIP-General) Test, with a minimum score of 9 in each of the four skills in the same sitting

IMPORTANT: Applicants must ensure that reference letters are received within three weeks of the application submission. The department will not contact the referees for the purpose of requesting the letter.

Candidates must apply with the complete application package by email to surg.fellowships@umanitoba.ca.

The Department of Surgery Fellowship Programs are not accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). They are recognized and approved by the Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, Postgraduate Medical Education Executive Council.

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Surgical Fellowship Programs
Department of Surgery
University of Manitoba
SMD 3rd Floor

surg.fellowships@umanitoba.ca

Fellowship administrator
Amanda Fadun

afadun@hsc.mb.ca