Hospital for Special Surgery/Cornell Medical Center

Hospital for Special Surgery

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Orthopaedic surgeryUniversity BasedNew York, NY

Size

9 / year · 45 total

Training length

5 yr

Schedule

70 hrs / week

EMR

Epic

USMLE Step 2 CK250–277
200280

Interview rate by signal

  • Signal5.8×
    23%
  • None
    4%

Interview rate by degree

  • US MD
    21%
  • US DO
    0%
  • US IMG
    0%
  • Non-US IMG
    0%

Applications per year

871
2022
631
2023
519
2024
369
2025
360
2026

Cost of living

$2,655/mo (+12%)

By year
Yr Pay Vac Sick
Year 1—10Negotiable
Year 2—15Negotiable
Year 3—15Negotiable
Year 4—20Negotiable
Year 5—20Negotiable

Trainee mix

Degree

  • US MD100%
  • DO0%
  • IMG0%

Sex

  • Female43%
  • Male57%

Interview Pool Demographics

By degree
  • US MD

    100%
  • US DO

    0%
  • US IMG

    0%
  • Non-US IMG

    0%
By signal
  • Sent

    92%
  • Did Not Send

    8%
Applicants by signal
  • Sent

    69%
  • Did Not Send

    31%
Student type
This program Ortho avg
  • US MD Graduates

    100%
    79%
  • US-IMG

    0%
    1%
  • Non-US IMG

    0%
    1%
  • US DO Graduates

    0%
    19%
Sex
This program Ortho avg
  • Men

    61%
    77%
  • Women

    39%
    23%
  • Another Gender

    0%
    0%
  • Did Not Report

    0%
    0%
Race / ethnicity
This program Ortho avg
  • White

    46%
    70%
  • Asian

    30%
    17%
  • Black or African American

    22%
    6%
  • Hispanic, Latino, or of Spanish Origin

    13%
    10%
  • Other

    4%
    4%
  • Middle Eastern or North African

    2%
    1%
  • Did Not Report

    0%
    0%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native

    0%
    1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

    0%
    1%
Home state
  • Out-of-State

    72%
  • In-State

    28%
Med school state
  • Out-of-State

    70%
  • In-State

    30%
Career plans
  • Practice Full-time

    0%
Top medical schools
  • Weill Cornell Medicine

    11%
  • Stanford University School of Medicine

    11%
  • Harvard Medical School

    9%
  • Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

    9%
  • Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

    9%
  • Duke University School of Medicine

    4%
  • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    4%
  • Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

    4%
  • Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

    4%
  • SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine

    4%
Exam history
  • Never Failed

    100%
  • Ever Failed

    0%

Training sites

  • HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY

    NEW YORK, NY

    Primary
    • 166 staffed beds
    • 8,155 discharges
    • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ · 19.9M (2024)
    • Elective musculoskeletal hospital; majority of subspecialty rotations

    From published listing

  • NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell

    New York, NY

    Participating
    • 30 weeks on NYP/Weill Cornell Fracture Service across PGY-1/2/3/5; also PGY-1 general surgery trauma/vascular

    From published listing

  • NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center

    New York, NY

    Participating
    • NYP/Weill Cornell Fracture Service: 30 weeks across PGY-1, 2, 3, and 5

    From published listing

  • NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL - NEW YORK WEILL CORNELL CENTER

    NEW YORK, NY

    Participating
    • 862 staffed beds
    • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ · 19.9M (2024)
    • NYP Queens Fracture Service: 30 weeks (PGY-2 four 6-week blocks; PGY-4 6 weeks)

    From published listing

  • NewYork-Presbyterian Queens

    Queens, NY

    Participating
    • 30 weeks trauma (PGY-2 four 6-week blocks; PGY-4 6 weeks)

    From published listing

  • James J. Peters VA Medical Center

    Bronx, NY

    Participating
    • 19 weeks (PGY-3 6 weeks; PGY-4 or 5 13 weeks)

    From published listing

  • MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR CANCER AND ALLIED DISEASES

    NEW YORK, NY

    Participating
    • 514 staffed beds
    • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ · 19.9M (2024)
    • 12 weeks orthopaedic oncology (PGY-2 and PGY-4/5, 6 weeks each)

    From published listing

  • Jamaica Hospital

    Queens, NY

    Participating
    • 1 months

    From published listing

  • HSS ASC of Manhattan

    New York, NY

    Participating

    From published listing

  • West Side ASC

    New York, NY

    Participating

    From published listing

Population is the Census city or metro of the hospital location, not a hospital catchment.

Program Details

Schedule
  • Avg hours/week (Y1)70
  • Max hours on duty (Y1)24
  • Night floatNo
  • MoonlightingNo
Application
  • Application systemERAS
  • NRMP codes3128260C0
  • ACGME ID2603521022
Requirements

Letters of rec

  • Letters3–4
  • Chair letterYes
  • Faculty letterYes
  • Specialty letterYes
Visas
  • J-1 through ECFMG Yes
  • H-1B Yes
  • F-1 Yes
Interviews
  • Interview typeIn person
  • Video interviewNo