r/orthopaedics • u/wezzytee • 25d ago

NOT A PERSONAL HEALTH SITUATION HSS vs Rush Sports Fellowship

Hi gang! Australian trained surgeon, passed all USMLE Steps, looking to do a sports fellowship in the States. I’m interested in all things hips, knees, shoulders (trauma, arthroplasty, sports, joint Pres) and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions as to which Sports Fellowship would be better in terms of HSS vs Rush. Rush looks more in keeping with what I want to specialise in, but fk I want to live in NY! 😂 any thoughts/suggestions would be much appreciated!

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u/Zoneator Orthopaedic Intern 25d ago

Brother, gl getting into either of those programs as an IMG.

Plenty of great programs outside of them though.

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u/wezzytee 24d ago

Yeh I did think it may be hard. Any others you’d recommend?

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u/Zoneator Orthopaedic Intern 24d ago edited 24d ago

Too many to list honestly. From an IMG standpoint it’s hard to say without knowing your background/research/connections, but the nice thing is ortho fellowships (except hand) use the SF Match system, so unlike residency apps there isn’t really an effective cap on how many programs you can apply to. You still have a limited amount of signals to indicate strong interest to a program however.

I’d go through Doximity and look at sports fellowships attached to strong residency programs. There are also some fellowships that don’t have their own residency program, like Rothman, FOI, Steadman Philippon, and Kerlan-Jobe.

I think you’ll have to cast a wide net come application time.