UCLA and Orthopaedic Hospital

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

                             
Gerald A.M. Finerman, M.D.                     James V. Luck, Jr., M.D.
     Professor and Chairman                       Professor and Vice Chairman
   Dorothy and Leonard Straus Scholar      Residency Program Director
                                                           

The UCLA and Orthopaedic Hospital Department of Orthopaedic Surgery is dedicated to education, scholarship and patient service in the broad disciplines of adult reconstruction, joint replacement, sports medicine, spine, foot & ankle, pediatrics, oncology, hand surgery, and trauma. 

Laboratories for biology, molecular biology, biomechanics, and clinical evaluations area present in the various facilities on the UCLA Campus, including the UCLA Center for Health Sciences Building , the MacDonald Medical Research Building , and the Rehabilitation Building.  Excellent facilities are available for clinical care, including the UCLA Orthopaedic and Osteoporosis Center at the UCLA Medical Plaza.  Radiology facilities are conveniently located adjacent to the Orthopaedic Center. 

The majority of the educational and clinical activities take place at UCLA Center for the Health Sciences, however, the Department maintains active training programs at affiliated institutions in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.  The Los Angeles Shriners Hospital is an important part of the UCLA program in that it provides concentrated training in the area of pediatric orthopaedics.  Four active members of the clinical faculty supervise the residents in the operating room and at ongoing clinics.  During the six-month rotation, each of the residents is expected to complete a clinical research project in addition to their patient care responsibilities.  The West Los Angeles VA Medical Center provides clinical experience in adult reconstructive surgery, spine, sports, hand surgery, trauma, and general orthopaedics.  The Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is the site of a free standing residency program in which UCLA rotates a senior resident to serve as the Chief on one of the trauma services.  Orthopaedic Surgery faculty cover the hand service at UCLA/Olive View Medical Center.  Finally, UCLA and Orthopaedic Hospital have formed a Strategic Alliance under which Orthopaedic Hospital will be integrated with UCLA when the replacement facility for UCLA/Santa Monica Medical Center is completed in 2006.  UCLA residents currently rotate to Orthopaedic Hospital and there is a collaboration on several research initiatives between basic scientists at UCLA and Orthopaedic Hospital .