Pediatric Orthopedic Training—Why It Is Important to Your Child’s Orthopedic Care:

Board Certification and Fellowship Training: Following medical school, orthopedic surgeons train for five additional years before they qualify to take their specialty board exams. Requirements for board certification in orthopedic surgery are rigorous. Physicians must submit more than 2 years of case summaries for the review of appropriate care by the Board of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. In addition, comprehensive written and oral exams must be passed as part of the certifying process. Pediatric orthopedic surgeons require an additional fellowship year of specific training only in children's orthopedics. All of our orthopedic surgeons have successfully completed fellowship training and are either board certified or board-eligible. Our physicians have faculty appointments to UMDNJ RWJ Medical School and are responsible for the pediatric orthopedic education of UMDNJ RWJ Residents and medical students. We maintain an active role in clinical research.

These specialized credentials, fellowship training in pediatric orthopedics and board certification or eligibility in orthopedic surgery, provide an extra measure of assurance that your child will receive the best available pediatric orthopedic care.