Greetings,
Thank you for taking the time to learn about our program. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
The Beaumont Royal Oak / Taylor orthopaedic residency program has been training residents for over 50 years. What sets our program apart from other residencies around the country is our high clinical volume, exposure to complex cases, robust
didactics, collegial working relationships, and the broad spectrum of clinical practice environments.
Residents spend 4.5 years at William Beaumont University Hospital, Royal Oak. The Royal Oak hospital campus is one of the largest, standalone, medical centers in the country with over 1,100 inpatient beds and an integrated pediatric hospital. As a Level I adult trauma center, Beaumont
Royal Oak is a busy, coordinated, and well-resourced healthcare system.
The orthopaedic department consistently ranks in the top 25 of the US News and World Report, a testament to our commitment to excellence in healthcare. Orthopaedic surgical volume is one of the highest of any healthcare center across the country. As a testament to this volume, at the Royal Oak Campus alone, we run approximately 20 dedicated orthopaedic operating rooms daily.
The department is comprised of over 45 orthopaedic surgeons with at least three fellowship trained surgeons representing each orthopaedic subspecialty, including orthopaedic oncology. Trauma, which serves as the foundation of orthopaedic training, is well
represented by our 4 dedicated orthopaedic traumatologists.
Residents spend 6 months at the Taylor hospital; a smaller community hospital where trainees become acquainted with the general orthopaedic practice setting. Taylor hospital also provides the second highest volume of Makoplasty surgeries in the Midwest,
making it an invaluable opportunity for residents to become familiar with robotic-assisted surgery.
Outpatient clinic exposure is a combination of resident run clinics at the Royal Oak and Taylor campuses as well as attendings private offices. Similarly, certain rotations will be spent with the staff at an ambulatory surgical center where residents
can experience the speed and efficiency outpatient orthopaedic surgery. Beaumont also features an Acute Injury Clinic, an orthopaedic urgent care, which senior residents voluntarily staff as a moonlighting opportunity, while further refining their diagnostic
and treatment skills.
Academics and research are emphasized as the Royal Oak campus is the clinical teaching site of the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine. For applicants interested in research, research staff are available to facilitate research
projects including biomechanics, database queries, and clinical trials. Each year, our department publishes approximately 50 research articles in addition to numerous podium and poster presentations.
For didactics, residents participate in a combination of daily morning conferences and weekly specialty conferences. These include Grand Rounds, anatomy dissections, and interesting case conferences. The strength of our didactic program is reflected in
our consistently high OITE performance and ABOS passage rates. Hands-on bioskills training sessions are conducted in the Applebaum Surgical Learning Institute at the Royal Oak campus. Our nationally recognized Surgical Learning Institute features
multiple full mock operating rooms. This allows for regular cadaver sessions, and large open space for saw bones exercises. Beaumont is also one of the only programs in the country to have a MAKO robotic joint replacement robot for dedicated use in
this lab, as well as a VirtaMed Arthroscopic Simulator.
Many of our graduates go on to the fellowships of their choice. For those who have elected to provide general orthopaedic care, all have felt well prepared.
The thing I am most proud of here at Beaumont is the environment in which we practice. I myself am a graduate of this program, and it was the comradery and collegial relationship between the residents, attendings, and staff which made me decide this was
the place I wanted to spend my career. That is also reflected in the fact that there is essentially no turnover in attending staff here. Similarly, it is a great affordable place to live with quick access to shopping, sports, culture, and the outdoors.
Overall, the Beaumont Royal Oak/Taylor program is unparalleled, and I hope you consider it highly.
Sincerely,
Drew D. Moore, M.D.