Course Director: Nicholas Sgaglione, MD

This elective period is designed to familiarize the student with the management of the patient with fractures and other in-hospital orthopaedic conditions from admission through rehabilitation. The student will be exposed to all aspects of the care of the orthopaedic patient. Weekly trauma conferences are scheduled and are devoted to the practical and scientific aspects of trauma with particular emphasis on the radiology of fractures and trauma.

Department Contact

Renata DeGil
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
North Shore University Hospital
300 Community Drive
Manhasset, NY 11030
Phone: (516) 562-4865