Chairman's Message:
Randall E. Marcus, M.D.
Charles H. Herndon Professor and Chairman
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Case School of Medicine
Randall E. Marcus, M.D.
Chairman, Department of Orthopaedics
It is with great pleasure that I introduce you to the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Case School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University. I would like to highlight the outstanding achievements of the Department. The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Case consists of three medical centers: University Hospitals Case Medical Center, MetroHealth Medical Center and the Stokes Veterans Administration Medical Center. The department is consistently ranked as one of the top orthopaedic departments in the United States, which makes me extremely proud of the outstanding achievements and excellent work carried out by our clinicians, scientists and staff.
Our department’s outstanding reputation in orthopaedic research is demonstrated by our consistently high ranking by the National Institutes of Health. Over the last decade, we have been ranked number one seven times in funding for all orthopaedic departments in the United States. This achievement is recognition of the groundbreaking musculoskeletal treatments and research that our department has performed for more than half a century.
The department is regularly honored by the American Orthopaedic Association as one of the institutions in the United States selected to host traveling fellows from other nations. We were also selected by the Insall (Knee Society) to host traveling fellows for the fifth consecutive year. The choice of our department as a destination by surgeons from Great Britain, Austria, New Zealand, Germany, Switzerland, as well as Asia, year after year, is something that makes all of us very proud.
Our orthopaedic residency program continues to be one of the more highly sought-after post-doctoral training programs in the country. The residency remains a five-year clinical and academic program for four of the residents and a six-year program for two of the residents who spend their PGY-2 year performing basic-science research in one of our active research laboratories. Additionally, we continue to welcome new physicians and scientists to our department here at Case to enhance our clinical, educational and research programs, including five new surgeons and two additional scientists during the past two years.
The faculty of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Case is second to none. Our physicians represent us on editorial boards of every major orthopaedic publication, including The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, and Spine. Our physicians participate in all of the major orthopaedic organizations, including the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Board, Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, American Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Association, Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation and the AO Foundation North America.
We are grateful for the ongoing support of our department’s alumni and friends. Generous contributions to the Herndon Fund, the Heiple-Lennon Fund and the recently established Goldberg and Bohlman Funds have provided us with the long-term resources for an outstanding educational program for our residents and for the growth of our internationally recognized research programs. These contributions will allow us to achieve breakthroughs in musculoskeletal research and ultimately improve the quality of life of our global community.