ELiTE Essential Learning in Trauma & Extremities

The Acumed ELiTE Resident and Fellow Curriculum is designed to meet the educational needs of orthopedic and podiatric residents and Fellows at each step of their learning path. This program consists of three tracks: Hand & Upper Extremity, MD Foot & Ankle, and DPM Foot & Ankle.

Each course is designed to provide exposure and surgical skills practice for commonly seen extremity fractures. The program provides standardized educational curriculum at multiple locations across the US.

Upcoming ELiTE Courses

The ELiTE program provides educational offerings to address young physicians’ training needs at the multiple levels of their learning paths.

The Acumed ELiTE Resident and Fellow Curriculum was designed in collaboration with leading orthopedic resident and fellowship educators around the country.

Program Designers

Jeffrey A. Greenberg, MD
Indiana Hand to Shoulder Center

Jerry Huang, MD
University of Washington

Program Contributors

Mihir Desai, MD
Vanderbilt Orthopaedics Institute

Peter Evans, MD
Cleveland Clinic Combined Hand Fellowship

Charles Jobin, MD
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Robin Kamal, MD
Stanford University Medical Center

Kenneth Koval, MD
Gulfport Memorial Physician Clinic

Shawn O’Driscoll, MD, PhD, FRCS (C)
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

A. Lee Osterman, MD
Philadelphia Hand to Shoulder Center

Mark Rekant, MD
Philadelphia Hand to Shoulder Center

Marc Richard, MD
Duke University Medical Center

Melvin Rosenwasser, MD
Columbia University

David Ruch, MD
Duke University Medical Center

Joaquin Sanchez Sotelo, MD, PhD
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

Ramesh Srinivasan, MD
The Hand Center of San Antonio

For more information about the ELiTE Program, please contact medicaleducation@acumed.net