Graduates
We take great pride in the fact that over 60 years, more than 98% of graduates from the Mount Carmel Orthopedic Residency Training Program have passed Step I of the ABOS on the first attempt.
Our graduates are well-prepared to directly enter an orthopedic practice upon completion of their training. They have also been very successful in obtaining competitive fellowship positions. Below is a summary of our recent graduates' fellowship locations.
Fellowships
Valeri Wolf – Hand and Upper Extremity, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Erie, PA.
Alexander Savage – Adult Reconstruction, Southern Joint Replacement Institute, Nashville, TN
Cody Stover MD – Total Joint Reconstruction, Joint Implant Surgeons, New Albany Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
Paul Rutkowski, MD – Hand and Upper Extremity, Campbell Clinic, Memphis, TN.
Robert Wetzel, MD – Total Joints, Florida Orthopedic Institute in Tampa, Florida.
Kelvin Luu, MD – Sports Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Stephen Berling, MD – Hand/Upper Extremity and Microsurgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ.
Brandon Lucas, MD – Sports Medicine, Ochsner through the Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, LA.
Steven J Cotman, MD - Orthopedic Trauma surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Nick Wilson, MD - Adult Reconstruction, Greenville Health Systems, Greenville, SC.
Jeffrey E. Otte, MD - Pediatric Orthopedics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.
Craig A Smith, MD - Pediatric Orthopedics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
Benjamin R. Pulley, MD - Orthopedic Trauma, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
Thai Q. Trinh, MD - Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Jason R. Ferrel, MD - Spine Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
Richard L Davis II, MD - Adult Reconstruction, Southern Joint Replacement Institute, Nashville, TN.
Roger E. Wiltfong, MD - Hand Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hamot, Erie, PA.
Jared C. Bentley, MD - Sports Medicine and Shoulder Reconstruction, Steadman Hawkins Clinic of the Carolinas, Greenville, SC.
Jeff Backes, MD - Sports Medicine and Shoulder Reconstruction, Steadman-Hawkins, Greenville, SC.
Matt Clayton, MD - Adult Reconstruction, Southern Joint Replacement Institute and Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.
Craig Dimitris, MD - Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery, SUNY Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, NY.
Alex Tancevski, MD - Adult Reconstruction, Tampa General/Florida Orthopedic Institute, Tampa, FLA.
Tony Czaplicki, MD - Adult Reconstruction Fellowship, Scripps Clinic, San Diego, CA.
Scott Stephens, MD - Sports Medicine, Doctor’s Hospital, Miami, FLA, Shoulder/Elbow, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, TX.
Steven Eddy, MD – Hand and Upper Extremity, State University of New York, Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, NY.
Thomas Durbin, MD – Sports Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
Ty Fowler, MD – Orthopedic Trauma, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
Ben Taylor, MD – Orthopedic Trauma, Grant Hospital, Columbus, OH.