Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Application Process

The Orthopaedic Surgery Residency accepts five residents per year.

Application and Interview Process

• The application deadline is October 12, 2023.
• All applications must be submitted through ERAS. 
• Applicants must complete our program-specific supplemental application by October 12, 2023 for their application to be considered as complete. Please note that this supplemental application is separate from the ERAS Supplemental Application. The Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Health program WILL NOT participate in the ERAS Supplemental Application.
• Be sure to register with the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP) so that we may rank you. 
• As part of the ERAS process, prospective resident will need to submit the following documents:
  • ERAS application
  • USMLE Step I & II (Required for both MD and DO medical students)
  • MSPE uploaded by your school's Deans Office
  • Medical School Transcript
  • ECFMG Certification (Foreign Medical School graduates only)
  • Personal statement
  • Three letters of recommendation to be addressed to the program director. (A fourth letter of recommendation may be uploaded but is not required)
  • Current photograph (Preferred but not required)
• All interviews will be conducted virtually on December 5, 2023; December 14, 2023; and January 9, 2024.

Interview Selection Committee

• Jason J. Halvorson, MD, Residency Program Director, Orthopaedic Trauma
• John Birkedal, MD, Professor, Spine Orthopaedics
• Kate Butler, MD, Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery and Co-Director, Orthopaedic Surgery Clerkship
• Kerry Danelson, PhD, MS, MBA, Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery Research Lab
• Michael Hughes, MD, Assistant Professor, Pediatric Orthopaedics
• Jared Pate, MD, Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery and Co-Director, Orthopaedic Surgery Clerkship
• Holly Pilson, MD, Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Trauma and Associate Dean, Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI)
• Aaron Scott, MD, Assistant Program Director and Associate Professor, Foot and Ankle Surgery
• F. Keith Stirewalt IV, PA-C, Program Director, FaithHealth Clinical Medicine
• Chris Tuohy, MD, Associate Professor, Hand, Shoulder and Elbow Orthopaedics
• Resident representatives