Millcreek Community Hospital Orthopedic Surgery
Residency Program

Program Director:
Steven F. Habusta, D.O., FAOAO, M.Ed.
Telephone: (814) 868-7840
Email: shabusta@lecom.edu

Program Description

The Orthopedic Residency Program at Millcreek Community Hospital is a five year, well coordinated, multiple facility program that provides quality orthopedic surgical training in general orthopedic surgery as well as all sub specialties of orthopedic surgery. The program is based out of Millcreek Community Hospital and is under the direction of Steven Habusta, D.O., Program Director. The program is affiliated with the Lake Erie Consortium for Osteopathic Medical Training (OPTI).

Orthopedic Residents rotate at the following affiliated institutions:

• Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

• Millcreek Community Hospital

• Meadville Medical Center

• University Hospital

• UPMC Horizon

• UPMC Mercy

• UPMC Northwest

• Wellspan/York Hospital

The program requires orthopedic research to be completed each year of training. Residents are required to complete the LECOM Masters of Science Degree in Medical Education. This course of study is offered to them tuition free. It is the commitment of the institution to graduate residents who will be prepared to be future medical educators for the osteopathic profession.

The resources of LECOM are available to the residents. They include:

• Anatomy Lab with yearly cadavers for dissection

• Research Animal Lab

• Library Resources of LECOM

• Statistician for research design

The resident have direct patient care responsibilities and management of in-patients, out-patients, transition care patients, rehabilitation and long term care patients.

Residents assist in surgery and manage out-patient clinic patients under the supervision of an attending surgeon. Residents take ER call, manage acute injury and fracture injuries under the direction of an attending orthopedist.

The residents are also required to meet all AOAO requirements for graduation. This includes required courses, ACLS, ATLS, PALS certifications, society memberships and meetings and research.

It is the mission of the Orthopedic Residency Program at Millcreek Community Hospital is to train orthopedic surgeons who excel in their basic orthopedic science knowledge and surgical techniques, who are competent in orthopedic research, who are competent trained educators, and are trained to meet all the core competency requirements as defined by the AOA. The residency adheres to the basic standards for residency training in orthopedic surgery as approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).

Orthopedic Research:

Research has to be specifically approved by the program director and completed yearly at LECOM during the first two years of the residency program. After that, research can be completed at out rotations and may involve specific procedures or case studies or encounters at the out rotation. As in the past, all research has to be approved by the residency director.


Orthopedic Residency Research Day, June 22, 2012

To apply to MCH's Internships, OGME1 Programs, log onto the ERAS Website: www.aamc.org/audienceeras.htm.

Interviews will be held on November 15, 2012.

Students need to register with National Matching at: www.natmatch.com.

For More Information, Contact:

Steven Habusta, D.O.
Program Director
shabusta@lecom.edu

Marilyn Tracy,
Medical Education Coordinator
Millcreek Community Hospital
5515 Peach Street
Erie, PA 16509
(814) 868-8217
mchmeded@mch1.org