What is a Resident? What is a Fellow? Are they doctors?
What is a Resident? What is a Fellow? Are they doctors?
Yes, they are both doctors. A resident has completed medical school and a one- or two-year
internship. They are enrolled in a five-year residency program, at the end of which they are
fully equipped to enter orthopaedic practice.
Fellows have completed their five-year residency and are further specializing in an area of
orthopaedic surgery. Fellowships last for one year.
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Boston, MA 02118
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