About

The fellowship in orthopedic surgery of the spine provides training in the care of spinal diseases, which can be divided into five categories:

• Core knowledge
• Clinical evaluation
• Operative management
• Postoperative care
• Non-operative management

Corewell Health training has provided a steppingstone to both excellent practice opportunities and to positions at the nation's most prestigious medical centers.

• Provide the educational environment needed to train a spine fellow in the evaluation, diagnosis, non-operative and operative treatment of spinal disorders in children and adults
• Educate the fellows to understand the ramifications of the decision-making process including understanding of complications of treatment and rehabilitation required to obtain an optimal result
• Provide an outpatient environment to each the fellow how to evaluate, manage, and follow patients in an outpatient setting
• Help the fellows to develop teaching skills in educating residents and medical students
• Help the fellows to amplify research skills in the clinical and laboratory settings. This helps the fellow to develop a more analytical approach to problem solving and prepares him/her to look critically at the literature
• Familiarize the fellows with outcome tools and the necessary programs to perform outcomes research

Liz Marentette
Program manager
248.551.1852

Michela Di Cicco
Program manager
248.551.3140