Julie Bishop, MD (Fellowship Director)
Greg Cvetanovich, MD (Fellowship Co-Director)
Ryan Rauck, MD
Grant Jones, MD
Hisham Awan, MD
Jen Kurowicki, MD
Ohio State University
Julia Panzo, Director, Graduate Medical Education
Phone: 614-293-6194 E-mail: Julia.Panzo@osumc.edu
Gabrielle Ford, Fellowship Coordinator
Phone: 614-293-5233 Email: Gabrielle.Ford@osumc.edu
241 W. 11th Ave.
Suite 6080
Columbus, OH 43210
Duration: 1 academic year beginning on August 1
Rotation: Monthly rotations with core faculty (Dr Bishop, Cvetanovich, Rauck)
Number of Fellows: 1 Fellow per year
Fellowship Description:
The Ohio State University Shoulder and Elbow fellowship is located in Columbus, OH. It is designed to offer one fellow per year a comprehensive exposure to all aspects of shoulder and elbow surgery. The fellow will work with 6 full time fellowship trained faculty (3 active ASES members, 1 associate member, and 1 candidate member) all who have a high volume of shoulder and elbow cases. Dr. Bishop has a busy practice in all aspects of shoulder surgery, from arthroscopy to arthroplasty, and a wide ranging referral practice of complex primary and revision surgery from around the region. Dr. Cvetanovich and Dr Rauck perform all aspects of shoulder surgery as well as elbow sports medicine surgery, and also serve as team physicians for OSU and other local athletic teams. Dr. Jones has a sports shoulder practice and also is a long-time OSU basketball team physician. Dr. Awan is a hand fellowship trained surgeon who works with the fellow throughout the year on OR days to learn complex elbow reconstruction including elbow trauma and arthroplasty, as well as elbow arthroscopy. Dr. Kurowicki is joining the group in 2025 after finishing the Rush fellowship and will also be a resource for the fellow as her practice grows. The fellow will be involved in clinic and in the OR with their faculty on their rotations.
The Ohio State University is Level I Trauma and Burn Center, and a tertiary referral center for the state of Ohio and surrounding region. This, the fellow will treat complex elbow and shoulder trauma and other pathology with the fellowship faculty. The fellowship has no mandatory night call.
Didactic shoulder conferences occur every Thursday afternoon and combine case discussion and the shoulder and elbow curriculum. The fellow will also attend departmental grounds, featuring Quality conferences, M&M and several visiting professor presentations during the year.
The fellow is expected to write a research paper of publishable quality during their fellowship year at Ohio State. The fellow will also be required to submit an abstract for the annual departmental research day. Research facilities are available to the fellow in the Department of Orthopaedics including a biomechanics lab, motion analysis lab, and a surgical skills lab. We have two full time clinical research coordinators dedicated to shoulder and elbow research to help with IRB management and clinical databases as well as ongoing study enrollment and follow up. The fellow will have a half day of dedicated research time on Fridays, and other administrative or research time when faculty are traveling. The fellowship will support travel to at least two major meetings per year as well as travel to present research at other meetings.
The Ohio State program offers a faculty with dedication to teaching and mentorship, and the opportunity for in depth exposure to all aspects of shoulder and elbow surgery. Our department does not have sports medicine surgeons, but instead joint-specific surgeons. Thus, we perform all of the surgery for the shoulder including open and arthroscopic instability, standard and complex rotator cuff along with specialized procedures like tendon transfers, trauma, and primary and revision arthroplasty.
Julie Bishop, MD
Greg Cvetanovich, MD