About
Philadelphia Pediatric hand and upper limb fellowship
Based at Shriners Hospital for Children Philadelphia, the fellowship provides one fellowship trained Hand Surgeon further training in Pediatric Hand Surgery. The fellowship begins August 1st and ends January 31st. We may be a able to provide a stipend on a case by case basis, but the expectation is that the fellow will be self-funded.
The fellow will participate in the clinic and the operating room under the guidance of Drs. Dan Zlotolow, Eugene Park, and Scott Kozin. Participation in research is also expected, with one submitted publication required for graduation. The typical week will include 3 surgical days and 2 clinic days, with academic time as the schedule allows.
During the 6 months of fellowship, the super fellow will overlap with one of the seven fellows from the Philadelphia Hand to Shoulder Center. The remaining 6 months of the year, we also train hand fellows from Washington University in St. Louis, Allegheney General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Rothman Orthopaedics, and the University of Pittsburgh. The University of Pennsylvania Hand and Microsurgery Fellows will also rotate with us on an ad-hoc basis for free tissue transplantation. Overall, we have trained over 100 fellows that are now practicing throughout the country from Florida to Alaska and as far as Chile and Barcelona.
We have a resident on service year-round from Cooper, Einstein, Jefferson, or Temple Hospitals. The 6 month senior fellow is expected to assist with resident education and mentorship.
Educational conferences include weekly indications conference on Wednesday morning, as well as industry sponsored dinner and cadaver labs on Tuesday nights. Several local citywide Hand Surgery meetings and symposia are also held throughout the year.
Fellowship participants
2025 Vinay Rao
2024 Tim Irwin, Christopher Crowe
2023 Ben Gunlach
2022 Eugene Park (Shriners Philadelphia)
2021 Stephanie Russo (Akron Children’s Hospital)
2020 Michael Aversano (Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital)
2019 Paula Pino Pommer (UC Christus, Santiago, Chile)
2018 Joseph Styron (Cleveland Clinic)
2017 David Rhodes (Integris Oklahoma)
2016 Rey Ramirez (Yale University)
2015 Peter Letorneau (Minnesota)
2013 Emily Slate (Connecticut)
2011 Josh Abzug (University of Maryland)
2010 Dan Zlotolow (Shriners Philadelphia, Hospital for Special Surgery)
2009 Josh Ratner (Atlanta Scottish Rite Hospital for Children)
2005 Francisco Soldado (Vall D’ Hebron, Barcelona, Spain)
Apply for the Fellowship
August 2023- January 2024
Applications will be accepted for 2023-24 up until November 1st 2021. Final decisions will be made by December 31st 2021. Thank you.