About Us

Nassau University Medical Center (NUMC) is a public, academic teaching hospital affiliated with the Health Sciences Center of Stony Brook University and Northwell Health. Our 19-story, 631-bed institution functions as a Level I Trauma Center, centrally located at 2201 Hempstead Turnpike in East Meadow, NY.

Our mission is to deliver comprehensive, high-quality health care to all residents of Nassau County—regardless of their ability to pay. 

NuHealth Orthopedic Surgery Residency Program

Established in 2015, the NuHealth Orthopedic Surgery Residency Program is dedicated to providing a broad and rigorous orthopedic training experience within a supportive learning environment. Our residents benefit from a strong didactic curriculum and extensive hands-on clinical exposure across the full spectrum of orthopedic subspecialties. Daily outpatient clinics offer experience in sports medicine, spine surgery, pediatric orthopedics, fracture care, hand surgery, and joint reconstruction.

Residents cover two Level I trauma services—NUMC and Good Samaritan Hospital (GSH)—and actively participate in multidisciplinary hip fracture services at both sites. Outside rotations include pediatric orthopedics at Stony Brook University, trauma at GSH, and orthopedic oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), ensuring exposure to high-volume, diverse patient populations.

The curriculum is structured to provide comprehensive subspecialty training through both inpatient and outpatient experiences, emphasizing operative and non-operative management of a wide variety of orthopedic conditions. Graded responsibility is central to our educational philosophy: as residents advance, they gain increasing autonomy under the guidance of experienced, academically engaged faculty. By graduation, residents are equipped with the clinical judgment and technical skill required to confidently perform a wide range of orthopedic procedures.

Our didactic program integrates core basic science and clinical lectures, with strong emphasis on resident engagement. Weekly Grand Rounds are held every Wednesday morning. Additional anatomy education is provided through cadaveric sessions conducted in partnership with the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM). Conferences—including indications conference, journal club, fracture conference, morbidity and mortality, compliance review, and physical examination review—further enrich clinical training.

Research is an essential component of the residency. Residents participate in bimonthly research meetings led by faculty mentors, where they receive guidance on study design, methodology, and implementation. Each resident completes required CITI training in research ethics and routinely engages with the institutional IRB. The curriculum includes formal instruction in research methods and statistics.

All residents must complete and present scholarly work before graduation. Projects may include original clinical or basic science research, review articles, or book chapters.

Upon completion of the Orthopedic Surgery Residency, graduates are well-prepared to evaluate and manage the vast majority of orthopedic conditions. Ultimately, the success of our program is reflected in the achievements and career trajectories of our graduates.

For further information, please contact:

Shaleé Richardson

Residency Program Coordinator

Tel (516) 296-3339

E-mail: srichard@numc.edu