The Pediatric Orthopedic Clinical Innovation Fellowship program is a unique educational opportunity offered by the Center for Orthopedic Innovation within the Department of Orthopedics at Nationwide Children's Hospital.  The program is designed to train clinicians in all aspects of medical and surgical innovation through an academic lens. Through a combined clinical and academic schedule, the fellow will gain the skills to effectively apply clinical expertise, research skills, and translational processes toward technology development and transfer. Upon graduation, the fellow will be prepared for a successful career in academic pediatric orthopedics with the expertise necessary to advance and lead surgical innovation initiatives from both clinical and academic perspectives.

The fellow will interact directly with several key groups, including:

• Pediatric Orthopedic clinical faculty
• Center for Orthopedic Innovation
• Office of Technology and Commercialization
• Nationwide Children’s Innovation Center
• Midwest Pediatric Device Consortium (FDA-funded hub)
• Orthopedic Research Team
• Pediatric Orthopedic Engineering fellow

Through this infrastructure, the fellow will gain experience in:

• Device development
• Needs finding and ideation
• Market and stakeholder analysis
• Customer discovery
• Funding opportunities
• Engineering, prototyping, and testing
• Intellectual property basics
• Regulatory basics
• Quality management
• Business planning and reimbursement

Graduates from this program will be positioned to work in a large academic pediatric orthopedic practice and will be equipped to lead departmental and institutional efforts related to biomedical development, research, and surgical innovation.

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Pre-requisite training: MD, DO, MBBS or equivalent. Candidates will have completed orthopedic surgery residency and pediatric orthopedic surgery fellowship. PGY3+ candidates interested in incorporating an innovation gap-year experience into their orthopedic surgery residency may also be considered. US candidates are required to have an Ohio Training or Full License. Foreign candidates are required to have an ECFMG certificate, appropriate visa, and a Limited Permit to practice medicine in the state of Ohio.

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