Applying to Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Training Program
Residents are selected for appointment at the PGY1 level through the National Resident Matching Program. Resident applications are submitted through theERAS Program. Necessary information required of all applicants for consideration in the selection process include United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) scores, a Dean’s letter and three letters of recommendation.
Selection of an applicant is based on their preparedness, ability, aptitude, academic credentials, communication skills, and personal qualities such as motivation and integrity. Interviews take place the first weekend of January (Friday/Saturday). We encourage applicants to apply by November 1st.
The Harbor-UCLA Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Training Program is proud of the diversity of backgrounds of its resident complement—reflective of the national diversity, and in particular, the “melting pot” composition of California.
The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery does not discriminate with regard to sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status.
For more information, please contact the Harbor-UCLA Orthopaedic Residency Training Program:
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
1000 W. Carson Street, Box 422
Torrance, California 90509
Residency Program Coordinator:
Contact: Christina Sanchez
(e) csanchez4@dhs.lacounty.gov
(p) 424-306-7874
Applying for a Visiting Sub-internship Rotation in Orthopaedic Surgery
To perform a visiting rotation at Harbor-UCLA Orthopaedics, interested 4th year medical students would need to apply through the Visiting Student Learning Opportunities (VSLO) site:
Other relevant application information and important dates can be found on the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) website: https://medschool.ucla.edu/education/md-education/visiting-students/us-students
Additional Information for everyone:
-Clerkships are 3 weeks long. We typically have 1- 4 students at a time.
-Clerkship rotation dates are preset by UCLA DGSOM.
-Most clerkships occur between May-December for us.
-Harbor is one of UCLA DGSOM’s sites so UCLA medical students get first choice when choosing clerkship dates.
-Once UCLA students choose their clerkships, the remaining dates are available for the rest of the medical students throughout the U.S.
-As a side note, we can only accept international students that are on the pre-approved list provided by UCLA. This usually requires the student’s medical school to already have an agreement with UCLA as one of their sites.
Course #: OS-OS450.03Elective Location: HARBOR
This is what our clerkship information looks like on VSLO:
Please contact our department coordinators with any questions. We are looking forward to hosting you on your rotation!