Recent Graduates

Columbia Orthopedics residency graduates consistently secure positions around the country in competitive fellowships across all specialties

Class of 2023

  • Venkat R. Boddapati, MD

    • Spine Surgery Fellowship, Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS)

  • Michael B. Held, MD, MBA

    • Joint Replacement Fellowship, Rothman Orthopaedics

  • Nathan J. Lee, MD

    • Adult and Pediatric Comprehensive Spine Fellowship, Columbia & NYP Och Spine Hospital

  • Justin Mathew, MD

    • Spine Fellowship, Norton Leatherman

  • Joel R. Peterson, MD

    • Shoulder & Elbow Fellowship, Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS)

  • Liana J. Tedesco, MD

    • Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery Fellowship, NYU Langone Health

 

Class of 2022

  • Sports Medicine Fellowship, Stanford University
  • Sports Medicine Fellowship, Steadman Philippon Research Institute
  • Sports Medicine Fellowship, OrthoCarolina
  • Orthopaedic Traumatology Fellowship, UW Medicine - Harborview
  • Hand/Upper Extremity Fellowship, Harvard University 
  • Adult Joint Reconstruction Fellowship, OrthoCarolina

Class of 2021

  • Sports Medicine & Shoulder Surgery Fellowship, UCSF (2)
  • Adult Reconstruction Fellowship, OrthoCarolina
  • Spine Fellowship, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • Adult Reconstruction Fellowship, Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS)
  • Sports Medicine Fellowship, Rush University

Class of 2020

  • Orthopedic Trauma Fellowship, Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS)
  • Sports Medicine Fellowship, Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS)
  • Comprehensive Spine Fellowship, Columbia & NYP Och Spine Hospital
  • Musculoskeletal Oncology Fellowship, University of Florida Department Of Orthopaedic Surgery, Division of Orthopaedic Oncology
  • Hand Fellowship, New York University Division of Hand Surgery

Class of 2019

  • Sports Medicine Fellowship, Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute
  • Adult Reconstruction Fellowship, Rothman Institute
  • Comprehensive Spine Fellowship, NewYork-Presbyterian Och Spine Hospital, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • Hand/Upper Extremity Fellowship, Boston Children’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • Sports Medicine Fellowship, Duke University Sports Sciences Institute
  • Pediatric Orthopedic Fellowship, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Class of 2018

  • Adult Reconstruction – NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • Spine – NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • Pediatric Orthopedics – A.I. duPont Hospital for Children
  • Pediatric Orthopedics – Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
  • Spine – Leatherman Spine Institute
  • Sports Medicine & Shoulder/Elbow – OrthoCarolina

Class of 2017

  • Sports – Washington University
  • Sports – University of Connecticut
  • Hand – New York University
  • Spine – Leatherman Spine Institute
  • Spine - Columbia University Spine Hospital

Class of 2016

  • Sports – Carolinas Medical Center
  • Spine – New York University (NYU)
  • Spine – Rush University
  • Adult Reconstruction – Rothman Institute, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
  • Hand and Upper Extremity - Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH)
  • Peds – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)

Class of 2015

  • Sports - Rush University
  • Peds - A.I. duPont Hospital for Children
  • Spine - New York University
  • Spine - Leatherman Spine Institute
  • Spine - UCSF
  • Trauma - Carolinas Medical Center

Class of 2014

  • Sports - Kerlan-Jobe
  • Sports - Hospital for Special Surgery/Boston Children's Pediatric Sports Medicine
  • Sports - Stanford
  • Sports - Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Shoulder and Elbow Surgery - Mount Sinai Hospital
  • Hand - Tufts Medical Center

Class of 2013

  • Sports - Kerlan-Jobe
  • Sports - Kerlan-Jobe
  • Sports - University of Pittsburgh
  • Hip and Knee - Hospital for Special Surgery
  • Pediatrics - Boston Children's Hospital
  • Hand - University of Utah

Class of 2012

  • Hand – University of Michigan
  • Sports – Kerlan-Jobe
  • Sports – Boston University
  • Trauma – Denver University
  • Spine – Rush
  • Shoulder and Elbow – Thomas Jefferson

Class of 2011

  • Spine – NYU
  • Foot and Ankle – OrthoCarolina
  • Shoulder and Elbow – Wash U
  • Hand – Mayo Clinic
  • Trauma – HSS
  • Spine- Thomas Jefferson

Class of 2010

  • Sports –Steadman Philippon
  • Sports – Hospital for Special Surgery
  • Foot and Ankle – Hospital for Special Surgery
  • Spine – Wash U
  • Spine – Rush University, Chicago
  • Spine – The Spine Institute, Santa Monica CA

Class of 2009

  • Sports – Kerlan-Jobe
  • Spine – Wash U
  • Trauma – Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore MD
  • Deformity – Sinai Hospital, Baltimore MD; Tumor – Sloane Kettering
  • Peds – L.A. Children’s Hospital, Peds Sports – Boston Children’s
  • Hip and Knee – Hospital for Special Surgery