Education and Training

The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery offers a variety of educational opportunities, including daily conferences and weekly resident conferences featuring case presentations and faculty-directed conferences. Mortality and morbidity conferences and journal club are held monthly. Grand Rounds are held quarterly.

Conferences have been developed on a two-year curriculum to assure that all aspects of orthopaedic surgery are presented and are geared toward medical student, resident, and physician education.

Meet the Education & Training Team

News Highlights

Orthopaedic Surgery & Match Day 2025

We are so excited to welcome our incoming class of UT Southwestern Orthopaedic Surgery Residents ~ The Class of 2030!

Top left to right (name and match location): Vikram Aggarwal, UTSW; Vivian Li, UTSW; Jakara Morgan, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville. Bottom left to right: Shrey Nihalani, Florida International University, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine; Michael O'Connell, UTSW; Mikayla Roof, UTSW.

Of 222 UTSW graduates participating in Match Day this year, several received matches in Orthopaedic Surgery at UTSW, at other Texas schools, as well as opportunities in Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Washington. Congratulations!

Our Department Chair supports those in need...

Our Department Chair, Antonia Chen, M.D./M.B.A, traveled with Women Orthopedist Global Outreach (WOGO) on a mission trip to Tanzania. While in Tanzania, Dr. Chen and several WOGO surgeons provided life-changing joint replacement surgeries to those in need as well met with local surgeons and interacted with the community.

"The Return That Restores is more than a mission, it’s a homecoming. Eleven years after their first visit, WOGO returns to Tanzania, not just to heal, but to reconnect. For some, it’s a powerful reunion. For others, it’s a first glimpse into a purpose larger than themselves."