DMC/Providence Hospital Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program

The Detroit Medical Center (DMC)/Providence Hospital Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program is unique in its structure as well as its vision and mission. We have only one mission - quality education of Orthopaedic residents. Our vision is accomplishing the mission through a structure that utilizes the resources of two large health care institutions/systems in a partnership designed to get the best from both.

The program receives its primary direction from Residency Program Chairman, David Markel, M.D., and Residency Program Director, Ralph Blasier, M.D., J.D. They both are part of the Orthopaedic Research and Education committee that comprises the primary faculty leadership, including also: Dr. Richard Reynolds (Children’s Hospital of Michigan), Dr. Rahul Vaidya (Detroit Receiving Hospital), Dr. Stephen Lemos (DMC Surgery Hospital/Sports), and Dr. Jefferey Michaelson (Providence Hospital/Sports).

The financial oversight and institutional direction is provided through a 501c3 non-profit educational entity: North and West Detroit Orthopaedic Residency Program, Inc. Dr. Markel serves as Chairman of this corporation whose membership comprises the faculty leadership plus the Chief Financial Officer of the DMC (Benjamin Carter), the President of the DMC Surgery Hospital (Mike Lacusta), and the Vice President for Surgical Services for Providence Hospital (John O’Malley). These groups were created to insure a stable environment for funding resident education and research.