Academic Visitors Program

The mission of the Academic Visitors Program is to provide domestic and international physicians, undergraduate/graduate school students, allied health care professionals  and medical school students the opportunity to visit HSS and faculty to increase one’s knowledge in a specific specialty. The HSS Academic Visitors Program is a non-accredited program. Academic Visitors will have the oppportunity to:

• Network with top-tier professionals in the field of musculoskeletal health
• Observe modern operating room technology and state-of-the-art patient care settings
• Attend a variety of on-site professional education activities, including:
  
  
  • Grand Rounds/Journal Clubs
    • Anesthesiology • Hand •Metabolic Bone  
    • Pediatric Orthopedics • Perioperative Medicine
    • Physiatry • Radiology & Imaging • Rheumatology • Spine
    
  • Visiting Professor Lecture Series
    
  • Department Meetings
    
  • Access to Educational Materials
    Kim Barrett Memorial Medical Library
    Open to all Visitors from 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday for the following uses:
    • Email • Research • Photocopy • Computer/workstation
    • CDs • DVDs •Periodicals • Journals

Visitors Program Fee Schedule

There is a non-refundable fee of $300.00 USD per visitor, per visit for all MDs and DOs.

There is a non-refundable fee of $1,000.00 USD per visitor, per visit for all MDs and DOs sponsored by industry/vendor.

**Please note, if you are a student in either medical school or any allied healthcare provider program you are exempt from this fee. Proof of student status is required.

For more information about the Academic Visitors Program, please contact:

Anne Foodim
Program Coordinator
Academic Vistors Program, Education Division
Hospital for Special Surgery
Tel: 212.774.2110
Fax: 212.734.3833
Email: foodima@hss.edu