Orthopedic Surgery
Orthopedic surgeons are doctors who specialize in the musculoskeletal system - the bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, and muscles that are so essential to movement and everyday life. With more than 200 bones in the human body, it's an in-demand specialty. Dislocated joints. Hip or back pain.
Becoming an orthopedic surgeon is exceedingly difficult, and many medical students who apply for an orthopedic surgery residency do not get placed in that type of residency program. ... Moreover, orthopedic surgery faculty say that only the strongest medical students typically apply for an orthopedic surgery residency.