
University Health is the “home base” of the residency program. It is a city-county type of hospital with 247 acute care beds, 44 ICU beds and a NICU with 24 bassinets. It has an average daily census 131.5 acute patients and 21.7 newborns. The hospital has 49,645 Emergency Department visits, 280,345 outpatient visits and performs 4,274 surgeries a year. Designated a Level I Trauma Center by the State of Missouri, a large volume of the operative experience at this hospital is trauma-related. There are currently five full time orthopaedic staff at this institution. Surgery and clinics are scheduled five days a week. Six orthopaedic residents are assigned here at all times. The staff members are:
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Akin Cil, M.D.
Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rex L. Diveley Endowed Chair,
Department(s) of Orthopaedic Surgery
University Health - UMKC Health Sciences District
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Jonathan Dubin, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department(s) of Orthopaedic Surgery
University Health - UMKC Health Sciences District
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Christopher M. Shaw, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Director of Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellowship
Department(s) of Orthopaedic Surgery
University Health - UMKC Health Sciences District
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Amelia Sorensen, M.D.
Associate Professor, Chief of Hand Surgery University Health, Program Director Orthopedic Residency
Department(s) of Orthopaedic Surgery
University Health - UMKC Health Sciences District
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Ryan W. Swope, D.O.
Assistant Professor,
Department(s) of Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstruction Department
University Health