The Adult Reconstruction Fellowship at Ortho Northeast is a comprehensive educational experience designed to produce top-tier joint replacement surgeons.
This is truly a fellow-centered program. Importantly, the logistics of care for arthroplasty patients is not dependent upon the fellow, but rather the attending surgeons, advanced practitioners, nursing, and supportive staff. This allows the fellow to focus on the educational components of clinical care to optimize their experience.
Adult Reconstruction Fellowship:
The Adult Reconstruction Fellowship at Parkview Ortho Hospital is staffed by surgeons from Orthopedic Northeast. The Parkview Ortho Hospital is a high-volume, partially physician-owned facility where all staff, from surgical techs, nurses, radiology techs, PT/OT, and anesthesia, focus solely on orthopaedics. The fellowship experience is primarily located at the Parkview Regional Medical Center (PRMC) campus, which is on the north side of Fort Wayne, IN. PRMC is the largest health system in Northern Indiana and Parkview Health is the largest employer in Northern IN. Parkview Regional Medical Center is a rapidly growing health system, a level II trauma center, and the tertiary orthopaedic center for northern Indiana, northwest OH, and southwestern Michigan. The Parkview Ortho Hospital prides itself on exceptional quality, efficiency, and an inclusive culture.
Clinical experience:
The fellowship experience is guided by fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeons at Orthopaedics Northeast and is designed to be a high-volume clinical experience with meaningful opportunities for research. A multitude of vendors are utilized, exposing fellows to a wide spectrum of implant options.
Primary knee arthroplasty:
Arthroscopy and joint preservation, mechanical alignment, kinematic/anatomic alignment, navigation, robotic-assisted arthroplasty, outpatient joint replacement, and unicompartmental arthroplasty.
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Revision knee arthroplasty:
The high volume of revision knee cases, from standard revisions to complex revisions, including peri-prosthetic joint infection, periprosthetic fractures, limb-salvage cases, extensor mechanism reconstruction, and megaprosthesis.
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Primary hip arthroplasty:
Hip arthroscopy and joint preservation, Posterior approach, anterolateral/lateral approach, direct anterior approach, navigation-assisted arthroplasty, outpatient joint replacement.
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Revision hip arthroplasty:
The high volume of revision hip cases, from standard revisions to complex revisions including peri-prosthetic joint infection, periprosthetic fracture, limb-salvage cases, megaprosthesis, and custom implants/triflanges.
Fellows gain extensive experience managing complex reconstructive problems — including severe bone loss, pelvic discontinuity, periprosthetic fractures, prosthetic joint infection, instability, and custom implant reconstruction. Through collaboration within a regional tertiary referral center, fellows also participate in selected cases involving massive bone loss, megaprosthetic reconstruction, limb salvage, and complex reconstruction associated with musculoskeletal tumors and other "disasterplasty" cases when appropriate. Although the fellowship is not an orthopedic oncology fellowship, these experiences broaden fellows' exposure to some of the most technically demanding reconstructive procedures in orthopedics and translate directly to complex revision arthroplasty.
3,400+
hip & knee procedures performed annually across the practice
~ 900
operative cases per fellow,
per year
~ 1/3
of each fellow's caseload is revision arthroplasty
Facilities:
Fellows gain experience across a variety of surgical settings — tertiary referral hospitals, community hospitals, and ambulatory surgery centers — while participating in both inpatient and outpatient joint replacement programs. This exposure provides valuable insight into efficiency, patient selection, perioperative optimization, enhanced recovery pathways, and same-day discharge protocols, preparing fellows for a wide variety of future practice environments.
A majority of the surgical experience will be at the Parkview Ortho Hospital (POH), Parkview Regional Medical Center (PRMC), and an outpatient ASC. POH is an efficient orthopaedic surgical hospital focused solely on orthopaedics. Parkview Regional Medical Center’s operating room is generally utilized for more complex cases. Parkview SurgeryONE is an outpatient ASC focused solely on orthopaedics where the fellow will get exposed to outpatient total joint arthroplasty. Office experience is focused at the Orthopaedics Northeast North office on the main campus of PRMC.
Technology and Innovation:
Fellows gain hands-on experience with the latest advances in reconstructive technology, including robotic-assisted surgery, computer-assisted navigation, advanced preoperative planning, three-dimensional imaging and modeling, patient-specific instrumentation, custom implant design, and additive manufacturing. These tools are incorporated into routine clinical practice, giving fellows experience with modern technology across the full spectrum of primary and complex reconstructive procedures.
Research:
Research is one of the fellowship's greatest strengths. Fellows work closely with the Ortho Northeast Research Institute, providing access to a multidisciplinary research environment supported by orthopedic surgeons, research coordinators, research scientists, and a dedicated health systems informatics team.
Fellows have opportunities to participate in investigator-initiated studies, prospective clinical trials, national registries, outcomes research, quality improvement initiatives, artificial intelligence projects, and collaborations with both academic institutions and industry partners — including access to the AAOS joint registry and the Mirro Center for Research and Innovation for research and simulation lab work. Research is integrated throughout the fellowship year, and fellows are expected to complete at least two projects for publication annually, with opportunities to present at regional and national meetings.
Learn more about the Ortho Northeast Research Institute →
Education:
The fellow is given dedicated time for research and administrative work, including monthly joint conferences and journal club. The fellow is expected to attend AAHKS annual meeting. The fellow will attend AAHKS and the AAOS specialty day, and will have access to unique training and cadaver labs given proximity to DePuy and ZimmerBiomet headquarters. Graduates will be expected to become members of AAHKS.
Accreditation:
Fellows:
Dr. Shawn Rahman
2026-2027
Dr. Cory Gall
2026-2027
Alumni:
Dr. Roy Small
2024-2025
Dr. Ben Koerner
2025-2026
Core Staff:
Dr. Johnson
Co-Director
Dr. Lynch
Co-Director
Dr. Danias
Trauma Surgeon
Dr. Heisler
Trauma Surgeon
Dr. Lee
Sports Medicine Surgeon
Dr. Small
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgeon
Why Choose Ortho Northeast
The Ortho Northeast Adult Reconstruction Fellowship combines exceptional operative volume, extensive revision experience, exposure to complex reconstruction, advanced technology, a robust research infrastructure, diverse clinical practice settings, and close faculty mentorship within a collaborative and supportive culture.
Graduates leave the program with the confidence and experience to manage the full spectrum of adult reconstruction — from routine primary arthroplasty to some of the most complex revision and reconstructive cases encountered in modern orthopedic practice.