What are the responsibilities and job description for the Arthroplasty Research Fellow position at Massachusetts General Hospital?
2026-2027 Harvard Massachusetts General Hospital Orthopedic
Surgery Arthroplasty Research Year Fellowship
Massachusetts General Hospital Orthopedic Surgery Adult Reconstruction Research
Fellowship (1 year)
Position: Orthopedic Surgery Adult Reconstruction (Arthroplasty) Research Fellow
Principal Investigators: Dr. Hany Bedair (Chief, Hip and Knee Replacement Service, MGH;
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School) & Dr. Christopher Melnic (Director, Adult
Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship Program MGH; Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical
School)
Positions: 2
Duration: 1 year
When: June 2026 - June 2027 (flexible)
Who: US medical students between M3 and M4 interested in Orthopedic Surgery. Only USA
students will be considered (we are unable to support visa requirements)
Where: Massachusetts General Hospital and Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Department of
Orthopedics
Salary: Paid
Dr. Bedair and Dr. Melnic are seeking applications from highly motivated and highly
organized medical students interested in orthopedic surgery residency for a twelve-month
research fellowship between their third and fourth years of medical school. Dr. Bedair and
Dr. Melnic are faculty of the renowned Arthroplasty Division at Massachusetts General
Hospital (MGH), Boston, MA.
The most recently matched alumnus of this research year fellowship is a current
orthopedic surgery resident at Mayo Clinic. Other recent alumni of the fellowship have
matched at UCLA, University of Pennsylvania, and Rutgers.
Research fellows will work closely with residents, fellows, and faculty at MGH. During this
one-year research period, fellows will have research access to multi-institutional
arthroplasty registries of clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness data. They will design
and coordinate research projects, collect and analyze data, and write arthroplasty
manuscripts. Most recent students will be authors on 15 manuscripts, several as first
author, as well as poster and podium presentations at international orthopedic conferences
such as AAOS & AAHKS.
Dr. Bedair and Dr. Melnic will be hiring two medical students for this 2026-2027 Research
Fellowship. The two medical students will work in conjunction and collaborate together.
Qualities of Ideal Candidates Would Include:
• Proficiency with Statistical Analysis (R, SPSS, other)
• Experience with Clinical Outcomes Research
• Familiarity with SQL Coding
• Experience with manuscript writing
Current Areas of Active Research:
• Total Joint Arthroplasty Costs & Cost-Effectiveness
• Value-Based Health Care
• Patient-Reported Outcome Measures
• Minimal Clinically Important Difference (MCID)
• Time to Minimal Clinically Important Difference
• Patient Acceptable Symptom State
• Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty
• Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty
Interested candidates should send the following to the current research fellows, Donnell
Williams and Rohan Singh, at dwilliams55@mgh.harvard.edu and
rsingh26@mgh.harvard.edu:
Subject line: 2026-2027 MGH Research Fellowship - Last Name, First Name
1. CV
2. USMLE Step I/II Score Report (Step II if available)
3. Brief Cover Letter detailing interest in the position
4. Reference Letter
5. Preferred start date
Applicants are reviewed on a rolling basis.