The University of California Irvine, College of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, is a five-year program with four intern positions available each year. Applicants are only selected through ERAS (Electronic Residency Application Service) and all applicants/candidates are selected only through the NRMP (National Resident Match Program). The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery program is designed to provide the Orthopaedic Surgery resident an in-depth experience in operative and non-operative management of common as well as sophisticated and tertiary Orthopaedic problems. Emphasis is placed on spinal deformity, trauma, and degenerative diseases along with an in-depth experience in sports and athletic medicine, arthroscopic procedures, sophisticated ligamentous reconstructions, shoulder and hand reconstructive surgery, and joint replacement arthroplasty of the hip, knee, and shoulder. Thorough participation in ongoing clinics, programs, lectures, conferences, supervised patient care, and in-depth surgical experience should provide interested and attentive Orthopaedic residents with sufficient experience to manage a wide range of diseases and afflictions of the musculoskeletal system. The program's teaching hospitals include UCI Medical Center, LBVAMC, Children's Hospital of Orange County, Rancho Los Amigos Hospital in Downey, and Kaiser Permanente.