Education

Shriners Hospitals for Children® is proud of its efforts to provide ongoing education for medical professionals, and is committed to sharing our knowledge with the worldwide medical community. In addition to residency education and postgraduate fellowships in our care specialties for physicians, our hospitals offer a variety of training programs for nurses, social workers, therapists, prosthetists and radiologists. All of our Shriners Hospitals for Children regularly host educational conferences or seminars, and staff members often give presentations at national and international educational events.

Shriners Hospitals for Children® is proud to maintain relationships with more than 60 medical teaching facilities. This academic foundation is reflected in the many university appointments of our current staff who share their expertise with tomorrow’s doctors, nurses and therapists through our various educational programs.

Our orthopaedic specialty hospitals have affiliations with universities that include:

• Boston – Harvard Medical School
• Canada – McGill University and University of Montreal
• Chicago – Rush Medical College and Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
• Cincinnati – University of Cincinnati
• Greenville – Duke University Medical Center
• Honolulu – University of Hawaii
• Houston – University of Texas Health Science Center and Baylor College of Medicine
• Lexington – University of Kentucky
• Los Angeles – University of California at Los Angeles and University of Southern California
• Northern California – University of California at Davis
• Philadelphia – Temple University Medical School
• Portland – Oregon Health Science University
• St. Louis – Washington University
• Salt Lake City – University of Utah
• Shreveport – Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
• Springfield – Boston University, Albany Medical Center
• Tampa – University of South Florida
• Twin Cities – University of Minnesota