Medical students researching orthopedic surgery residencies tallied more than 47,000 views on the American Medical Association’s FREIDA database in 2024, with student interest concentrated in a new set of programs compared to recent years.
Here are the 10 most-viewed orthopedic surgery residency programs, based on identified medical student activity on FREIDA from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2025, per the AMA’s rankings updated Feb. 26, 2026:
- NYU Grossman School of Medicine/NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital (New York City)
- Broward Health (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
- University of Colorado (Aurora)
- Kettering (Ohio) Health Network
- Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester, Minn.)
- Duke University Hospital (Durham, N.C.)
- Hospital for Special Surgery/Cornell Medical Center (New York City)
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation/South Pointe Hospital (Warrensville Heights, Ohio)
- University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (Los Angeles)
- Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School (Boston)
The list reflects medical student research interest, not formal program rankings and looks notably different from Doximity’s 2025-2026 Residency Navigator, which ranks Hospital for Special Surgery/Cornell Medical Center, Mayo Clinic, NYU Grossman and Washington University in St. Louis as the top four programs by reputation.
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