Here are five notes:
1. The accredited residency program will train surgeons in bone and joint health.
2. Sanford and UND plan to launch the program, which has a budget of $2 million annually, in the summer of 2018.
3. Initially, it will hold three slots annually for five years, growing to a total of 15 residents.
4. Bruce Piatt, MD, a Sanford orthopedic surgeon, will serve as the residency program’s director.
5. An endowment fund will sustain the program.
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