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Please note: 
This program is participating in the Universal Interview Offer Day recommended by the AOA's Council of Orthopaedic Residency Directors (CORD).  The Universal Interview Offer Day for the 2025 - 2026 Orthopaedic Residency Match process will be on Monday, November 17, 2025 at 12:00 pm ET.

CORD Interview Offer Day

  • We will send Interview offers according to CORD recommendations.
  • We will only offer as many interview spots as we have available.
  • Each applicant will then have 48 hours to respond to the invitation.
  • If an applicant declines an interview or there is no response in the designated time frame, we may extend an invitation to another applicant.
  • There will be no set timeline for the second or any subsequent waves of interview offers.
  • All questions regarding interview offers should be directed to our Program Coordinator, Melissa A. Trimble, C-TAGME.

Email: Melissa-Trimble@ou.edu
Phone: 405-271-5964

Residency Application Information

Interview Dates: - All interviews will be in-person
Wednesday, December 10, 2025 
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Thursday, January 29, 2026

How to Apply
Deadline for submitting Videos and Letters of Interest: October 17, 2025, 11:59 pm Central Time.

Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS): We use ERAS for the NRMP match process. An Applicant Information Sheet is available to explain how it works at www.aamc.org/eras

Application Requirements:
We require the following documents, most of which can be transmitted to us by ERAS after you supply them to your Dean's Office:

1. Completed ERAS Application
2. Personal Statement (via ERAS)
3. Medical School Transcript (via ERAS)
4. Dean's Letter (MSPE) (via ERAS)
5. Three (3) or more Letters of Recommendation (via ERAS)
6. High-Resolution Photograph (via ERAS)
7. USMLE Transcript and/or COMLEX Transcript (via ERAS) We require a complete and official transcript from NBME.
8. ECFMG Status Report (foreign medical graduates only) (via ERAS)
9. Medical School Transcript: If you have already graduated from medical school, your transcript should include the entire fourth year.
10. Recommendation Letters: A letter from orthopedic faculty with whom you have worked at your school will carry the most weight and is recommended. Following that, in descending order of preference, letters from other orthopedic faculty, other medical school faculty, practicing orthopedic surgeons, and other physicians who are familiar with you.

Additional Information: We receive approximately 500 - 600 completed applications through ERAS each year. Our Screening Committee reviews these applications, and approximately 60 applicants are invited to interview on 3 selected days in late December and/or early January. Most applicants invited to interview are well-rounded individuals who are in the upper one-third of their class and have high board scores. Many are members of the AOA and the Gold Humanism Society. We typically do not contact applicants about documents that are missing from their files. Any file that is not complete by the deadline will not be reviewed in the screening process.

Residency Program Agreement Sample
Resident Eligibility and Selection Sample

In addition to the documents listed above, we encourage all applicants to submit a separate OU Letter of Interest and/or a brief video (see below). This allows our team of reviewers to evaluate your interest in our program and in living in Oklahoma. While your application will be considered complete without this submission, the information provided is very valuable to the review process.

Supplemental letter of interest

Deadline to submit, October 17, 2025

Submit your Letter of Interest to Melissa-Trimble@ou.edu, write a brief personal letter of interest to be reviewed by the Residency Selection Committee. Your statement should include the following information:

  • A summary about yourself.
  • A description of your short and long-term goals.
  • Any involvement or ties you may have to the State of Oklahoma or the surrounding region, and/or a brief explanation of why you believe you would do well living and training in Oklahoma for five years.
  • Your medical school class standing. This includes estimated class standing, such as quartiles, quintiles, etc.
  • An accounting for any breaks in your education greater than three months since high school.

Supplemental video of interest

Deadline to submit, October 17, 2025

Submit your Interest Video to Melissa-Trimble@ou.edu. Send us a brief personal video to be reviewed by the Residency Selection Committee.  The video may be submitted by email, YouTube/vimeo link, etc.  If you have difficulty submitted your video please contact us.  Your video should include the following:

  • A brief summary about yourself.
  • A description of your short and long-term goals.
  • Any involvement or ties you may have to the State of Oklahoma or the surrounding region, and/or a brief explanation of why you believe you would do well living and training in Oklahoma for five years.

Residency Program Coordinator
Melissa Trimble, C-TAGME
Email: Melissa-Trimble@ou.edu
Phone: 405-271-5964