The Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons is committed to providing world-class training to the next generation of orthopedic surgeons — and the opportunity for you to become involved in groundbreaking research. The Orthopedics Research Group is a recognized leader in many areas of orthopedic research. In affiliation with the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, the International Center for Health Outcomes & Innovation Research (InCHOIR), and the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, our vision is to improve musculoskeletal health through excellent clinical evaluative research and to gain national and international prominence in this endeavor. The mission of the Orthopedic Research Group is (a) to perform quality clinical research. (b) to improve the quality of clinical care by developing new analytical methods for evaluating medical treatments and applying these methods to innovate approaches to patient care, (c) to promote advancement of health outcomes in research, (d) to educate all levels of health care provides in health sciences research. (d) to investigate and disseminate the health policy implications of our research findings and to use these data to empower pediatric health policy advocates. In particular, our group maintains the following research objectives: To design new innovative research projects that promote innovation, public policy, and clinical exposure; To streamline the process of clinical research by modifying and standardizing routine data collection that will incorporate quality of life (QOL) questionnaire into clinical practice and enable every parent and/or child to complete the questionnaire; To strengthen and expand high quality, interdisciplinary, clinical evaluative and policy research at the Health Sciences Campus of Columbia University; To develop a clinical research curriculum; To investigate and disseminate the health policy implications of our research findings and to use these data to empower health policy advocates.