Fletcher Allen, a Vermont university hospital and medical center, serves all of
Vermont and the northern New York region. Located in Burlington, Fletcher Allen is a regional, academic healthcare center and teaching hospital in alliance with the University of Vermont.
Welcome
Welcome to Orthopedics & Rehabilitation at Fletcher Allen and the University of Vermont College of Medicine.
Here, you will find the information you need regarding the clinical practices, academic endeavors, and residency program.
Our Department successfully fulfills the clinical, research, and educational mission of the academic medical center. Our full-time clinical faculty is comprised of subspecialists in the field of orthopedic surgery and in physiatry.
Research efforts of the Department have garnered many prestigious honors, as well as funding from the National Institutes of Health. The residency training program is highly sought after and produces well rounded orthopedic surgeons who enter academia or the private sector with equal facility.
We hope you take the time to explore our site.
Regards,
Claude E. Nichols, III, M.D.
Professor & Chair, Department of Orthopedics & Rehabilitation
Fletcher Allen/University of Vermont College of Medicine



