The fellowship in Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine provides training in the care of spinal diseases, which can be divided into five categories: core knowledge, clinical evaluation, operative management, postoperative care, and non-operative management.

The educational goals of the spinal surgery fellowship program are to:

1. Provide the educational environment needed to train a spine fellow in the evaluation, diagnosis, non-operative and operative treatment of spinal disorders in children and adults.
2. Educate the fellows to understand the ramifications of the decision-making process including understanding of complications of treatment and rehabilitation required to obtain an optimal result.
3. Provide an outpatient environment to each the fellow how to evaluate, manage, and follow patients in an outpatient setting.
4. Help the fellows to develop teaching skills in educating residents and medical students.
5. Help the fellows to amplify research skills in the clinical and laboratory settings. This helps the fellow to develop a more analytical approach to problem solving and prepares him/her to look critically at the literature.
6. Familiarize the fellows with outcome tools and the necessary programs to perform outcomes research.

Beaumont training has provided a stepping stone to both excellent practice opportunities and to positions at the nation's most prestigious medical centers.