Education
Foot and Ankle Surgical Residency Program
Our Foot and Ankle Surgical Residency Training Program has been actively preparing the next generation of foot and ankle specialists since 1996. Our residents follow busy clinical, surgical, and research schedules and benefit from excellent training facilities and one-on-one mentoring with our faculty.
The mission of our Residency Training Program is to foster understanding and creativity with respect to all aspects of foot and ankle surgery. This is provided through provocative interaction with faculty and peers and is supported with a full-service educationally conducive environment in the clinics, at the bedside, in the operating room, and with research.
Our surgical, clinical and research programs are coordinated to provide a personalized training experience. Our primary goal is to create the finest foot and ankle surgeon possible and prepare our residents to assume leadership positions in virtually any capacity within our profession.
Upon graduation our residents are highly sought after and aggressively pursued for employment. They are invariably presented with a variety of practice and teaching opportunities. Graduates from our training program serve as directors and chiefs of clinical foot and ankle programs and research departments. They are involved in residency training and serve as faculty at the various podiatric medical colleges.
Clinical Exposure
Our Program embraces total care of the foot and ankle. We manage a broad variety of diseases and deformities of the adult and child’s forefoot, hindfoot, and ankle with respect to diabetes, trauma, sports, arthritis, and various areas of reconstructive procedures.
The residents benefit from working in our patient clinic with one-on-one teaching. We also maintain a state-of-the-art wet lab within The Western Pennsylvania Hospital. We have a dedicated residency coordinator, research nurse, and administrative team to support the resident’s endeavors.
The residents participate in over 5000 foot and ankle surgical procedures annually, including virtually every aspect of foot and ankle reconstruction.
Our residents can expect to have an extensive surgical and clinical exposure to a wide range of conditions reflecting the entire spectrum of foot and ankle problems, including congenital, traumatic, and general disorders. Our Foot and Ankle Institute serves as a tertiary referral center for complex foot and ankle pathology. This includes a large number of revisional cases referred from the tri-state region. Our referrals come primarily from Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and New York. However, we also get referrals from eastern seaboard states. Standard and complex reconstructions for first ray problems, forefoot / midfoot / hindfoot and ankle deformities, arthritis, sports conditions, acute/chronic trauma, Charcot-related disorders, nerve injuries, and tendinopathy are commonly treated.
Research
Research is also a highlight of our Residency Training Program. The clinical staff is complemented by a research staff, including a dedicated research nurse, a supportive Institutional Review Board, and administrative support to provide a rewarding research experience.
