Why Choose The Western Pennsylvania Hospital for Your Residency Training in Foot and Ankle Surgery?

The Western Pennsylvania Hospital has a history of firsts: the first public hospital chartered in Pittsburgh (1848), sponsor of the first medical college in western Pennsylvania (1883), and now, the first tertiary care hospital in the region to offer a podiatric residency training program.

In affiliation with Temple University School of Medicine, the Hospital offers a full range of medical education opportunities, including a large number of residency and fellowship programs and a 3-year Foot and Ankle Surgical Residency Program.

Mission of Foot & Ankle Residency Training Program at The Western Pennsylvania Hospital

The mission of The Western Pennsylvania Hospital Foot & Ankle Surgery Training Program is to foster, promote, support, augment, develop, and encourage investigative knowledge of the medical and surgical care of the foot and ankle in children, adults, and the elderly. It is the goal of The Western Pennsylvania Hospital Foot and Ankle Training Program to provide a sound academic and clinical educational foundation for all podiatric residents matriculating at The Western Pennsylvania Hospital. The Western Pennsylvania Hospital Foot and Ankle Residency Training Program has been developed with special emphasis on an interdisciplinary approach to lower extremity disorders.

The second goal of The Western Pennsylvania Hospital Foot and Ankle Residency Training Program is to provide practitioners who have a dedicated interest in foot and ankle disorders with exposure to new knowledge, skills, and techniques that can optimize patient care. Therefore, The Western Pennsylvania Hospital Foot and Ankle Residency Training Program will serve as an educational resource not only through residency training, but also to physicians, allied health professionals, and ancillary medical personnel. These goals are met through continuing medical education seminars, various types of symposia, abstract presentations, radiology reviews, weekly grand rounds, and various types of educational exhibits.

Foot and Ankle Surgical Residency Program

Up to five residents are selected each year to participate in the three-year Foot and Ankle Surgical Residency Program at The Western Pennsylvania Hospital. In addition to the curriculum activities listed below, residents will attend weekly grand rounds, annual seminars and courses. They will also be involved in laboratory and/or clinical research projects related to podiatric medicine and foot and ankle surgery.

Foot and Ankle Surgical Residency Program Curriculum Overview

Rotations include, but are not limited to:

Foot and Ankle Surgery/Podiatric Medicine
Anesthesiology
Dermatology
Emergency Medicine
Infectious Disease
Internal Medicine
Surgical Critical Care
Radiology
Research and Writing

Orthopedic Surgery
Plastic Surgery
Vascular Surgery
Burn Trauma Center

Foot and Ankle Surgical Residency Program Seminars/Outside Rotation

Rotations may include:

• American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Annual Seminar
• American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons Annual Meeting and Scientific Seminar
• American Orthopedic/ASIF instructional course

Foot and Ankle Surgical Residency Program Core Faculty
The following individuals, all members of The Western Pennsylvania Hospital's Department of Foot and Ankle Surgery, serve as core faculty for the Foot and Ankle Surgical Residency Program:

Robert W. Mendicino, DPM, FACFAS, Chair, Department of Foot & Ankle Surgery
Alan R. Catanzariti, DPM, FACFAS, Director, Foot and Ankle Residency Training Program
Karl Saltrick, DPM, FACFAS, Assistant Director, Foot and Ankle Residency Training Program