Additional information Our mission For further information about the Swedish • Develop highly skilled surgeons who specialize in comprehensive foot and Foot & Ankle Surgery and Medicine Swedish Foot & Ankle ankle care Program with Reconstructive Rearfoot/ Ankle Surgery or Externship Program, Surgery and Medicine • Foster and develop a robust foundation for academic and clinical leadership in please contact: Program with the podiatric community Swedish Foot & Ankle Surgery and Reconstructive Rearfoot/ Medicine Program with Reconstructive The program Rearfoot/Ankle Surgery Ankle Surgery Swedish Foot & Ankle Surgery and Medicine Podiatry Residency A three-year program emphasizing Program with Reconstructive Rearfoot/ 500 17th Ave. reconstructive foot and ankle surgery Ankle Surgery is a three-year program in foot Seattle, WA 98122 and traumatology and ankle medicine and surgery, including T 206-215-2221 extensive training in reconstruction of the E [email protected] rearfoot and ankle. It has been developed www.swedish.org/podiatryresidency with special emphasis on a multidisciplinary approach to lower-extremity disorders. The program is accredited by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education as a Podiatric Medicine & Surgery Residency with added reconstructive rearfoot/ankle surgery credential (PMSR/RRA). Two residents are selected each year. Swedish Foot & Ankle Surgery Due to our strong emphasis on and Medicine Program reconstructive rearfoot and ankle surgery, with Reconstructive our residents achieve well over the CPME required numbers to graduate. Rearfoot/Ankle Surgery SWEDISH FOOT & ANKLE SURGERY AND MEDICINE PROGRAM WITH RECONSTRUCTIVE REARFOOT/ANKLE SURGERY Application through CASPR™ required We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability in our health programs and activities. © 2017 SWEDISH HEALTH SERVICES. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PSRP-04-04421 REV 7/17 Rotations An emphasis on research Externship program Year I The residency holds a strong commitment Podiatric medical students are invited for a one- to research with regard to the biomechanics • Foot and Ankle Surgery month clinical rotation. Students will be in the of foot and ankle surgery. Each resident is operating room on a daily basis. This allows the • Sports Medicine/Biomechanics required to complete one research project in student first-hand exposure to instrumentation • Research Development and Publication their first two years and an additional project and close observation of surgeries. • Anesthesiology/Pain Management in their third year. Externs participate in cadaver dissections • Vascular Surgery The renowned Northwest Podiatric Foundation as well as numerous lectures and discussions • Family Medicine Surgical Biomechanics Research Laboratory, given by the residents and core faculty. • Microneurovascular Surgery directed by Jeffrey Christensen, D.P.M., They are required to present a formal scientific The curriculum • Wound Management and Clinic focuses primarily on prospective studies of lecture to the faculty in addition The program emphasizes a rigorous academic • Pathology foot and ankle mechanics. The laboratory is to the presentation of a case observed during located at Swedish Medical Center, and is curriculum with unparalleled surgical volume • Radiology their rotation. and training. Each resident logs well over 1,400 funded by both the International Foot & Ankle • Infectious Disease procedures upon completion of their training. Foundation and the WALDO Foundation. It has Residents lecture daily to visiting students and Year II received significant acclaim over the years with are required to present at state and national the publication of numerous award-winning • Foot and Ankle Surgery meetings. Weekly Grand Rounds, monthly papers. Stryker Endoscopy has donated a full • Podiatric Clinic Journal Clubs, and Chapter Reviews are well- complement of arthroscopy equipment to the attended by physicians on staff. • Trauma Surgery/General Surgery research lab, allowing for arthroscopic research • Emergency Medicine and education in surgical technique using Residents attend courses, including micro- • Plastic Surgery/Burn Surgery cadavers. neurovascular surgery, AAFAO fixation, and arthroscopy (for which funding is provided by • Research Development and Publication Our alumni go on to achieve certification in both Swedish, the Waldo Medical Foundation and • Radiology Forefoot and Reconstructive Rearfoot/Ankle the International Foot & Ankle Foundation). • Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery and Clinic Surgery with the American Board of Podiatric Surgery and continue in the academic realm, Specialty rotations take place at renown nearby Year III as leaders in podiatric medicine nationally and hospitals, including Harborview Medical Center • Foot and Ankle Surgery internationally. (Level 1 regional trauma and burn referral • Podiatric Clinic center for Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho) and Virginia Mason Medical Center. The • Behavioral Science program maintains a unique collaboration with • Rheumatology Clinic orthopedic surgeons specialized in foot and • Sports Medicine Clinic and Surgery ankle care, vascular surgeons and other • Research Development and Publication specialties. • Orthopedic Surgery and Clinic.