Under the direction of John E. Femino, MD, this one-year fellowship offers an outstanding diversity of experience in all areas of adult and adolescent foot and ankle surgery including sports medicine, trauma, and reconstruction of the foot and ankle.

The curriculum includes an optional four-week rotation with the orthopedic trauma service with a focus on foot and ankle trauma for the rotating fellow.

Mentorship is a strong tradition for clinical, academic and research growth of our fellows.

The fellowship includes exposure to a wide variety of foot and ankle surgical techniques, including:

• Advanced arthroscopic and endoscopic techniques of the ankle and foot
• Total ankle arthroplasty, arthrodesis, and other treatments of ankle and foot degenerative joint problems
• Minimally invasive and open fracture reduction and fixation techniques
• Osteotomies of tibia, ankle, hindfoot and forefoot
• Deformity correction and limb salvage include the use of hybrid, circular and spatial frame constructs for deformity correction
• Current approaches for diabetic limb salvage, including Charcot reconstruction and amputation technique

Research

We are proud of our foot and ankle research history that extends back many years.  All fellows will have one high quality research paper.  However, most are involved in multiple projects throughout the fellowship year.  Research endeavors are in clinical, biomechanical, and basic science with collaboration with researchers within the department as well as in the Carver College of Medicine.

Jessica Goetz, PhD, is the primary foot and ankle research coordinator and investigator with particular interests in biomechanics and finite element modeling.