Podiatric Medicine & Surgery (PM&S/RRA) Residency Program

Mission Statement

Our Mission at St. John’s Episcopal Podiatric Residency Program is to train well rounded podiatric physicians while serving the Rockaway Community with top quality and comprehensive care. We pride ourselves in implementing the latest techniques and research in podiatric care. With many doctors having grown up in the community and its surrounding areas, it is our utmost priority to ensure that patients are treated like fellow neighbors in a well-executed and culturally compassionate way. Our residents will finish training adept in the latest practices involving wound care, limb salvage, sports medicine, trauma, and elective surgeries. Weekly didactics which include journal club, board review, and cadaver labs are attended by faculty and residents alike. We encourage our residents to pursue post graduate fellowship training, with many furthering their education at our own distinguished wound care fellowship. With our diverse pathology and patient population, you will leave St. John’s with the ability to handle all podiatric cases. moving forward.

Program Highlights

• Only full-service hospital on the Rockaway peninsula
  • 240-bed community hospital
  • More than 400 physicians
  • Level-2 foot & ankle trauma center
  • Major teaching hospital
  • Teaching affiliate of SUNY Downstate Medical Center, LECOM, Ross University Medical School
  • Sponsor international students. H1B Visas.
• Fully-funded: Health insurance, dental insurance, optical insurance, and prescription medication plans
• No orthopedic residents (no competition)
  • Foot and ankle trauma designated to Podiatry team (no sorted out cases with Trauma team)
  • Therefore, Podiatric Surgery Residents are the first call in Emergency Department
• Close interaction between PMSR/RRA and Wound Care Fellowship in terms of patient management and academics

Didactics

• Weekly radiology rounds and case presentations
• Weekly “e-present” online lecture series
• Monthly Journal Club
• Quarterly DME lectures/billing
• Workshops: Suture, cadaver lab, bone saw, casting, etc.
• 1 research project is required: Quality consistent for publication

Clinical Experience

• SJEH – Podiatry Clinic
  • Days and Times:
    • Wednesdays, 9AM-4PM
    • Thursdays, 9AM-4PM
    • Fridays, 9AM-12PM
  • Resident Run Clinic
  • Opportunity to follow pre-op and post-op patients
  • Opportunity to book your own surgery cases
• Private Offices
  • 3rd year rotations through private offices
  • Learn practice management and coding
  • In-office procedures

Curriculum PGY1-PGY3

Our program is a free-standing, three-year residency program in podiatric medicine and surgery with certification in reconstructive and rearfoot/ankle surgery. The residency program training, including all rotations and surgical procedures, takes place at the St. John’s campus and our affiliate Mercy Medical Center, as well as an ambulatory surgery center. The program includes practice management, billing and office rotations. The curriculum includes:

• Anesthesia
• Behavioral Science
• Dermatology
• Emergency Medicine
• Foot Surgery
• Infectious Disease
• Orthopedics
• Outpatient Ambulatory Services
• Podiatry
• Private Offices
• Radiology
• Surgery
• Wound Care

On-Call Schedule

• 7AM-7PM on-call
• Can take calls at home
• Consults + Admission (Podiatry & Lower Extremity Orthopedic)
• Clinic – Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays weekly
• Off-service during Emergency Department, General Surgery, and IM rotation: No podiatry calls during these rotations.

Our Residents

Chief Resident

PGY-3 Residents

PGY-2 Residents

PGY-1 Residents