What to Expect

The Council on Podiatric Medicine outlines guidelines on the amount of foot and ankle surgery required for completion of a Podiatric Surgery Residency. Here at The Jewish Hospital of Cincinnati surgical numbers far exceed the minimum requirements. Despite the magnitude of surgical cases, the quality of surgical, hands-on training remains the focus. All aspects of foot and ankle surgery are taught including pediatrics, diabetic limb salvage, foot and ankle trauma, skeletal external fixation, forefoot and rearfoot surgery and reconstruction. The Jewish Hospital of Cincinnati is a teaching hospital with teaching services for internal medicine and general surgery residents. A significant portion of training comes not only from the podiatric physicians but also from orthopedic, vascular, general, and plastic surgeons.

In the past, graduating residents have averaged 1,000 – 2,000 foot and ankle procedures during their three years of training. The Director of Podiatric Medical Education at Jewish Hospital is Cary L. Copeland, DPM, FACFAS.

Listed below are the cumulative surgical proceedures for 2006-2007.

2006-2007 PGY-1	A	B	C	Total
Digital Surgery	0	53	75	128
First Ray Surgery	0	36	45	81
Soft Tissue	0	70	132	202
Lesser Metatarsal	0	33	33	66
Rear Foot-Ankle	1	40	29	70
Total	1	232	314	546
2006-2007 PGY-2 (Cumulative)	A	B	C	Total
Digital Surgery	0	120	199	319
First Ray Surgery	0	98	175	273
Soft Tissue	0	145	285	430
Lesser Metatarsal	0	52	109	161
Rear Foot-Ankle	0	168	142	310
Total	0	583	910	1493
2006-2007 PGY-3 (Chief, Cumultative)	A	B	C	Total
Digital Surgery	0	46	227	273
First Ray Surgery	0	36	185	221
Soft Tissue	0	78	265	343
Lesser Metatarsal	0	33	148	181
Rear Foot-Ankle	0	79	261	340
Total	0	272	1086	1358

KEY: PGY = Post-graduate Year, A = Observation, B = Scrub, C = Scrub and finish at least 50% of all cases.