What to Expect

The Council on Podiatric Medical Education 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 average surgical procedures for 2010-2011.

20010-20011 PGY-1	A	B	C	Total
Digital Surgery	0	24	53	77
First Ray Surgery	0	13	39	52
Soft Tissue	0	20	59	79
Other Osseous Foot	0	10	26	36
Rear Foot-Ankle	0	39	27	66
Total	0	106	204	310
2010-2011 PGY-2 (Cumulative)	A	B	C	Total
Digital Surgery	0	15	138	153
First Ray Surgery	0	10	95	105
Soft Tissue	0	5	167	172
Other Osseous Foot	0	15	73	88
Rear Foot-Ankle	0	64	96	160
Total	0	109	569	678
2010-2011 PGY-3 (Chief, Cumultative)	A	B	C	Total
Digital Surgery	0	7	264	271
First Ray Surgery	0	11	246	257
Soft Tissue	0	21	346	367
Other Osseous Foot	0	14	263	277
Rear Foot-Ankle	0	95	328	423
Total	0	148	1447	1595

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