Foot and Ankle Reconstructive Surgery Clinical Fellowship
Number of Positions: 2
Duration: 1 year
Main Hospitals: Toronto Western Hospital (TWH)
Secondary Sites: None
Supervisors: Dr. Johnny Lau
This clinical fellowship represents the opportunity for wide exposure to a subspecialty foot and ankle reconstructive surgery practice, allowing the clinical fellow to become familiar with both arthroscopic and open reconstructive surgery of the foot and ankle. The main educational sites will be Toronto Western Hospital with Dr. Johnny Lau. Attendance at Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) subspecialty assessment clinics will occur up to four times per month at the Foot and Ankle clinics. The clinical fellow’s responsibilities will include assessment of emergency and fracture clinic patients, observation of office and specialty clinic evaluations, and assistance in the operating room. A minimal amount of time will be allocated to teach on-service surgical residents about general orthopaedic and specific upper extremity topics of interest. On-call responsibilities will be performed with the Supervisor and are not burdensome (1 in 4 home call at TWH). Spare time will be used to read about observed cases, prepare presentations for rounds and complete a research project.
Goals and Objectives:
- An understanding of biomechanics of the foot and ankle and how this is related to the overall gait mechanics of the lower extremity
- Experience in management of acute trauma of lower extremity and assessment and management of various foot pathologies in both adults and children
- An understanding of the deformities on the forefoot and the disease processes which benefit from both non-surgical and surgical management.
- Experience both surgical techniques including soft tissue and bone and reconstructive surgeries and non-surgical techniques including prosthetics and orthotics
- Opportunity to generate a clinical research and a basic science research paper suitable for national and international meeting and peer-reviewed journals
The duties and activities of the Foot and Ankle Reconstructive Surgery Fellow and the surgical residents are not expected to overlap. The staff surgeon has the primary responsibility for patient care activity. Residents and Fellows will participate in assessments and surgery at the discretion of the staff surgeon and compatible with their experience and abilities.
Application Requirements:
- Curriculum Vitae
- Letter describing your reasons for applying to the Foot and Ankle Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship
- Two letters of recommendation
- Names of two additional references whom we may contact for information
- Proof of TOEFL completion (if English was not your primary language for medical education)
Application Deadlines:
Application requirements should be received by September 1st in the year prior to the proposed start of the fellowship. The Foot and Ankle Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship begins July 1st annually.
Contact:
Dr. Johnny Lau MD, MSc, FRCSC
399 Bathurst Street, East Wing 1-438
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 2S8
Tel: 416-603-6292 | Fax: 416-603-3437 | Email: johnny.lau@uhn.on.ca
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