Duration: 1 year (August 1 to July 31)
Location: St. Paul’s Hospital
Salary & Benefits: Salary will either be provided by a sponsor or, if funded through UBC, will follow UBC fellowship guidelines and benefits. Salary to be confirmed upon discussion with the Fellowship Director.
Fellowship Director: Dr. Oliver J. Gagné
Fellowship Mentors: Dr. Alastair Younger, Dr. Kevin Wing, Dr. Murray Penner, Dr. Andrea Veljkovic, Dr. Hooman Sadr, Dr. Oliver J. Gagné
About:
The University of British Columbia Department of Orthopaedics offers a 12-month comprehensive orthopaedic foot & ankle fellowship for 3 to 4 fellows per year. Training is preceptor-based, under the supervision of 6 fellowship-trained orthopaedic foot & ankle surgeons (Dr. M. Penner, Dr. A. Veljkovic, Dr. K. Wing, Dr. A. Younger, Dr. H. Sadr, and Dr. O. Gagné). The fellowship is located at St. Paul’s Hospital and the Footbridge Clinic for Integrated Musculoskeletal Care in downtown Vancouver, BC. The sites serve as tertiary care centers for all complex adult foot and ankle problems in the province of British Columbia (population 4.5 million).
This fellowship provides extensive exposure (up to 1000 cases/yr) to all aspects of adult foot & ankle surgery (ankle replacement, minimally invasive reconstructions, basic & complex fusions and osteotomies, forefoot reconstruction, diabetic foot care, sports medicine, acute fractures, and post-traumatic, flatfoot, congenital, and neurological deformities).
Requirements:
Fellows must be eligible to be licensed by the CPSBC and are expected to participate in the Foot & Ankle Screening & Rapid Access Clinic, the Foot & Ankle Consultation and follow up clinic at the Footbridge Clinic for Integrated Musculoskeletal Care, take first call at St. Paul’s hospital (3-5 home calls/month) with the lower extremity staff, and contribute to the F&A Research Office. This program is a major contributor to the ongoing multi-center Canadian Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society ankle arthritis outcome study. One major research presentation and publication is expected. Participation in resident and medical student teaching, and weekly foot & ankle rounds, is required.