{"id":3000,"date":"2017-09-14T13:55:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T17:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/mededuc\/fellowship-programs\/sports-medicine-fellowship-program\/"},"modified":"2021-10-28T09:49:06","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T13:49:06","slug":"foot-fellowship-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/mededuc\/fellowship-programs\/foot-fellowship-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Foot and Ankle Fellowship Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

ºÚÁÏÍø Orthopaedics Foot and Ankle Fellowship<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Fellowship Dates:<\/strong> August 1st through July 31st
\nProgram Director:<\/strong> Joshua Tennant, MD, MPH
\nNumber of Fellows:<\/strong> One<\/p>\n

Program Description:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The ºÚÁÏÍø Orthopaedic foot and ankle fellowship is a 1 year training program with two foot and ankle orthopaedic surgeons in the towns of Chapel Hill and Cary, North Carolina.\u00a0\u00a0The program is for individuals who have completed an orthopaedic surgery residency (MD or DO).\u00a0\u00a0The program has both private practice and university model components.\u00a0Opportunities to perform basic science and clinical research are provided.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Broad coverage of all aspects of foot and ankle, including total ankle arthroplasty, complex hindfoot reconstruction, trauma, bunions, diabetes, thin wire external fixation, MIS techniques, and foot and ankle arthroscopy. Curriculum incorporates weekly foot and ankle didactic and case\/indications conferences and monthly journal club.\u00a0\u00a0Two attendings work with the foot and ankle fellow and one ºÚÁÏÍø Orthopaedics resident on the service.\u00a0\u00a0Fellow should plan to attend AOFAS Annual meeting and one other course of their choice.\u00a0 Call and weekend responsibilities will be on the order of 1 weekend per month.\u00a0\u00a0Moonlighting can be arranged for those interested, although our priority for the fellow is time for education, research, and the amazing personal\/family activities that North Carolina has to offer.<\/p>\n

Meet Our Faculty:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

To learn more about our Foot and Ankle Fellowship’s faculty members, please click on their names to read over their faculty profiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Joshua Tennant, MD, MPH <\/a>
\n(Program Director)<\/a><\/td>\n

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Trapper Lalli, MD<\/a>
\n(Assistant Professor)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Clinical Experience:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The goal of the fellowship is to prepare our fellows to be excellent clinicians and surgeons in the expanding field of orthopaedic medicine with emphasis on injuries and surgery of the foot and ankle.<\/p>\n