Foot and Ankle Fellowship Program
UNC Orthopaedics Foot and Ankle Fellowship
Fellowship Dates: August 1st through July 31st
Program Director: Joshua Tennant, MD, MPH
Number of Fellows: One
Program Description:
The UNC 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. The program is for individuals who have completed an orthopaedic surgery residency (MD or DO). The program has both private practice and university model components. Opportunities to perform basic science and clinical research are provided. Broad 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. Two attendings work with the foot and ankle fellow and one UNC Orthopaedics resident on the service. Fellow should plan to attend AOFAS Annual meeting and one other course of their choice. Call and weekend responsibilities will be on the order of 1 weekend per month. Moonlighting 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.
Meet Our Faculty:
To learn more about our Foot and Ankle Fellowship’s faculty members, please click on their names to read over their faculty profiles.
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Clinical Experience:
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.
- Broad 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.
- Average of two days outpatient clinic, two days of OR, one day of research per week.
- Experience with 2-3 attendings for the 2021-2022 fellowship year (pending hires in 2020) for a variety of experience; estimate fellow experience of 500-600 operative cases for the year.
- Learning coding and documentation specific for foot and ankle outpatient clinic and operating room.
- Includes learning environment of both tertiary care center OR and outpatient private practice-style ambulatory surgery center.
Research Experience:
The fellows will be provided on average one day per week of protected research time. This day is dedicated to scholarly activity so that the fellow can accomplish meaningful research during the year. Research opportunities include clinical, biomechanical, policy, and public health topics related to foot and ankle pathophysiology and care
For more information, please contact the Program Coordinator:
Chanelle Arsenault, MHA, OTC
UNC School of Medicine
Department of Orthopaedics, Campus Box #7055
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
P: 919-966-8538
F: 919-966-6730
Email: chanelle_arsenault@med.unc.edu