Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Description of Foot and Ankle Fellowship

Code:15.011 Description of Foot and Ankle Fellowship

The University of Tennessee-Campbell Clinic Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Fellowship in Foot and Ankle Surgery is a 12-month fellowship in surgery of the adult foot and ankle. Four days each week are spent with the director of the fellowship in an office practice heavily weighted toward foot and ankle problems. There is adequate exposure to acute and reconstructive surgery of the foot and ankle, as well as a broad spectrum exposure to clinical non-surgical problems. The fellow (along with a resident on the "foot" service) spends one day a week at the University of Tennessee-Campbell Clinic Foot and Ankle Clinic at the Regional Medical Center. The fellow also supervises residents and participates in surgery with them that day.

Time and facilities are available for clinical and basic science research projects within the various departments of the University of Tennessee. Campbell Foundation support staff is available to assist in this research. The fellow is required to work on at least one research project during the fellowship year. It is expected that this research will result in a presentation, a publication, or both.

Susan N. Ishikawa, M.D., who holds an Assistant professorship at the University of Tennessee-Campbell Clinic Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, chairs this fellowship. She joined the staff on July 2005. Dr. Ishikawa, as fellowship director, establishes appropriate curriculum for the foot fellow according to the guidelines of the ACGME. Staff on the "foot & ankle" team include E. Greer Richardson, M.D., who has been on staff at Campbell Clinic since July 1977. G. Drew Murphy, M. D., a graduate of the UT-WCC residency program who joined the staff' in July, 1995 and Ricky Robinson, DPM. Their practices are almost exclusively dedicated to foot and ankle problems. Specific responsibilities of the foot and ankle fellow are outlined below:

Clinical:

• See patients with Drs. Ishikawa, Richardson, and Murphy
• Work-up new patients: obtaining history and physical examination data, ordering, appropriate
  x-rays and presenting the patient to the attending staff physician
• Perform all procedures as directed: removal of pins, administration of injections, routine foot care
• Complete preoperative history and physical examinations and ensuring appropriate preoperative x-rays are available
• Assume primary responsibility for MedPlex Foot Clinic on Friday morning including all operative cases scheduled though the Regional Medical Center for Friday surgery

Hospital:

• Share daily rounds with staff on all in-patients
• Check preoperative lab work the day of surgery
• Make postoperative check on all patients before discharge
• See consults on in-patients and evaluate patients
• Take first call on all in-patients
• Present patient to attending staff physician

Surgery:

• Serve as first assistant to staff, primary surgeon as directed
• Write postoperative orders and brief operative notes
• Dictate all operative notes as directed
• Perform all anesthetic blocks as directed
• Ensure appropriate x-rays are on OR view board

Teaching:

• Specialty Conference (5:30-6:30 PM each Monday) Attendance is mandatory for all hand surgery topics.
• Clinicopathology Conference (6:30-8:00 PM each Monday) Attendance is mandatory.
• Core Curriculum Conference (5:00-7:00 PM each Thursday) Attendance is mandatory as assigned; otherwise, strongly desires.
• Journal Club (7:00-9:00 PM third Thursday of each month) Attendance is mandatory for the meeting when foot and ankle journal topics are reviewed.
• Assist residents in surgery as requested and available.

Applicants for this fellowship must have completed an ACGME accredited residency program in orthopaedic surgery, or an AOA accredited residency in osteopathic surgery, and be eligible to obtain a DEA certificate and medical licenses in both Tennessee and Mississippi. They are also required to obtain hospital privileges at the following institutions affiliated with the parent program:

This Fellowship maybe filled through the National Resident Matching Program. Deadline for receipt of completed applications is December 1.