You have achieved board qualified or certified status. Now, the ultimate step in your evolution as a true foot and ankle surgeon is to join your select peers in the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS).
ACFAS Applications for:
- Fellow (Board Certified by ABPS)
- Associate (Board Qualified by ABPS)
- Resident (Enrolled in residency recognized by CPME, or a fellowship)
- Change of Status (from Associate to Fellow)
- International Affiliate Status (non-DPMs practicing foot and ankle surgery outside the U.S. and Canada)
Who joins ACFAS?
Only the best. Only board qualified or certified surgeons are invited to join the College, unlike other organizations. This key difference means you are a proven leader. It elevates your image with patients and other healthcare professionals ... it raises the collective wisdom of our programs and research ... and it advances your competencies to deliver better patient care.
ACFAS members are lifelong learners. By using the collective wisdom of 6,000+ proven surgeons, you can trust the College to provide you with the respect, professionalism, superior training and management savvy you want and need.
And ACFAS members change lives, every day, by using your proven and unique skills to improve human mobility. Isn’t that the bottom line of what you do? And every step of the way, ACFAS is your proud partner.
We’re an active, engaged and integral part of the podiatric community.
Surgery has transformed us from chiropodists, to podiatrists, to today’s podiatric foot and ankle surgeons. ACFAS is critical to the future of podiatry. The work of foot and ankle surgeons over the last 60 years has helped pave the way for professional parity in the medical community and broaden our scopes of practice. ACFAS is proud of our impact and fully committed to the wider podiatric community — as we have been for over 60 years.
There is unmatched value in your ACFAS membership.
ACFAS’ goal is to serve as the preeminent source for surgical education and research, to ensure that our specialty thrives and that America’s patients receive the best foot and ankle surgical care possible.
The track record is clear: Our CME offerings, scientific conferences, hands-on clinical training, consumer education, and practice management resources represent the gold standard for podiatric surgeons.
As a member of ACFAS, you have access to better resources and better means of preparing yourself to pass ABPS Board exams than those provided by any other organization ... Our Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery leads the profession in the quality of its scientific studies ... Our advanced training seminars enable our members to offer the most state-of-the-art procedures — with a result that improves care for patients and improves the standing of our specialty.
Beyond the practical tools and resources is the imprimatur of the ACFAS brand. Fellows of the College have attained the highest level of professional skill possible in podiatric medicine, and the prestige and in-demand status that is associated with it. Because ACFAS is the only specialty organization that requires board certification or qualification of its members, the brand has added value in the wider health care community and with the general public.