Orthopedic Center of Florida (OCF) Foot and Ankle Fellowship

Program Director:
Andrew Belis, DPM, FACFAS

Other Program Faculty:
Michael Black, DPM, FACFAS
Jeff Kleiman, DPM, FACFAS
Brent Bernstein, DPM, FACFAS
Patricia Nicholas, DPM
Jason Nemitz, MD

Recent Post Graduate Fellows:
2025-2026: Ridvan Husic, DPM
2024-2025: Zohaib Moon, DPM, AACFAS
2023-2024: Abshan Malik, DPM

Orthopedic Center of Florida (OCF)
12670 Creekside Lane
Fort Myers, FL  33919
Phone: (239) 482-2663(BONE)
Fax:     (239) 482-7585
Website: www.ocfla.net
Email:   dr.belis@ocfla.net

Program Information:
ocfla.net/fellowship
Program Video
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Number of Positions:
One

Duration:
13 months

Program Start and End Dates:
July - August (13 months)

Application Deadline: May 31

Program Application (Please send all material electronically to Dr.Belis@OCFla.net):

Stipend:
$65,000 plus benefits (CME, Medical, Dental, Vacation Time)

Position Locations:

Research Requirements:   

  • Fellow directed monthly journal club article review
  • Poster or abstract presented at the ACFAS Annual Scientific Conference
  • Poster or abstract or interesting case report presented at the FPMA Annual Scientific Conference
  • At least one scholarly article submitted to a national journal


Program Summary/Training Goals:

  • Fellow will gain mentorship with director, Dr. Andrew M. Belis, who has been in practice for over 24 years.  
  • Fellowship program provides the fellow with clinical and surgical exposure to a wide variety of conditions.  Conditions include complex foot and ankle trauma, workman’s compensation injuries, sports injuries, adult and adolescent deformity reconstruction, advanced ankle arthroscopic procedures, minimal incision surgery, in-office surgery, and miscellaneous foot and ankle conditions.
  • The fellow will gain exposure to “hands on” patient care including pre-operative, intra-operative and post-operative management of surgical patients as well as a fellow run clinic.
  • The fellow will have his/her own schedule as well as shadow and assist director and other attending to maximize surgical exposure and improve medical decision making.  There will be added emphasis on integrating evidence-based medicine and research into this clinical and surgical treatment.
  • Fellow will be responsible for independently taking foot call, foot/ankle trauma call, and be available for group call for rounding on hospital patients.
  • The fellow will develop billing and practice management skills and foster their own treatment style under the guidance of an experienced foot and ankle surgeon in a multispecialty orthopedic practice.
  • Additional rotations are made available in general orthopedics, pain management and physiatry per request.
  • The fellow will have the opportunity to attend advanced courses and conferences of their choice (within their budget allocation).
  • ABFAS Board qualification is a requirement for this program.
  • Exposure to advanced imaging studies including:  Xray, CT, MRI, Ultrasound, EMG/NCV, arthrography, and diagnostic arthroscopy.

Post Graduate Fellows History: 
2022-2023: Joshua Stewart, DPM
2021-2022: Julio Perez-Mustelier, DPM, FACFAS
2020-2021: Greg Foote, DPM, FACFAS
2018-2019: Ugo Adigweme, DPM
2017-2018: Darrice Collins, DPM, FACFAS