Virginia Mason Foot and Ankle Sports Medicine Fellowship

Program Director:
Eric J. Heit, DPM, FACFAS

Other Program Faculty:
David J. Belfie, MD 
Mark T. Reeves, DPM
Jeffrey Pentek, DPM, AACFAS
Richard T. Bouche, DPM, FACFAS
Alvin Ngan, DPM, FACFAS
Thomas Landino, DPM, FACFAS

Post Graduate Fellows:
2018-2019: Padhma Venkitapathy, DPM
2017-2018: Martina Randall, DPM, AACFAS
2016-2017: Philip Shaw, DPM
2015-2016: Jeff Pentek, DPM, AACFAS
2014-2015: Jacob McLeod, DPM, AACFAS
2013-2014: Linda Oh, DPM

Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 Ninth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: (206) 223-6600
Fax: (206) 583-2214
Email: april.pogue@vmmc.org

Website:
virginiamason.org

Number of Positions:
One

Duration:
One year

Program Start and End Dates:
Mid-July through July 31 of the following year

Application Deadline:
December 31

Program Application:
ACFAS Standard Fellowship Application Form

Stipend:
$65,000; benefits provided

Position Location:
Downtown Seattle

Research Requirements:
One research project of the fellow’s choice to be completed by the end of the fellowship year

Program Summary / Training Goals:

• Virginia Mason is known regionally as an orthopaedic center of excellence and as a result, the fellow’s experience tends to encompass a broad spectrum of foot and ankle pathology.
• 90 percent of Sports Medicine is non-surgical so the primary goal of the fellowship is to give you the clinical skills to excel in your career while honing your surgical skills.
• Fellows work three days per week in the clinic, one day in the OR, and one day doing research.
• Fellows manage their own patients independently and participate in surgery to the full extent that their skills allow. Fellows take ER call one week at a time every four weeks. Average patient volume is 10-15 per day.
• The caseload in the OR is variable but averages about 300 cases per year. The cases are a good mix of foot and ankle trauma, reconstruction, and routine procedures.
• Duties also include weekly Podiatric Grand Rounds at Swedish Medical Center, and one clinic day per month rotating with Rich Bouche, DPM at Northwest Hospital Sports Medicine in North Seattle.