Program Director:
Paul J. Klutts, DPM, FACFAS, MS
Assistant Director:
Sara Millar, DPM
Other Program Faculty:
Syed Ahmed, DPM
Jennifer Benge-Emery, DPM
Trey Edwards, DPM, AACFAS
Adam Henderson, DPM
Syed A. Khader, DPM, FACFAS
Mehvish Seyal, DPM
Sara Millar, DPM
Amanda Denzik, DPM, FACFAS
Bradford Unroe, DPM
Ryan Lemmenes, DPM, FACFAS
Recent Post Graduate Fellows:
2026-2027: Kirk Metzger, DPM, AACFAS and Holly Mergelsberg, DPM, AACFAS
2025-2026: Abraham Adam, DPM, AACFAS and Marina Isac, DPM
2024-2025: Neil Patel, DPM, AACFAS and Makenzie Kerns, DPM
Kentucky/Indiana Foot and Ankle Specialists
3045 Ring Road
Louisville, KY 42701
Phone: (812) 748-8703
Fax: (270) 982-0836
Email: pklutts@kentuckianafootankle.com
Website:
kentuckyfootdoctor.com
Number of Positions:
Two
Duration:
One year
Program Start and End Dates:
July/August through July/August
Application Deadline:
July 1
Program Application
ACFAS Standard Fellowship Application Form
Stipend:
$65,000
Position Locations:
Fellow will circulate among our six most northern locations and area hospitals/surgery centers. The most frequented clinic locations are: 7397 Jefferson Blvd, Louisville, KY 40219; 4420 Dixie Hwy. Ste. 134, Louisville, KY 40216; 3045 Ring Road, Elizabethtown, KY 42701; 900 Chambers Blvd, Bardstown, KY 40004; and 2818 Grant Line Road, New Albany, IN 47150. Call is taken at Baptist Health Hardin in Elizabethtown, Kentucky and Baptist Health Floyd in New Albany, Indiana.
Research Requirements:
Produce one publication and one poster for annual ACFAS conference per fellow.
Program Summary/Training Goals:
- Our goal is to provide the fellow with a well-rounded understanding of surgery of the foot and ankle. We provide a mixture of forefoot, mid-foot, pediatric, rearfoot and ankle surgery. Charcot and diabetic limb salvage and trauma surgery is also taught.
- Our partners will also teach their personal individual surgical expertise in various foot and ankle surgery techniques.
- We strive to improve the fellow in all aspects of podiatric care including clinical, surgical, and inpatient so the fellow can improve their peri- and post-operative management of patients.
Post Graduate Fellows History:
2023-2024: Ali Syed Ahmed, DPM and Hans Humrick, DPM, AACFAS
2022-2023: Charlene Dennemeyer, DPM, FACFAS and Joseph Lynott, DPM
2021-2022: Luc Bibeau, DPM, AACFAS and Philip John Carolin, DPM
2020-2021: Anna Meneely, DPM, AACFAS and Derrick Roland, DPM, AACFAS
2019-2020: Andrew Baker, DPM, FACFAS and Kaihua Wang, DPM, FACFAS
2018-2019: Amanda Lutter, DPM, FACFAS
2017-2018: Jasmine Neal, DPM, MBA