Program Director:
Jayson N. Atves, DPM, FACFAS
Other Program Faculty:
John S. Steinberg, DPM, FACFAS
Christopher E. Attinger, MD, FACS
Karen K. Evans, MD, FACS
Caitlin S. Zarick, DPM, FACFAS
Ali Rahnama Vaghef, DPM, AACFAS
Paul J. Carroll, DPM, FACFAS
Tiffany K. Hoh, DPM, FACFAS
Kurtis Bertram, DPM, AACFAS
Jocelyn Guillen, DPM, AACFAS
Kyung Seo, DPM, FACFAS
Jonathan D. Furmanek, DPM, AACFAS
Recent Post Graduate Fellows:
2025-2026: Bilal Louzati
2024-2025: Ali Qadri, DPM
2023-2024: Tiffanie Liu, DPM, AACFAS
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
ATTN: Dr. Jayson Atves, DPM
3800 Reservoir Rd. NW
1st Fl., Bles Bldg.
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: (202) 444-3059
Fax: (202) 444-0300
Email: Jayson.Atves@medstar.net
Program Information:
medstarhealth.org
Program Video
Meet the Fellow FAQ's
Number of Positions:
One one-year position
Program Start and End Dates:
August 1 to July 31
Application Deadline:
November 15
Program Application:
ACFAS Standard Program Application
Stipend:
Salary commensurate with PGY level of the fellow; benefits provided
Position Location:
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Research Requirements:
It is expected that the fellow present research at a minimum of two national scientific meetings and author a minimum of two peer-reviewed publications upon completion of the program.
Program Summary/Training Goals:
- This fellowship is open to qualified candidates who have successfully completed residency training.
- The fellowship is primarily research-focused with a majority of time spent on research-related activities and publication efforts with enormous flexibility and opportunity for self-directed curriculum and collaboration at several institutions throughout the region.
- The curriculum focuses on medical and surgical foot and ankle reconstruction with an emphasis on advanced limb salvage with the vast majority of time spent at the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, but with opportunities for collaboration across the health system and region. The fellow has clinical, instructional, surgical and research responsibilities and opportunities. S/he is actively involved with outpatient and inpatient care and in on-going research at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.
- Focus points: Foot and ankle surgical reconstruction and advanced limb \salvage; multi-disciplinary management of the complex patient; clinical investigation of new technologies and techniques; and retrospective and prospective survival/outcomes/biomechnical research.
Post Graduate Fellows History:
2022-2023: Craig Verdin, DPM, AACFAS
2021-2022: Firras Garada, DPM
2020-2021: John Miller, DPM, AACFAS
2019-2020: Chris Kennedy, DPM, FACFAS
2017–2019: Elliot Walters, MD
2017–2018: Iram Naz, MBBS
2016–2017: Tammer Elmarsafi, DPM, MBBCH, AACFAS
2015–2016: Ersilia Anghel, MSIV, MD
2014–2015: Caitlin S. Zarick, DPM, FACFAS
2013–2014: Noah Oliver, DPM, FACFAS
2012–2013: Kelly Powers, DPM, MS
2010–2011: Farah Siddiqui, DPM
2009–2010: Rhonda Cornell, DPM, FACFAS