NorCal Ortho Associates/Balance Health Reconstructive Foot and Ankle Fellowship

Program Director:                             
Phong Le, DPM, FACFAS

Other Program Faculty:    
Gavin Ripp, DPM, FACFAS
Gregory Tovmassian, DPM, FACFAS
Christopher Galli, DPM, FACFAS
Eric Koga, DPM
Stephen Haynam, DPM
Kevin Kim, DPM
Dustin Theis, DPM
Melissa Lipari, DPM, AACFAS

Recent Post Graduate Fellows:
2025-2026: Liliya Michelle Parkman, DPM

Northern California Orthopaedic Associates
Elk Grove Location
7807 Laguna Blvd. Suite 480
Elk Grove, CA 95758

Phone: (916) 512-6262
Fax: (916) 512-6262
Email: ple.dpm@gmail.com 

Website: 
www.norcalorthoassociates.com  

Number of Positions:        
One 

Duration:                                            
One year

Program Start and End Dates:           
July 1 – June 30

Application Deadline:                         
December 1

Program Application:
ACFAS Standard Fellowship Application Form

Stipend:                                               
$50,000

Position Locations:                            
Clinical setting. Mercy General Hospital, Methodist Hospital and Sutter Medical Center

Research Requirements:    
The fellow will participate in lower extremity research studies and will be expected to produce one publication and quality research projects during the fellowship year.

Program Summary/Training Goals: 

  • The fellow will be exposed to comprehensive forefoot, rearfoot and ankle reconstructive surgery, charcot reconstruction, external fixation frames, delta frames, total ankle replacement and minimally invasive surgery techniques.
  • The fellow will be able to see their own patients in the clinical setting and learn about billing/coding.
  • The fellow will be responsible for hospital consults and rounding.
  • The fellow will train and assist the SF-DVA podiatry residents.  
  • The fellow will participate in cadaver labs.
  • The fellow will be presenting lectures are local society meetings and possibly at IFAF annual meetings to educate the community and to network.