Program Director:
Meagan Jennings, DPM, FACFAS
Other Program Faculty:
Richard Jensen, DPM, FACFAS
Nicholas Bolognini, DPM, FACFAS
Elaine Davis, DPM
Louis Caputo, DPM, FACFAS
Alan Sue, DPM
Nicholas Todd, DPM, FACFAS
Jesse Yurgelon, DPM, FACFAS
Lawrence Oloff, DPM, FACFAS
Matthew Doyle, DPM, MS, FACFAS
Tenaya West, DPM, AACFAS
Richard Gayle, MD
Todd Kim, MD
Post Graduate Fellows:
2024-2025: Brennan Reardon, DPM and Gabriella Ley, DPM
2023-2024: Tung Dao, DPM, AACFAS and Thomas Ferrise, DPM, AACFAS
2022-2023: Chandler Ligas, DPM, AACFAS and Samantha Williams, DPM, AACFAS
Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Mountain View Center
701 E. El Camino Rd.
Mountain View, CA 94040
Phone: (650) 934-7114
Fax: (650) 934-7075
Email: mmjfootankle@gmail.com
Program Information:
sutterhealth.org
Program Video
Meet the Fellow FAQ's
Number of Positions:
Two full-time positions
Duration:
One year
Program Start and End Dates:
July 15–July 31
Application Deadline:
April 1
Interview Notification:
May 1
Interviews will typically be held:
Mid-May to Early June Depending on the Year
About our process:Program an updated CV with photo and a letter of interest before February 1st and final ACFAS application prior to April 1st. Based on application, we will then extend interview offers. Current fellows will be available to help answer questions via phone and email.
Program Application:
ACFAS Standard Fellowship Application Form
Stipend:
$100,000 per year; benefits provided; $2,500 CME
Position Location:
PAMF-Mountain View Center Clinics and Surgery Center, El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, California
Research Requirements:
One published research paper in JFAS
Program Summary / Training Goals:
- The purpose of our foot and ankle fellowship is to provide a well-rounded, intense training program within Palo Alto Medical Foundation, part of Sutter Health, centered in the heart of Silicon Valley, California and provide fellows with the resources and education to become leaders in the field of foot and ankle surgery.
- The fellowship experience is highly autonomous with exposure to all aspects of both clinical and surgical treatment of the foot and ankle. The fellowship has an emphasis on complex pathology with a focus on acute trauma, arthroscopy, sports medicine, revision surgery, pediatric deformity and Ponseti methods, Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) techniques, rearfoot and ankle reconstruction including primary and revision total ankle replacement as well as complex foot pathology.
- Fellows have the unique opportunity to work closely with the local professional women's soccer team, Bay Area FC and Dr. Richard Gayle, MD, our sports medicine specialist for the team. Specific training is provided in sports medicine, concussion protocols, sideline injury management and fellows are given the opportunity to participate as a part of the sideline crew at MLS games in San Jose, CA.
- Position requires a motivated, independent and skilled surgeon who is comfortable managing acute foot and ankle trauma.
- Fellows must have surgical experience and skills expected from a three-year surgical training program.
- Fellows are strongly encouraged to achieve Board Qualification and ACFAS membership.
- Fellows will have opportunities to speak locally and nationally.
- Fellows will accrue primary cases for surgical boards (averaging between 50-70 per fellow per year).
- Our fellowship truly touches on every aspect of foot and ankle care allowing our fellows to graduate having essentially completed a comprehensive first year in practice.
Postgraduate Fellows History:
2021-2022: Shirley Chen, DPM, AACFAS and Megan Ishibashi, DPM
2020-2021: Nilin Rao, DPM, PhD, FACFAS and Ryan Sherick, DPM, AACFAS
2019-2020: Tenaya West, DPM, AACFAS and Matthew Doyle, DPM, MS, FACFAS
2018–2019: Chris Bourke, DPM FACFAS and Eric Shi, DPM, FACFAS
2017–2018: Kyle Willson, DPM, MBA and Todd Chappell, DPM, FACFAS
2016–2017: Colin Zdenek, DPM, FACFAS and Ryan Carter, DPM, FACFAS
2015–2016: Jesse Yurgelon, DPM, FACFAS and Nicholas Drbal, DPM, FACFAS
2014–2015: Kenneth Hegewald, DPM, FACFAS and Annie Nguyentat, DPM
2013–2014: Anne Massey, DPM and Alan Sue, DPM
2012–2013: Ryan Wood, DPM
2011–2012: Nicholas Todd, DPM, FACFAS
2010–2011: Samantha Bark, DPM
2009–2010: Baotram Deserie Lu, DPM, FACFAS