The Baptist Health Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Fellowship Grant

The Baptist Health Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Fellowship Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Baptist Health
Last Updated: October 10, 2025

Summary

The Baptist Health Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Fellowship provides extensive training in managing diverse foot and ankle conditions in a busy clinical setting. Trainees learn both traditional and innovative surgical techniques, participate in over 550 cases, and engage in research activities. Fellows work closely with experienced attending physicians and gain access to a state-of-the-art training facility in Miami, which offers unique opportunities for sports medicine practice.

Overview

The Baptist Health Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Fellowship The Baptist Health Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Fellowship offers comprehensive experience in the management of a wide spectrum of foot and ankle conditions in a high-volume clinical practice. Both traditional and innovative techniques are taught, covering the gamut of sports medicine, arthroscopy, reconstructive and trauma surgery. In addition to teaching the necessary technical aspects that lead to a skilled and confident surgeon, the art of taking care of patients is emphasized. This program is for physicians who have completed an orthopedic surgery residency and would like a comprehensive fellowship experience within a world-class orthopedic institute. The Fellow will work on a one-to-one basis with three attending physicians from Baptist Health Orthopedic Care and will participate in over 550 cases during the training period. Most procedures take place at the newly opened state-of-the-art Miami HEAT Sports Medicine Center. Additionally, participation in ongoing clinical and basic science research projects is encouraged and protected time for these scholarly activities is built into the weekly schedule. The program’s training site includes dedicated research staff that is available to assist in the development of research projects. Fellows will also participate in a monthly journal club, M&M and interesting case conference. Finally, fellows have year-round access to our on-site cadaveric Bioskills training lab to practice new procedures and hone their surgical skills. Miami is an ideal location for a fellow to learn and practice orthopedic and sports medicine. The program offers unique year-round coverage and care opportunities for a wide variety of high school, collegiate and professional sports teams. Program Size 1 fellow each year

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. All applicants must be a board-eligible graduate of a U.S. ACGME-accredited orthopedic residency program.Acceptance and admission to the program is contingent on submission of all requested materials and meeting all eligibility requirements as determined by the program.Applicants must be able to be granted an unrestricted license to practice medicine in Florida.Applications should be received via the San Francisco (SF) Match program 19 months prior to the start of the fellowship and interviews are conducted in January-March of the ensuing year.