Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Introduction
The BIDMC Podiatric Medicine and Surgery with Reconstructive Rearfoot and Ankle RRA residency is a 3-year training program with 2 residents in each year. BIDMC is a tertiary care, academic medical center and a major teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. The residency is designed with a rotational structure with an emphasis on resource based, competency driven, assessment validated training. The resident is provided with a greater responsibility in patient care and decision making as they progress through their training. These experiences coincide with a complementary curriculum of advancing didactic study. The residents and attending faculty have teaching responsibilities to students, medical staff / house officers and the surrounding community. The rotations of the residency include: podiatric surgery, clinical podiatric medicine, internal medicine, vascular surgery, emergency medicine, medical imaging, anesthesiology, endocrinology, rheumatology, behavioral medicine, infectious disease, orthopedic surgery and plastic surgery. The program has a focus on diabetic limb salvage and reconstruction / revisional surgery. In addition to BIDMC, the residents cover surgical cases at the VA medical center, BI- Needham, Brockton Hospital, Norwood Surgery Center, New England Baptist Surgery Center.Clerkship Program Contact
Kevin Riemer
DPM, FACFAS
6176328428
kriemer@bidmc.harvard.edu
Residency Program Coordinator
Osiris Tubens
6176327098
otubens@bidmc.harvard.edu
Public Contact Information
kriemer@bidmc.harvard.edu
6176328428
185 Pilgrim Road
Podiatry-Span 3
Boston, MA 02215
USA
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Program Overview
Program Emphasis
The program has a focus on diabetic limb salvage, Charcot reconstruction, and forefoot / rearfoot / ankle reconstruction / revisional surgery. In addition to the learning experiences at BIDMC, the residents cover surgical cases at the VA medical center, BI- Needham, Brockton Hospital, Norwood Surgery Center, New England Baptist Surgery Center.
Experiences Offered
Anesthesiology
Behavioral Science
Emergency Room
Infectious Disease
Office Rotations
Orthopedics
Outpatient Clinic
Plastic Surgery
Podiatry
Podiatry Surgery
Radiology
Rheumatology
Trauma
Vascular Surgery
Wound Care Limb Salvage
Board Review
Book Club
Grand Rounds
Journal Club
Labs Cadaver Industry
Research
Lecture Series
Clerkship Information
Residency Overview
BIDMC is a primary teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School. The training program is grounded in BIDMC's long-standing values of compassion, empathy and service to provide the highest quality of training. The resident is provided with a greater responsibility in patient care and decision making as they progress through their training. Full scope of podiatric medical and surgical training is available through BIDMC and the affiliated training sites. These experiences coincide with a complementary curriculum of advancing didactic study. Residents enjoy access to the clinical skills labs / workshops, lectures in all aspects of medicine, surgery and research, board review and journal club. Research is emphasized and residents are encouraged and supported to submit posters, manuscripts and chapters during training.
Residency Manual
Download the residency manualResidency Information
Residency Start Date: January 01, 0001
Available Residencies
PMSR: 0
PMSR-RRA: 2
Affiliated Institutions
BIDMC-Needham, Boston VA, Signature Brockton Hospital, New England Baptist Hospital / Surgicare, Norwood Surgical Center, Boston Children's HospitalOther Residency Requirements
Accreditation: JCAHO
Staff DPMs Count: 12
Other qualifications
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Additional Residency Programs
General Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Anesthesiology, Internal Medicine, Radiology, Emergency Medicine, Neurology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pathology, Psychiatry