Bridgeport Hospital Yale New Haven Health

Bridgeport Hospital Podiatric Residency Clerkship Bridgeport Hospital is a Yale New Haven Health community teaching hospital in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Its Podiatric Medicine and Surgery Residency with Reconstructive Rearfoot/Ankle Surgery (PMSR/RRA) provides extensive exposure to both medical and surgical podiatric care. Clerkship/externship experience includes: Inpatient and outpatient management of a broad range of lower-extremity conditions Forefoot, midfoot, rearfoot and ankle deformities Trauma and major limb deformities Diabetic lower-extremity complications Infections and limb-threatening conditions Wound care and limb salvage, including hyperbaric oxygen therapy Podiatric medicine and surgery Exposure to vascular surgery, infectious disease, internal medicine, endocrinology, general surgery, orthopedics, emergency medicine, radiology, anesthesiology and other specialties Experience with burn patients through the Connecticut Burn Center Participation in clinical and academic activities, including journal club, lectures, board review, workshops and research. The program emphasizes complete medical and surgical care, podiatric surgery, interdisciplinary management, wound care/limb salvage, and research. Residents and students have clinical exposure across Bridgeport and affiliated Yale New Haven Health facilities, including Milford and Greenwich campuses. Clerkship eligibility and contact The clerkship minimum GPA is 3.0 and the clerkship contact as Lady Paula DeJesus, DPM. Clerkship inquiries should be sent to lady.dejesus@ynhh.org.

The Podiatric Surgical Residency program plays a significant role in the overall medical and surgical care within the medical center. It operates two major podiatric surgery clinics, staffs an on-campus wound center with HBO therapy and participates in the ER coverage. Time is also spent with orthopedics, ID and general surgery. Additionally, we are integrated with vascular, endocrine and internal medicine. Bridgeport/YNHH has welcomed a new 106 Bed Hospital Campus in Milford Connecticut bringing the total bed number to 531. Residents also cover surgeries at the Greenwich Hospital campus and its affiliated surgery centers.