Top Diabetic Residencies
Started by Keith4
I would look into Gunderson in WI. Dr. Roukis is an attending there. Since I will now provide disclaimers on all of my posts...
Disclaimer: I have never been to Gunderson which is why I said YOU should look into it. I know that Dr. Roukis was in charge of the limb salvage program at Madigan. I'm mostly assuming he is a DPM you could learn a lot from when it comes to wound care/limb salvage
Disclaimer: I have never been to Gunderson which is why I said YOU should look into it. I know that Dr. Roukis was in charge of the limb salvage program at Madigan. I'm mostly assuming he is a DPM you could learn a lot from when it comes to wound care/limb salvage
Dr. Steinberg who is at Georgetown is doing some great work. He is involved with residency training and I would highly recommend any program where he is involved. Look him up.
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Yes, Dr. Frykberg is extremely well known and respected. There are many others including Dr. Armstrong, Dr. Lavery, Dr. Zgonis, Dr. Habershaw, Dr. Sanders, etc. There are many that I have NOT mentioned, since there are too many to name. If you do your research, you'll find some great docs out there and some great programs.
Hey Kidsfeet and dtrack, do you remember when students used to actually say THANK YOU for answering a post prior to asking another question???😀
Hey Kidsfeet and dtrack, do you remember when students used to actually say THANK YOU for answering a post prior to asking another question???😀[/QUOTE]
My apologies. I do thank you for your advise. I'm a little new to typing conversations. Had we been talking in person I would have said thank you.
My apologies. I do thank you for your advise. I'm a little new to typing conversations. Had we been talking in person I would have said thank you.
I also have wondered about residencies and externships in this area. My question isn't so much what's the top residency but what's a good strong residency. I'm an average student who works hard and feel like I can get a descent residency but not one of the top dogs. It's easy to search out the top 5 programs but has anyone heard positive feedback from a program that my not be as well known as say, San Antonio?
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How is that? I didn't see diabetes mentioned anywhere on CRIP or the residency website.
I work for UPMC and shadowed here and I'd say over 90% of the cases I saw were diabetics, including OR.
Over 90% of the cases were diabetics????? If that was the case the program would never achieve the numbers/diversity in surgical cases needed to maintain their program.
Both Dr. Burns and Dr. Wukich do see a great deal of diabetics/limb salvage patients, not 90% of the total patient load. Dr. Wukich is also currently the chair of the foot committe to the ADA and the residents help run a wound care center that obviously deals with a great deal of diabetics. Just because things aren't on those websites you referred to doesn't mean they don't exist. I wound venture to say those haven't been updated in years. Look at the research coming out of the program most deals with diabetes and complications of the disease.
As far as diversity/numbers go, even thinking that UPMC doesn't have that is a complete joke.
As far as diversity/numbers go, even thinking that UPMC doesn't have that is a complete joke.
I did NOT say there wasn't diversity. I said IF 90% of the cases were diabetic (as someone had stated) then the program would not be able to reach it's numbers/have the diversity it needed.
I personally believe UPMC is one of the best programs out there. I know Dr. Wukich and have spoken with him and have personally thanked him (as a foot/ankle orthopod) for training DPMs.
