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Visiting Professor Program

 

Bring a foot and ankle expert to your orthopaedic residency program! The AOFAS Visiting Professor Program aims to enhance orthopaedic resident education by sending leading foot and ankle orthopaedic surgeons to residency programs to participate in clinics, lectures, and/or grand rounds.

View the Application and Guidelines

Residency training programs without full-time foot and ankle orthopaedic faculty are given priority in the application process. 

 

Visiting Professor Program

 

AOFAS covers travel expenses for the Visiting Professor, including airfare, lodging, and ground transportation. Host institutions are responsible for planning a dinner and scheduling activities with residents. AOFAS staff members will work with host institutions on dates and availability. 

For more information, contact the AOFAS Executive Office at education@aofas.org or call 800-235-4855 or +1-847-698-4654 (outside US).

Visiting Professor Photo Gallery

 

Scott B. Shawen, MD, presents to residents at Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Fort Gordon, Georgia, in December 2019. Kevin D. Martin, DO, leads lab training with residents at Detroit Medical Center in May 2019. Kevin D. Martin, DO, (back row, fifth from right) visited residents at Detroit Medical Center in May 2019. Eric M. Bluman, MD, PhD, (front row in yellow shirt) visited the Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii and presented at the Tripler/University of Hawaii combined orthopaedic symposium. Lew C. Schon, MD, with residents at Maimonides Medical Center (Brooklyn, NY) in February 2019. Lew C. Schon, MD, with residents at Maimonides Medical Center (Brooklyn, NY) in February 2019. Vinod K. Panchbhavi, MD, FACS, visited residents at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center San Antonio. Thomas G. Harris, MD, with orthopaedic residents at Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura, California Keith Wapner, MD, visited the Medical College of Georgia Regents University. Christopher Chiodo, MD, and Jeffrey Johnson, MD, with orthopaedic residents at the University of Florida-Jacksonville. Bruce Cohen, MD, visited with residents at San Antonio Military Medical Center. Bruce Sangeorzan, MD, served as the Visiting Professor for Tripler Army Medical Center, The Queen's Medical Center and Kaiser Permanente Moanalua Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.