Program Director, Podiatric Medicine and Surgery Residency Program

Podiatric Foot and Ankle Surgeon Program Director

Yale New Haven Hospital is seeking an accomplished academic podiatric foot and ankle surgeon to serve as the Program Director of its CPME-accredited Podiatric Medicine and Surgery Residency Program. This is a unique opportunity to join one of the nation's premier academic health systems and help shape the education and development of future podiatric surgeons.

As Program Director, you'll provide strategic and educational leadership for a well-established residency program while maintaining an active clinical practice. The role is ideal for a physician who is passionate about resident education, mentorship, academic medicine, and advancing innovation in podiatric surgery. You'll collaborate closely with multidisciplinary faculty across Yale New Haven Health and the Yale School of Medicine, contributing to excellence in patient care, research, and physician training.

Yale New Haven Health is committed to fostering a culture guided by its core values of integrity, patient-centered care, respect, accountability, and compassion, with a strong emphasis on academic excellence, collaboration, and delivering exceptional care to the communities it serves.

This position offers the opportunity to make a lasting impact on one of the country's respected podiatric residency programs while building an academic career within a nationally recognized healthcare system.

Responsibilities

Educational Leadership

• Provide strategic leadership for all aspects of the residency program.
• Develop, implement, and continuously enhance a comprehensive competency-based curriculum in podiatric medicine and foot and ankle surgery.
• Foster resident development in clinical judgment, surgical technique, professionalism, communication, and lifelong learning.
• Promote scholarly activity, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice.
• Create a culture of educational excellence, innovation, patient safety, professionalism, and accountability.

Program Administration

• Direct the overall administration of the residency program.
• Maintain compliance with all Council on Podiatric Medical Education (CPME) accreditation standards, Yale New Haven Health policies, and Yale School of Medicine Graduate Medical Education requirements.
• Oversee resident recruitment, orientation, evaluations, promotion, remediation, graduation, and disciplinary processes.
• Supervise the Residency Program Coordinator and ensure efficient day-to-day operation of the residency program.
• Lead annual program evaluation and continuous quality improvement initiatives.

Clinical Education

• Coordinate resident clinical rotations throughout Yale New Haven Health and affiliated training institutions.
• Ensure comprehensive operative and clinical experience across the full spectrum of podiatric medicine and foot and ankle surgery, including reconstructive surgery, trauma, diabetic limb preservation, sports medicine, wound care, and complex foot and ankle pathology.
• Collaborate with faculty to maximize educational opportunities and progressive surgical responsibility.
• Promote interdisciplinary education and collaborative patient care throughout the Yale New Haven Health System.

Faculty Development

• Recruit, mentor, develop, and retain faculty committed to excellence in graduate medical education.
• Foster faculty participation in teaching, mentorship, curriculum development, resident evaluation, scholarly activity, and educational innovation.
• Support faculty development through mentorship and continuing educational opportunities.

Academic Appointment and Faculty Responsibilities

The Program Director is expected to serve as a respected physician-educator and academic leader dedicated to graduate medical education and the advancement of podiatric medicine and surgery.

Responsibilities include:

• Provide outstanding clinical and surgical teaching in the operating room, ambulatory clinics, inpatient services, and formal didactic conferences.
• Mentor residents in surgical technique, clinical decision-making, professionalism, ethics, leadership, and career development.
• Promote scholarly activity through clinical research, quality improvement initiatives, publications, presentations, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Participate in Graduate Medical Education initiatives, institutional committees, faculty development programs, and strategic educational planning.
• Advance the academic mission and national reputation of the Yale New Haven Hospital Podiatric Medicine and Surgery Residency Program.

Qualifications

Education:

• Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM).

Licensure & Certification:

• Board Certification by the American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery (ABFAS).
• Eligible for unrestricted licensure to practice podiatric medicine in the State of Connecticut.
• Eligible for appointment to the Yale New Haven Hospital Medical Staff with unrestricted clinical privileges.

Experience:

• Progressive leadership experience in graduate medical education.
• Previous experience as a Program Director or Associate Program Director of a CPME-accredited Podiatric Medicine and Surgery Residency Program strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated success in residency education, accreditation, faculty mentorship, and program development.
• Academic appointment or eligibility for faculty appointment within the Yale School of Medicine preferred.

Additional Information

Leadership Competencies:

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Visionary and collaborative leadership.
• A commitment to graduate medical education and the development of future leaders in podiatric medicine and surgery.
• Excellence in clinical practice, surgical education, and patient-centered care.
• Integrity, professionalism, accountability, and sound judgment.
• Strategic thinking, innovation, and continuous quality improvement.
• Commitment to mentorship, scholarship, diversity, inclusion, and lifelong learning.
• The ability to advance the academic mission and national reputation of the Yale New Haven Hospital Podiatric Medicine and Surgery Residency Program.