Program Directors:
Douglas Pacaccio, DPM, FACFAS
Patrick McEneaney, DPM, FACFAS
Assistant Program Director:
Rebecca Stack, DPM, FACFAS
Other Program Faculty:
Summer Bochat, DPM, AACFAS
Ashley Lee, DPM, FACFAS
Peter Lovato, DPM, FACFAS
Natasha Bhagat, DPM
Jennifer Pacaccio, DPM
Rimi Statkus, DPM, FACFAS
John Thometz, DPM, AACFAS
Recent Post Graduate Fellows:
2024-2025: Rikesh Patel, DPM, AACFAS
2023-2024: Kimber Nolan, DPM
2022-2023: Muhammed Shamim, DPM
Northern Illinois Foot and Ankle Specialists
750 E. Terra Cotta, Unit C,
Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Phone: 847-639-5800
Fax: Crystal Lake: 815-526-3467
Email: drstack@illinoisfoot.com
Program Information:
Program Video
Meet the Fellow FAQ's
Number of Positions:
One
Duration:
One year
Program Start and End Dates:
August 1 – July 31
Application Deadline:
August 1
Program Application:
ACFAS Standard Fellowship Application Form
Stipend:
$50,000
Position Locations:
All locations in IL: Sycamore, Lake in the Hills, New Lenox, Yorkville, DeKalb, Aurora, Cary
Research Requirements:
Develop and coordinate a research project of interest. Project must be of publishable quality.
Program Summary/Training Goals:
- Building on the fellow’s current skills, this fellowship aims to add to the physician’s overall skill set and complete their total educational experience in order to enter any practice situation with full confidence.
- Surgically, the fellow will have the opportunity to participate in trauma, rearfoot reconstructive, forefoot reconstructive, wound care, and elective cases, including external frames, and total ankle reconstruction.
- The fellow will have time for office/clinic work each week.
- This fellowship will also open the door for original research in the field and help the fellow prepare for publishable content.
Post Graduate Fellows History:
2021-2022: Deepali Darji, DPM, FACFAS
2020-2021: Joseph Rundell, DPM
2019-2020: Adam Buffington, DPM, FACFAS
2018-2019: Christopher Clement, DPM