Advanced Foot and Ankle Reconstructive Limb Salvage Fellowship

Program Directors:
Scott A. Clark, DPM, FACFAS
David Seegmiller, DPM, FACFAS

Other Program Faculty:
Robert Church, DPM
Anna Hronek, DPM, FACFAS
Clint Larsen, DPM, FACFAS

Recent Post Graduate Fellows:
2024-2025: Callie Morlock, DPM, AACFAS
2023-2024: Mohammed Farhan, DPM
2022-2023: Amanda Khoury, DPM, AACFAS

AFAC Downtown Office
24 South 1100 East, Suite #210
Salt Lake City, Utah 84012
Phone: (801) 505-5277
Email: fellow@afacutah.com

Website: 
afacutah.com

Number of Positions:
One

Duration:
One year

Program Start and End Dates:
August 1 – July 31

Application Deadline:
May 31

Program Application:
ACFAS Standard Fellowship Application Form

Stipend:
$65,000

Position Locations:
Salt Lake City, UT

Research Requirements:    

• The fellow is required to publish one poster and one journal article during their fellowship year.
• The fellow is required to attend monthly journal club with residency program.

Program Summary/Training Goals:

• This fellowship is a 12-month program designed to provide advanced foot and ankle deformity correction and limb salvage knowledge, as well as educate on application of external fixators and TCC nails.
• The fellow will gain a year of knowledge in wound care management, diabetic limb salvage, deformity reconstruction with the use of external and internal fixation.
• The fellow will be expected to run their own wound care clinic, overseen by faculty.
• The training will encompass examination, treatment and basic wound care principles of the foot, ankle and lower extremity.
• The fellow will be expected to achieve competency with limb salvage and surgical reconstruction.
• The experiences of the fellow include but are not limited to: research, surgical correction and reconstruction of diabetic limb salvage of the lower extremities, both internal and external fixation techniques, advanced wound care techniques, and any new emerging technology in the above categories.