Podiatric Residency Program

Program Highlights

• PM&S-36 (4/4/4)
• Renowned leadership
• Comprehensive surgical training
• Extensive wound care instruction
• Outstanding rotations

Advanced Podiatric Training

Lourdes sponsors a residency program for Podiatric medicine, providing Doctors of Podiatric Medicine (DPM) the opportunity to advance their clinical skills under the supervision of one of the most prominent podiatrists in the field, Dr. Guido LaPorta. 

Approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education, this limb reconstruction program provides comprehensive training in all aspects of foot and ankle surgery, podiatric medicine and wound care, and particular training in external fixation.  Externship positions are available and encouraged.

Residency Curriculum

The curriculum encompasses current podiatric office and hospital-based medicine practice, wound care, limb salvage, trauma, and elective surgery with an emphasis
on reconstructive forefoot and rearfoot surgery.

Residents will complete a cadaver workshop as part of their training. In addition to Wound Care Center, peri-operative consults and private office experiences, residents are responsible for in-house patient management as well as staffing and managing the Primary Care Network Foot Clinic.

The rotation schedule provides residents with experience in a core of medicine rotations as well as general, vascular, plastic, and orthopedic trauma surgery. The residency training program offers a well-developed curriculum with affiliations at several local hospitals, medical centers, and outpatient surgery centers. Residents easily achieve surgical number completion.

• Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Binghamton, NY
• Crouse Hospital, Syracuse, NY
• Harrison Center for Outpatient Surgery, Syracuse, NY
• Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA

Select residents will have the opportunity to attend a prestigious three-month rotation focusing on limb deformity correction at the Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, MD.

Resident Benefits

Salary:

• 1st year - $36,514
• 2nd year - $38,705
• 3rd year - $41,040  

Benefits:

• Shared-cost medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and 403(b) benefits.
• 3 ½ weeks PTO per year, exclusive of CME attendance.
• CME allowance.
• Limited in-hospital meals.
• Malpractice insurance.
• Lab coats provided.

Program Attendings

Guido Laporta, D.P.M., M.S., Program Director

Binghamton, New York

Lourdes is located in the culturally-rich university town of Binghamton, 2.5 hours from NYC, 3 hours from Philadelphia, and 1.5 hours from Syracuse. Whatever the season, there is much to see and do in Greater Binghamton. Situated where the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers meet, you peer out over the numerous bridges and delight in the outstanding architecture, with the backdrop of the signature rolling hills.

Greater Binghamton has much to offer the tourist and even more to offer the resident. In addition to outstanding theater, opera, and a gallery scene, Binghamton is home to minor league baseball, the Binghamton Mets, and the AHL Binghamton Senators. As the birthplace to IBM, large and small businesses alike have found a home in Greater Binghamton. Serviced by Binghamton Regional Airport and with excellent access to major routes, Binghamton is easily accessible from any direction.

If you have any questions about this residency program or if you are interested in visiting or externing, please contact Brenda Keating.

Email: bkeating@lourdes.com
Office Phone: 607-798-5528