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Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center

710 Lawrence expressway

Department 140

Santa Clara, CA 95051

CASPR # 0129

CRIP Section 2

Rescue Fund Insured: yes

COTH Member: Yes

Entry Level Positions: n/a

Type

# Approved

# Filling

Director

Cristian Neagu DPM

Phone: 408691002

Program E-mail: cristian.neagu@kp.org

Program Web Site: http://residency-ncal.kaiserpermanente.org/programs/podiatry/sc/

Hospital Description

Accreditation: JCAHO

Offers podiatry clerkship: yes

Staff DPMs: 19

Affiliated Institutions:

Kaiser Permanente San Leandro

Kaiser Permanente Fremont

Other Residency Programs:

Internal Medicine

Emergency Medicine

OB/GYN

General Surgery

Stanford affiliated hospital

Clinical Experiences

Anesthesiology: yes

Behavioral Science: yes

Dermatology: yes

Diabetic Wound Care: yes

Emergency Room: yes

Family Practice: no

Internal Medicine: yes

Infectious Disease: yes

Neurology: no

Orthopedics: yes

Office Rotations: yes

Outpatient Clinic: yes

Pathology/Lab: no

Pediatrics: yes

Plastic Surgery: no

Podiatry: yes

Podiatry (Surgery): yes

Radiology: yes

Rehabilitation: yes

Rheumatology: yes

Surgery: yes

Trauma: no

Vascular Surgery: yes

Other Clinical Experiences:

Weekly didactic sessions (journal club, radiology review, text review, complex foot clinic), vascular rounds.

Weekly protected teaching time (Monday afternoon)- lecture/hands on lab sessions scheduled

Program Emphasis:

Advanced Surgical training/extensive ankle and rearfoot trauma and reconstruction, total ankle replacement. Excellent ortho relationship. Great pediatric orthopedic experience.

High Volume Clinic, high surgical volume.

Global health rotation- Vietnam mission

Research projects required, assistance provided through existing research committee and department of reseach

Didactic Program

Grand Rounds: yes

Book Club: yes

Journal Club: yes

Research: yes

Lecture Series: yes

Resident Benefits

Stipends

First Year: $89293

Second Year: $92407

Third Year: $97550

Fourth Year: n/a

CME Allowance: yes

Health Insurance: yes

Malpractice Insuarance: yes

Housing: yes

Meals: yes

Sick Leave: yes

Uniforms: yes

Vacation: yes

Other Resident Benefits:

Fees paid: CME stipend, Research stipend. Gym membership, Resident retreat, Housing stipend.

Global health yearly stipend.

Applicant Requirements

Mail additional fees and required documents not included in your CASPR application and any non-electronic document to this address: 710 Lawrence expressway Department 140 Santa Clara, CA 95051

NBPME Part III: No

Program Application Fee: N/A

Refundable: n/a

Payable to: n/a

Clerkship Required: no

State Licensure: Training

ACLS: yes

CPR: yes

Minimum GPA: 3.2

Minimum Rank: no

Other Applicant Requirements:

Curriculum Vitae

Available Resources

Sample Contract: Contact Program

Benefit Package: Please see website

Curriculum: Contact Program

Program Overview

Teaching Hospital – interact with residents in many other specialties. Training split between Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara and Kaiser Permanente San Leandro/Fremont (approximately 25 miles away). Brand new State of the Art Hospital and Clinics. Well rounded, busy hands on program. High volume general podiatric clinic. No routine foot care. High volume surgery exposure in full scope of podiatry-Forefoot, Rearfoot Reconstruction, Ankle, Pediatric, Trauma, Total ankle replacement.

Share building with Orthopedics, Sports Medicine, and Fracture clinic with excellent working and teaching relationship with all. In the heart of beautiful Silicon Valley. Thirty minutes from Ocean, 45 min from San Francisco, Great weather and food.