Time is allocated to Podiatric office hours with a large variety of physicians. The Houston Podiatric Foundation offers the comprehensive medical and surgical training that will most effectively prepare the recent Podiatric graduate for a confident and profitable future in a rapidly changing health care environment. Currently there is one position in each approved slot. The PSR-12 runs consecutive to the RPR position. It is the home of the country's largest family practive program and, as such, a great deal of clinical diversity is provided to the Podiatry service through referral.
Procedures range from prophylactic, palliative care to ankle fusions and amputations.
The clinic managed over 3,000 patient visits last year which the resident staff provided direct, hands-on care. We are members of the orthopedic department with a foot and ankle orthopedist working with podiatry residents. St. Mary Surgicenter, Ltd., Lubbock St. Mary Surgicenter Ltd., located in Lubbock, TX, a community of approximately 200,000 in West Texas, is the sponsoring institution for a PSR-12 podiatric residency program. Completion of a RPR or POR or PPMR is a prerequisite for the PSR-12 position. Other core clinical rotations and elective rotations are provided with affiliation agreements with St. Mary of the Plains Hospital.