An active clinic is in the hospital seeing over 3,500 patients per year. An externship is not required but strongly suggested. West Jersey Health System, Camden The West Jersey Health System Podiatric Residency is a 24 month surgical program. The program was instituted in 1984. West Jersey is part of Virtua Health, which is the largest health system in the area.
West Jersey consists of four hospitals and a very busy surgical center.
The hospitals are located in Southern New Jersey minutes from center city Philadelphia. Podiatric residents rotate through all divisions. The Camden Division offers a busy outpatient podiatric center where the residents are exposed to various podiatric pathology. There are over 1,000 foot and ankle cases performed annually through the West Jersey System. Each resident performs over 1,000 procedures during their tenure.