The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Lebanon VA Medical Center (VAMC) received an added credential for its podiatric surgical residents in reconstructive rearfoot/ankle surgery by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education this spring with an effective date this summer.
The credential allows surgical residents to be certified to operate on the heel and ankle, as well as the rest of the foot, providing a benefit for patients needing complex surgery, according to Dr. Richard D. LaTour, deputy chief of staff - surgery.
Surgical residents are doctors who have completed medical school and are completing a residency that lasts at least five years and can be longer depending on the specialty.
Lebanon VAMC's podiatric medicine surgery residency program includes surgical and medical residents from the Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical School.
Lebanon VAMC is one of 170 medical centers in the nation with the sole purpose of providing world-class medical care to America's veterans. The facility serves a nine-county area in southcentral Pennsylvania - covering Adams, Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, Schuylkill and York counties - and currently oversees community clinics located in Lancaster, Mechanicsburg, Pottsville, Wyomissing, York, and Fort Indiantown Gap. Veterans may be eligible to receive care and benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. To learn more, readers may call 717-272-6621, ext. 6000.
For more information about Lebanon VAMC, readers may visit http://www.lebanon.va.gov or http://www.facebook.com/VALebanon.
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