Ep. 248 - Ashleigh Medda, DPM, FACFAS - Residency Director, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Drs. Jeffrey Jensen and Johanna Richey welcome Dr. Ashleigh Medda from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston Salem, NC.  Dr. Medda graduated from the University of North Carolina with her degree in both Biology and Spanish.  She then went on to Temple University for her Doctorate of Podiatric Medical degree.  She then had the opportunity to be one of the first residents at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center where she completed her 3-year surgical residency program.  She is board-certified by both the American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgeons in the American Board of Podiatric Medicine. Dr. Medda is the Residency Director for the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem North Carolina.  Previously she had been the clerkship director and the assistant program director.  To name to hear her advice about what it is like to be a student on externships or resident at their program.  Dr. Medda is kind, intelligent and warm as she discusses what it is like to go through the processe.  She is also a mentor through the Wake Forest University undergraduate clinical internship program and has been a mentor to multiple medical students through the process.  Listen in as she has excellent tips, advice and pearls for students in the medical field. She is also incredibly involved in her community and with the profession at large.  She is a committee member on multiple ABFAS boards including the exam prep task force committee and the standard setting panel.  She is also part of the ACFAS consumer education committee as well as the American podiatric medical Association (APMA) communications committee.  But her service to her community is what really stands out.  She describes a special project that she helped launch in 2020 called the DEAC foot and ankle clinic which helps deliver equal access to care to underserved and vulnerable populations in her hometown.  Join us, as she discusses why service is so important to her and her philosophy of how we care for patients and each other. We hope you enjoy this fabulous episode! https://school.wakehealth.edu/education-and-training/residencies-and-fellowships/podiatry-residency/current-residents https://www.apma.org/ https://www.abfas.org/residents https://bmef.org/ https://www.acfas.org/