John S. Kirchner, MD, completed his undergraduate studies at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia 1988. He graduated medical school 1992 at Hahnemann University. Upon completing his degree, Dr. Kirchner began a one-year rotating internship in General Surgery at Hahnemann University, followed by a residency in Orthopaedic Surgery which he completed in 1997 at Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Kirchner moved to Birmingham, Alabama to pursue a one-year fellowship in Foot and Ankle Surgery at the American Sports Medicine Institute.