Board-Certified Orthopedic Surgeon with a special interest in Foot and Ankle Surgery. Published innovative techniques, such as keyhole surgery for procedures such as fixation of pilon fractures in the distal tibia, endoscopic gastrocnemius release, harvesting tendons in the foot for grafting, and peroneal tendoscopy, which are traditionally performed through full, open incisions. Developed new techniques to measure results after bunion surgery, such as metatarsal span measurements and forefoot circumference and digital measurements as a new standard to compare results. Editor-in-Chief of the journal Techniques in Foot and Ankle Surgery and editorial board member on journals such as the Foot and Ankle International, Internet-based education sites such as Footeducation.com, and reviewer for a number of additional journals, including the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. Interests include surgery of the foot and ankle, diabetic foot and ankle disorders, the Ilizarov method of bone deformity correction and bone transport, ankle arthroscopy, ankle joint replacement, endoscopy, heel pain, fractures of the ankle, talus, and calcaneus, minimally invasive or key hole surgery and trauma and general orthopedics.

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