Foot And Ankle Specialists of Ohio
 
Ultrasound      ESWT

Diplomat, American Board of Podiatric Surgery

Certified in Reconstructive Rearfoot and Ankle Surgery
* Certified in Foot surgery

Foot & Ankle Specialists of Ohio, Inc.
1995-present

7062 Wayside Drive
Mentor, OH 44060

36060 Euclid Ave. Suite #107
Willoughby, OH 44094

115 Wilson Mills Road
Chardon, OH 44024

 
 
Professional Associations
*Fellow, ACFAS, American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons
*OPMA, Ohio Podiatric Medical Association
*APMA, American Podiatric medical association
*Fellow, APWCA, American Professional Wound Care Association
 
 
Teaching Positions
  • *Teaching Faculty, Mount Sinai Medical Center Foot and Ankle Surgery
  • Residency Program, Cleveland, OH (1995-2000), Dr. Gerard Yu Director
  • *Teaching Faculty, St. Vincent Charity Hospital Foot and Ankle Surgical Residency Program, Cleveland OH (2001-2007), Dr. Gerard Yu Director
 
 
Hospital Staff
  • *Lake Hospital System (East-Painesville, OH)(West-Willoughby, OH)
  • Chief, Section of Podiatric Surgery, Dept. of Surgery
  • *UHHS Geauga Regional Medical Center, Chardon, OH
  • *St. Vincent Charity Hospital, Cleveland, OH
  • *Euclid General Hospital, Euclid, OH
 
 
Advanced Surgical Training
  • *AANA, "Masters Experience in Arthroscopy of the Foot and Ankle" Orthopedic Learning Center, Chicago, IL (1995)
  • *Orthofix Foot and Ankle Deformity Correction Course Boca Raton, FL (2004)
  • *Applications of Ilizarov and Taylor Spatial Frame to the Foot and Ankle San Diego, CA (2006)
  • *Foot and Ankle Applications of the Ilizarov Method Memphis, TN (2003)
  • *Reconstructive Surgery of the Foot and Management of Complications Stamford,CT (1993)
  • *ACFAS, Comprehensive Foot and Ankle Arthroscopy Surgical Skills Orthopedic Learning Center, Chicago, IL (2003)
  • *Advanced Foot and Ankle Applications of External Frames Memphis, TN (2004)
  • *International Ilizarov Training Course on "Transosseous Osteosynthesis in Lower Limb Reconstruction" Thriassion Hospital-Elefsina, Greece (2004)
  • *Mini Fellowship, "Transosseus Osteosynthesis for Deformity Correction of the Foot, Ankle and Lower Extremity" Russian Ilizarov Scientific Center for Restorative Traumatology and Orthopedics, Kurgan, Russia (2002)
  • *Taylor Spatial Frame Course for Lower Extremity Trauma and Deformity Correction. Aspen, CO (2002)
 
 
Lecture Presentations and Workshops
  • *Lecturer, "Adult Acquired Flatfoot Symposium" Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine, (2006)
  • *Lecturer and Lab Instructor, "Ankle Arthrodesis using the Ilizarov Method of External Fixation" Memphis, TN (2004)
  • *Lecturer, "Opening Wedge Osteotomy for Hallux Valgus Correction" The Dr. Gerard V. Yu Memorial Seminar, Clevevland, OH (2005)
  • *Lecturer, " Surgical Treatment of the Unstable 2nd Toe Joint" Super Saver Seminar, Cleveland, OH (2002)
  • *Lecturer, "Fractures of the Talus" Super Saver Seminar, Cleveland, OH (2001)
  • * Lecturer and Faculty Instructor, "Components of the Ilizarov Frame" Memphis, TN (2003)
  • *Lecturer, "Lis franc Fractures, An Alternative fixation" Cleveland, OH
 
 
Certificates
  • * Endoscopic Plantar Fasciotomy
  • *Foot and Ankle Arthroscopy
  • *ESWT, Dornier Ultrasound Guided Shockwave Therapy
  • *Ilizarov Method of Transosseous Osteosynthesis, Kurgan, Russia
  • *Foot and Ankle Deformity Correction, Elfsina, Greece
 
 
Publications
  • * "Enhanced Tenodesis for Retrocalcaneal Surgery" Yu, Weinfeld, Gorby, Dujela and Frania J AM Podiatric Medical Association 92(4): 200-209,2002
  • * "A New fixation technique for Ankle fracture dislocations Requiring Syndesmotic Repair" Frania, Judge, Meszaros Canales, Masadeh
    ACFAS 2006 Annual Scientific Seminar, Las Vegas, NV
 
 
Education
  • *Foot and Ankle Surgical Residency, Mt. Sinai Hospital / St. Francis Medical Center, Hartford, CT (1993-1995)
  • *Doctor of Podiatric Medicine, OCPM (1993)
  • *B.S. in Biology, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH (1988)
 
 
Awards
  • * "Clinical Instructor of the Year", St. Vincent Hospital Podiatric Surgical Residency Program, Cleveland, OH (2003)

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Mentor Office
7062 Wayside Dr.
Mentor, OH 44060
440-357-8418

Willoughby Office
36060 Euclid Ave. #107
Willoughby, OH 44094
440-975-8823

Chardon Office
115 Wilson Mills Rd.
Chardon, OH 44024
440-285-2666