Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

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I have extensive experience in complex foot and ankle surgery. In my career I have performed over 25,000 surgical cases and over 1500 ankle replacements. I have published extensively on a wide variety of subject involving foot and ankle surgery (128 publications) and lectured all over the world on Foot and Ankle surgery. Please refer to my most recent CV for details. I have served as Editor in Chief for the Journal of Foot and Surgery for 7 years and Editor in Chief of Foot and Ankle Specialist for 6 years. Former Chair of Board- American Academy of Foot and Ankle Osteosynthesis Former Course Chair-AO Podiatric Course Past President, American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons 1998-1999 Board of Directors, ACFAS, 1992-2000 Past Chair; Outcomes Research Committee, ACFAS Past Chair; Clinical Research; Research Fellowships, ACFAS Past Chair, Preferred Practice Guidlines; Hallux Valgus Past Chair, Preferred Practice Guidlines; Ankle Sprain, Instability Former Member Ankle/Reconstructive Rearfoot Surgery Exam Committee, American Board Podiatric Surgery 1992-1996 Former Chair, ABPS Ankle/Rearfoot Reconstructive Surgery Exam Committee 1996-2000 Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, California College of Podiatric Medicine 1985-2003 Licensing Commissioner, State of California 1986-1998 Chief Examination Advisor, Board of Medical Quality Assurance 1986-1998 Associate Faculty, San Francisco Orthopedic Residency Program, Former Chair, Foot and Ankle Subgroup, National Product Comm-Kaiser Former Chair, Local Product Committee, Kaiser San Francisco Former Chair, Education Committee-American Academy Foot Ankle Osteosynthesis 2013-2019 Nine time awardee of Attending of the Year from several residency programs Board Certified American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery (1985, Current)