Anthony Giordano, DPM
Curriculum Vitae

Most recent position:

• Private Practice, New Baltimore, MI (July 2003 - February 2006)

Memberships/Organizations:

• Associate - American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (2003 - present)
• Michigan Podiatric Medical Association [MPMA] Member - (2001 - present)
• MPMA Scientific Committee (2004 - present)
• MPMA Conference Committee (2004 - present)

ABPS Certification

• Board Qualified - Forefoot Surgery
• Board Qualified - Reconstructive Rearfoot and Ankle Surgery

Education:

• Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
  D.P.M., May, 1999
• King's College, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  B.S.; Biology, May, 1994

Postgraduate Training:

• Oakwood Healthcare System -Annapolis Hospital (July 2001 - June 2003)
  Associated with Wayne State University, MI. Well-rounded two years with emphasis on foot/ankle trauma and reconstruction. Rotations: Pain Management, Infectious Disease, and Physical Therapy. Co-chief resident from July 2002 to June 2003. Director of Podiatric Residency - Lawrence Fallat, DPM.



• Roger Williams Medical Center PSR-12 (July 2000 - June 2001)
  Eight months podiatric surgery with four months of outside rotations. Over 750 foot/ankle procedures logged (>80% as "C" status). Rotations: Emergency Department, Vascular Surgery (2 months), Plastic Surgery and Family Medicine. Director of Podiatric Surgical Residency - Peter Sardella, DPM.



• Roger Williams Medical Center RPR (July 1999 - June 2000)
  Associated with Boston University Medical School. Rotating year with four months podiatric surgery (308 procedures logged). Rotations: Neurology, Internal Medicine, Dermatology, Anesthesia, General Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Pathology, Radiology and Rheumatology. Director of Podiatric Residency - Peter Sardella, DPM.

Awards:

• April 30, 2003. Second Place for Original Research. Salvage of Collapsed Charcot Ankle Joint Using External Fixator for Tibiocalcaneal Arthrodesis. Oakwood Healthcare Systems Resident Research Day
  Dearborn, MI



• October 11, 2002. First Place for Original Research. Strength Analysis of Intraosseous Wire Fixation For Avulsion Fractures of the Fifth Metatarsal Base. Michigan Podiatric Medical Association 88th Annual Conference.
  Dearborn, MI



• May 8, 2002. First Place for Original Research, Oral Presentation. Strength Analysis of Intraosseous Wire Fixation For Avulsion Fractures of the Fifth Metatarsal Base. Oakwood Healthcare Systems Resident Research Day
  Dearborn, MI



• Giordano, A.R., Fallat, L.M. Strength Analysis of Intraosseous Wire Fixation for Avulsion Fractures of the Fifth Metatarsal Base. Accepted for presentation at the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons Expo 2003 Annual Meeting and Scientific Seminar.

Publications:

• Giordano, A.R., Sardella, P.J., Vito, L. Complication of a Portuguese Man-Of-War Envenomation to the Foot - A Case Report. J Foot Ankle Surg. 2005 July-August; 44(4):297-300.



• Giordano, A.R., Fallat, L.M. Strength Analysis of Intraosseous Wire Fixation for Avulsion Fractures of the Fifth Metatarsal Base. J Foot Ankle Surg. 2004 Jul-Aug; 43(4):225-230.



• Calderone, H., Giordano, A.R., and Glick, D.L. (1994) Light/Dark and Circadian Changes in Enzyme Expression in Sunflower, Pea, and Soybean Seedlings. J. Penn Acad. Sci. 67:172.

Works in Progress/Under Submission:

• Giordano, A.R., Franklin, S., and Sardella, P.J. Decompressional First Metatarsophalangeal Joint Osteotomy for Early-Stage Hallux Limitus. In progress.

Oral Presentations

• April 25, 2006. Podiatric Medicine and Surgery 101.
  Michigan Academy of Physicians Assistants
  MAPA Legislative Day.
  Lansing, MI.
  House of Representatives.



• October 20, 2005. Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus.
  MPMA 2005 Fall Conference.
  Troy, MI.



• September 21, 2005. Assessment of the Diabetic Foot.
  Oakwood Heritage Hospital Diabetic Foot Fall Symposium
  Taylor, MI.



• July 1, 2005. How to Use Diagnostic Machinery, and Why??
  MPMA Summer Seminar- Assistants Program.
  Traverse City, MI.



• July 1, 2005. Clinical Definition of Delayed Union and Nonunion.
  Michigan Podiatric Medical Association Summer Seminar.
  Traverse City, MI.



• March 17, 2005. Complications of Hallux Limitus/Rigidus Surgery.
  MPMA Southeast Division Great Lakes Meeting
  Troy, MI.



• June 24, 2004. Complications of Hallux Limitus/Rigidus Surgery.
  Michigan Podiatric Medical Association Summer Seminar.
  Boyne, MI.



• May 2, 2004. Subtalar Arthroereisis for the Symptomatic Flatfoot.
  MPMA Northeast Division Spring/Summer Conference
  Mt. Pleasant, MI.



• May 15, 2002. Strength Analysis of Intraosseous Wire Fixation for Avulsion Fractures of the Fifth Metatarsal Base.
  24th Annual OHEP Research Forum
  Southfield, MI.



• April 25, 2002. Management of the Diabetic Foot: Diabetic Limb Salvage and Reconstruction
  Wayne Community Healthfair
  Wayne, MI.



• April 3, 2002. Diabetic Footcare and Preventative Maintenance
  Oakwood Healthcare Diabetic Lecture Series
  Dearborn, MI.



• February 13, 2002. Sports Related Injuries
  Breast Cancer Awareness Walk
  Troy, MI.



• January 27, 2001. Salvage of a hallux in a non-diabetic with neuropathy and osteomyelitis. New England Podiatry Complications Seminar. Providence, RI.