100 UCLA Medical Plaza
Suite 460
Los Angeles,
CA
90095
310-443-8999
Current Employment
- University Podiatry Group
100 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite #460
Los Angeles, CA 90095
310-443-8999, fax 310-208-4847
- Full-time associate in group since July 2002
- Medical Staff, Department of Podiatric Surgery, UCLA Medical Center
- Medical Staff, Department of Podiatric Surgery, UCLA–Santa Monica Hospital
- Assistant Clinical Faculty, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
- Member of Advisory Board, Gonda (Goldschmied) Diabetes Center, UCLA Medical Center
- Attending physician, Gonda (Goldschmied) Wound Clinic, UCLA Medical Center
- Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center
University of California, Los Angeles
- Part-time medical staff since July 2002
- Specialist for podiatry
- Independent Medical Expert Consulting Services, Inc.
157 South Broad Street
Lansdale, PA 19446
www.imedecs.com
215-855-4633
- Consultant for review of medical cases in the area of podiatric medicine and surgery
Licensure
- State of California
- Active license to practice podiatric medicine and surgery from the Medical Board of California since 2001
- Commonwealth of Virginia
- License to practice podiatric medicine and surgery from 2000-2004
- Drug Enforcement Agency
- Active license from 2000
Certifications
- American Board of Podiatric Surgery
- Diplomate, 2005
- Board certified in Foot Surgery, 2005
- Board certified in Reconstructive Rearfoot and Ankle Surgery, 2005
- American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons
- Fellow, 2005
- Arthroscopic Ankle Surgery
- ACFAS Arthroscopic Surgical Skills Learning Course Certification. 2000
Professional Affiliations
- UCLA Medical Group
- American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons, Fellow
- American Board of Podiatric Surgery, Diplomate
- Media Spokesperson, American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons
- American Podiatric Medical Association, Member
- California Podiatric Medical Association, Member
- Los Angeles County Podiatric Medical Association, Member
Hospital/Surgical Privileges
- UCLA Medical Center
- 10833 Le Conte Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90095
- Santa Monica – UCLA Hospital
- 1250 16th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404
- UCLA Medical Center, Outpatient Ambulatory Surgical Center
- 200 UCLA Medical Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095
- Center for Ambulatory Surgical Treatment (CAST)
- 1090 Glendon Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90024
- Westside Multispecialty Surgical Center
- 10921 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Residency Training
- INOVA Fairfax Hospital Podiatric Surgery Residency Program in Northern Virginia
- Three year podiatric surgical residency – July 1999 through June 2002
- Affiliated Academic Institutions: Medical College of Virginia, Georgetown University Medical Center
- Affiliated Hospitals and Surgery Centers: Georgetown University Hospital, INOVA Fairfax Hospital, INOVA FairOaks Hospital, Vencour Northern Virginia Community hospital, Kaiser Permanente of Northern Virginia (Falls Church, Penderbrook, Springfield), Loudon County Hospital Center, DVAMC Washington DC, Columbia Fairfax Outpatient Surgery Center, Countryside Surgery Center of Loudon County, INOVA Woodburn Surgery Center.
- Surgical Experience: Comprehensive foot and ankle surgery training including elective forefoot and rearfoot reconstruction and arthrodesis, ankle arthroscopy, trauma, pediatrics, diabetic limb salvage, and lower extremity plastic surgery. Over 2,000 foot and ankle surgical procedures logged under guidance of approximately 100 different attendings including podiatrists, orthopedists (general, foot and ankle, and pediatric), and plastic surgeons.
- Plastic Surgery Fellowship in diabetic lower extremity reconstructive and limb salvage surgery, Georgetown University Hospital
- Director: Christopher Attinger, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Education
- California College of Podiatric Medicine, San Francisco, CA
- Doctor of Podiatric Medicine, 1999
- Honors:
- Pi Delta National Honors Society, Epsilon Chapter, 1997/98
- CCPM Honors List: 1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98.
- Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges, 1999.
- Podiatry Insurance Company of America Scholarship, 1997/98.
- Foundation for Excellence Scholarship, 1996/97, 1997/98.
- Korean American Scholarship Foundation, 1997/98.
- United Methodist Church Hispanic-Asian-Native American (HANA) Minority scholarship, 1995/96, 1996/97, 1998/99.
- University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
- Bachelor of Science, Microbiology, 1994.
Research/Publications
- Long Oblique Distal Osteotomy of the Fifth Metatarsal For Correction of a Tailor’s Bunion: A Retrospective Review – Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery, 2003.
- A Retrospective Review of the Asymmetric “V” Lesser Metatarsal Shortening Osteotomy – submission pending
Languages
- English, Korean, Spanish
Lectures
October 14, 2006: 2006 Annual Ontario Podiatric Medical Association Conference, Toronto, CANADA, “Use of External Bone Stimulators in Podiatric Surgery”.
May 24, 2006: Instructional lecture to Internal Medicine residents, David Geffen – UCLA School of Medicine, “Podiatry for the Primary Care Physician”.
May 12, 2006: Arthur Ashe UCLA Student Health Center, “Common Foot Problems”.
April 17, 2006: Iris Cantor - UCLA Women’s Health Center, “The Management of Diabetic Foot Infections”.
March 16, 2006: Grand Rounds, Dept. of Vascular Surgery, UCLA Medical Center, “Podiatric Surgery for the Vascular Surgeon”.
February 14, 2005: Iris Cantor - UCLA Women’s Health Center, “Common Foot Deformities”
October 27, 2004: Grand Rounds, Endocrinology Department CME Conference, City of Hope Hospital, Los Angeles, “The Management of Diabetic Foot Infections”
August 11, 2004: Lecture to Family Practice residents at Santa Monica/UCLA Hospital, “The Management of Diabetic Foot Infections”
June 19, 2004: UCLA Medical Center Diabetes Symposium Seminar, “The Management of Diabetic Foot Infections”
March 30, 2004: UCLA Dept of Medicine, Clinical Faculty Meeting, “An Algorithmic approach to Diabetic Foot Infections”.
Ongoing monthly lectures at the Gonda Diabetes Center, UCLA Medical Center for patient diabetic education, “The Diabetic Foot”