OsteoarthritisofFoot near Llano, TX

Biography: Thomas Zgonis, DPM, FACFAS is Director of Methodist Diabetic Foot and Ankle Institute (DFAI) and Fellowship Director of Reconstructive Foot and Ankle Surgery at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. He is board certified in both Foot Surgery and Reconstructive Rearfoot/Ankle Surgery by the American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons. Dr. Zgonis is world-renowned for his expertise in diabetic foot and ankle reconstruction including the diabetic Charcot foot, amputation prevention and deformity correction with circular external fixation. He is a recognized leader, lecturer and author in the methods and application of the Ilizarov apparatus for external fixation and plastic surgical reconstruction of the diabetic foot and ankle. In addition to traveling extensively across the United States and around the world to educate physicians and surgeons with an interest in diabetic lower extremity reconstruction, he has published work in numerous textbook chapters, peer-reviewed journal articles, and is the textbook editor of Surgical Reconstruction of the Diabetic Foot and Ankle (1st and 2nd Editions), External Fixators of the Foot and Ankle, and Revisional and Reconstructive Surgery of the Foot and Ankle. He actively serves on the editorial board for multiple medical journals. Prior to joining Methodist Healthcare, Dr. Zgonis held several leadership positions at UT Health San Antonio Long School of Medicine Department of Orthopaedics as a Tenured Professor, Director of Reconstructive Foot and Ankle Surgery Fellowship and International Diabetic Foot Fellowship/Observership, Director of Podiatric Externship Program, and Founder and Scientific Chairman of the annual International External Fixation Symposium (IEFS) in San Antonio, Texas. He was the consulting editor of the Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, editor-in-chief of the open access journal Diabetic Foot and Ankle, and served as the Scientific Officer of the Association of Diabetic Foot Surgeons. Dr. Zgonis is Founder and Scientific Chairman of the annual Methodist International Lower Extremity Symposium (MILES) in San Antonio, Texas, continuing his collaborative vision with multiple medical and surgical disciplines in the treatment of the diabetic foot. He sees patients at the Methodist Diabetic Foot and Ankle Institute in San Antonio, Texas.

Care Philosophy: To meet and exceed the goals and expectations of our patients we match and optimize the latest techniques and systems to achieve restorative function to the lower extremity.