Best Osteoarthritis of Foot Doctors in Bay Pines, FL

Rafael Velasquez, MD, attended residency in family medicine at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, Alabama, and also completed a residency at Kansas University School of Medicine where he served as Chief Resident in Family Medicine. Dr. Velasquez was born in Lima, Peru, and graduated from Federico Villarreal School of Medicine in 1993. He worked with multiple volunteer programs in his native Peru, including the early detection of cervical/breast cancer, cholera prevention, and the Peruvian Red Cross. Dr. Valasquez is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and the American Medical Association. He enjoys karate, soccer, music, reading and spending time with friends and family.

My philosophy for patient care has been to provide the ultimate care I am capable of. I completed fellowship training in sports medicine and fellowship training in foot and ankle surgery so I could assuredly deliver the type of care I would expect my family members to receive. I frequently tell patients that I will treat their shoulder, knee, or ankle as if it were my own. I enjoy a high success of treating many Orthopaedic problems non-operatively, with the confidence to treat surgically when needed.

Dr. Gary Katz was born in Moscow, Russia and moved as a child to Cleveland, Ohio where he graduated from Mayfield High School. He attended Cleveland State University where he completed his pre-medicine coursework and studied embryological histology. He attended medical school at the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. He completed his post-graduate surgical residency at Mount Sinai Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio.Dr. Katz moved to Florida and opened his practice with his wife, Dr. Robin Katz in 1998. He has a busy surgical and sports medicine practice and is a designing surgeon with Bio Pro Implants. Dr. Katz holds a patent on the Horizon subtalar joint arthroereisis and continues to develop and innovate with this company. Dr. Katz is the proud father of 2 teenage boys who are very active in sports. He enjoys coaching their ice hockey teams as a certified USA Hockey Coach. Dr. Katz also enjoys exercising and when time permits, he likes to work on old cars.