Dr. Affan Akhtar
Podiatric Ankle & Foot Surgeon
Dr. Affan Akhtar is a podiatric physician and surgeon whose services can be accessed at a number of locations. Dr. Affan Akhtar is board-certified by the American Board of Ankle & Foot Surgery, and he is on the medical staff at Robert Wood Johnson/Rahway, seeing patients for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, and St. Joseph’s Healthcare System in both Wayne, NJ and Paterson.
- Board Certified in Foot Surgery
- Reconstructive Ankle & Foot Surgery
- Optimal Ankle & Foot – Current Podiatric Surgeon
- Robert Wood Johnson – Rahway, NJ
- Hudson Regional Hospital
- Bayonne Medical Center – Wound Care and Hyperbaric Oxygen
- St. Josephs Hospital/Regional Medical Center Patterson and Wayne, NJ
- 1/2009-1/2013 Secretary – Kimball Medical Center – Dept of Podiatry
- 2007-2008-Medical Education Committee – KMC
- Wound Care Institute – KMC
- 2010-Infection Control Committee – KMC
- Robert Wood Johnson (Rahway) 2015- performed the first two Total Ankle Replacements
Podiatric Medicine & Surgery (PM&S-36) Chief Resident; Roger Williams Medical Center/Boston University School of Medicine;Providence, RI- 7/2004 – 6/2007
Comprehensive clinical and surgical training in Ankle & Foot surgery: Orthopedic Surgery- Plastic Surgery- Vascular Surgery
Medical rotations: Dermatology, Rheumatology, Neurology, Anesthesia, Radiology, Pathology, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, and Internal Medicine.
Surgical Courses: Ankle Arthroscopy – AO Comprehensive – Accumed Orthopedic Ankle & Foot – Depuy External Fixation of Ankle & Foot – EBI External Fixation of Ankle & Foot – Othofix External Fixation of Foot & Ankle – Arthrex Ankle & Foot Biologic Course
- New York College of Podiatric Medicine; NY,NY Doctorate of Podiatric Medicine-5/2004
- Fairleigh Dickinson University; Teaneck, NJ Bachelor of Science-6/2000 Major: Chemical Biology
- Roger Williams Medical Center / Boston Medical School (Residency)
A Closer Look at Metatarsal Osteotomies- Podiatry Today,
June, 2011 -Affan Akhtar, DPM, AACFAS, Darren Diiulio, DPM, AACFAS, and Luke Cicchinelli, DPM, FACFAS
- American College of & and Ankle Surgeons
- 2007 ACFAS Complication Seminar- Lecture performed
- Ankle & STJ Fusion American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine
- New Jersey Podiatric Medical Society
- NYCPM Honor Council Representative 2000-2004
- American Podiatric Medical Association
- American Professional Wound Care Association
- License – State of New Jersey
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