Podiatry (Foot Care)

Podiatry (Foot Care)

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    • Our Podiatry team provides comprehensive care for a wide range of foot and ankle conditions, including diabetic foot complications, wounds, infections, bunions, hammertoes, heel pain, arthritis, and nail and skin disorders. We offer preventive care, medical and surgical treatment, and ongoing management tailored to each patient’s needs. Our goal is to relieve pain, improve function, prevent complications, and help patients maintain mobility and independence

    Podiatry, or podiatric medicine, is the branch of medicine that treats diseases of the foot. The Podiatry team at Domino's Farms clinic, West Ann Arbor Parkland and Brighton Center for Speciality Care provides foot care to all adult patients and specilizes in problems assocated with the diabetic foot.

    Our Approach

    Our podiatrists at U-M Health specialize in diabetic foot management, with an emphasis on ulceration/wound care and limb preservation. They are certified in wound management and also have received advanced training in other types of diabetes foot care. The podiatry team is dedicated to preventing amputations by using advanced wound care techniques and integrating clinical research.

    Treatments

    A range of podiatric treatments for foot problems are available including:

    • Diabetic and non-diabetic wound care
    • Diabetic foot care including nail care, callus care, annual diabetic foot exam for HME, and deformities of the foot and/or ankle including medical management of bunion deformities
    • Foot infections including septic joint, cellulitis, abscesses, and gout
    • Toenail and skin condition of the foot and/or ankle including calluses, ingrown nails and paronychia, warts, tinea pedis, onychomycosis, xerosis, pre-ulcerative lesions, COVID toes, rash, dermatitis, subungual hematoma, foot trauma including sprains, strains, and fractures, and pes planus and pes cavus
    • Gait abnormality including drop foot, neuroma, neuropathy, foreign body of the foot, Charcot neuro-osteoarthropathy, and plantar fasciitis
    • Metatarsalgia and foot pain including sesamoiditis, plantar plate injury, foot arthritis, hallux limitus/rigidus, edema, lymphedema, and venous insufficiency
    • Peripheral arterial disease of the lower extremity including gangrene, toe ischemia, and embolic disease
    • Surgical management of certain foot conditions including hammer toes and 1st MTPJ arthritis
    • Soft tissue masses/tumors including ganglion cyst and fibroma
    • Amputations including toe amputation and transmetatarsal amputation
    • Incision and drainage
    • Bone biopsy
    • Wart excision
    • Neuroma excision
    • Tailors bunions
    • Biopsies (excisional/incisional, punch)
    • Bone spurs
    • Bunions (non-surgical management including shoe recommendations and custom orthotic prescriptions)
    • Sesamoidectomy
    • Hardware removal
    • Foreign body removal

    Appointment Information

    For an appointment, please call one of our locations: 

    Multidisciplinary Foot Clinic

    The Michigan Lower Extremity Services (MiLES) Clinic offers a comprehensive approach to managing foot disease and features providers from podiatry, vascular surgery, infectious disease, and occupational and physical therapy.

    Learn about the clinic

    Locations
    • Podiatry Clinic | Brighton Center for Specialty Care 7500 Challis Rd
      Entrance 1, Level 2
      Brighton, MI 48116-9416       Get Directions
    • Podiatry Clinic | Domino's Farms 24 Frank Lloyd Wright Dr Ste 1300
      Lobby C
      Ann Arbor, MI 48105-9484       Get Directions
    • Podiatry Clinic | West Ann Arbor Health Center-Parkland Plaza 380 Parkland Plaza Ste 210
      Floor 2
      Ann Arbor, MI 48103-6201       Get Directions

    Providers

     Search for a U-M Health provider     Noreen Anwar, DPM

    Noreen Anwar, DPM

    Clinical Assistant Professor

    Podiatry

    Stephanie Behme, DPM

    Stephanie Behme, DPM

    Clinical Assistant Professor

    Podiatry

    Christopher Girgis, DPM

    Christopher Girgis, DPM

    Clinical Assistant Professor

    Podiatry, Foot Surgery

    Crystal Murray Holmes, DPM

    Crystal Murray Holmes, DPM

    Clinical Professor

    Podiatry

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    Michael Eugene Munson, DPM

    Clinical Associate Professor

    Podiatry, Foot and Ankle Surgery

    Sari Priesand, DPM

    Sari Priesand, DPM

    Clinical Associate Professor

    Podiatry

    Gary Marc Rothenberg, DPM

    Gary Marc Rothenberg, DPM

    Adjunct Clinical Professor

    Podiatry, Foot Surgery

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    Brian Matthew Schmidt, DPM

    Clinical Associate Professor

    Podiatry, Foot and Ankle Surgery

    Garneisha Matriece Torrence, DPM

    Clinical Assistant Professor

    Podiatry

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