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Dr. William F. Buffone | What is a Podiatrist? | What is Board Certification?
 Education:
Undergraduate:
Medical:
Pennsylvania College of Podiatric Medicine
(now Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine)
Philadelphia, PA
Honors:
The Alumni Award: highest general average in four years of study.
Pi Delta National Podiatry Honor Society
Stirling Harford Anatomical Society
The Clinical Sciences Award: highest general average in clinical science.
The Orthopedics Award: outstanding scholastic proficiency in foot orthopedics.
The Professor Anthony S. Kidawa Angiology Award: Academic excellence in the study of Angiology.
Robert W. Barbuto Scholarship for Lower Extremity Anatomy
Fourth Year Externships:
Rolling Hill Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Peninsula Hospital, Far Rockaway, NY
Metropolitan Hospital Central Division, Philadelphia, PA
Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Turnersville, NJ
Saint Mary Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Post-Doctoral Training:
Residency Training:
St. Joseph's Hospital
A Division of the Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens, Inc.
Flushing, NY
Two year surgical residency (PSR-24).
Chief Resident in Podiatric Surgery:
Training in Forefoot surgery, rearfoot surgery, podiatric medicine, emergency room care
Rotations in Vascular surgery, infectious disease, anesthesia, nursing home care
Professional Societies
Specialty Boards
- Board Certified in Podiatric Orthopedics and Primary Podiatric Medicine -
American Board of Podiatric Orthopedics and Primary Podiatric Medicine
- Board Certified in Foot Surgery -
American Board of Podiatric Surgery
Hospital Affiliation
Surgical Privileges, Sept. 1991 - Present
Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca
101 Dates Drive
Ithaca, NY 14850
Eastern Long Island Hospital
201 Manor Place
Greenport, NY 11944
North Shore Surgi-Center
989 West Jericho Turnpike
Smithtown, NY 11787
Future Affiliations:
Peconic Bay Medical Center
Mather Hospital
Publications
Three Select Subungual Pathologies: Subungual Exostosis, Subungual Osteochondroma, and Subungual Hematoma - Co-author.
Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery - Vol. 6, No. 2, April 1989.
Common Foot Problems in Primary Care - Contributing author
Chapters: The Geriatric Foot; The Heel, Ankle, and Subtalar Joint, 1992
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