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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