Podiatry
Our daily lives require us to move effectively from one place to another, so when your mobility is limited due to an ankle injury or foot pain, it can have a negative impact on your quality of life. Each foot contains 28 bones, 30 joints and more than 100 muscles, tendons and ligaments. Without all the parts working optimally, the result can be foot pain and diminished ability to stand, walk and run. Fortunately, if you’re experiencing foot pain, help is available.
What is a Podiatrist?
A podiatrist is a doctor of podiatric medicine (DPM), a physician and surgeon who treats the foot, ankle, and related structures of the leg.
Why Should I See a Podiatrist?
Feet are complex anatomical structures, all-in-one stabilizers, shock absorbers, and propulsion engines that are instrumental to overall health and well-being. They require expert care. Be sure you’re seeing the most qualified health-care professional to treat your feet by looking for the letters “DPM” after his or her name. The DPM means a physician has completed years of rigorous foot and ankle training in podiatric medical school and hospital-based residency training, making him or her uniquely qualified to care for this part of the body.
Our daily lives require us to move effectively from one place to another, so when your mobility is limited due to an ankle injury or foot pain, it can have a negative impact on your quality of life.
Dr. Xu Qian
Dr. Xu Qian was born and grew up in China. He moved to the United States at age 15 with his mother who was pursuing a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School’s affiliated research laboratory in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Xu went to Brookline High School and Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. In 2011 he graduated with a Bachelor of Art degree in Biology. He then worked in a private research laboratory for two years seeking a career for life. He eventually decided to pursue a medical path like his mother, who was a pediatric surgeon in China and her life saving stories influenced his early life.
Dr. Xu Qian went to New York College of Podiatric Medicine in 2013 and graduated with a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degree in 2017. He completed four years of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery and Reconstruction of the Rearfoot and Ankle surgical training in St. Barnabas Hospital Podiatry Residency Program, Bronx, New York. Dr. Xu was the chief resident of the podiatry department in his 3rd and 4th year residency training. He completed more than 400 forefoot and rearfoot surgical cases, among which 300 were as a first assistant. While at St. Barnabas Hospital, a regional level one trauma center, Dr. Xu has encountered numerous foot and ankle trauma cases and has advanced his rearfoot reconstructive surgical skills under the guidance of experienced orthopedic surgeons. He also advanced his forefoot surgical skills by practicing with podiatric surgeons in multiple hospitals and surgical centers in New York and Connecticut. During the residency, Dr. Xu has treated more than 500 patients with wounds and ulcers on the foot and leg in the wound care clinic and more than 2000 patients in the podiatry clinic.
