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NealM.Blitz,DPM,FACFASReconstructiveFoot&AnkleSurgery

NEWYORK800A5thAvenue,Suite403.NewYork,NY10065BEVERLYHILLS435N.RoxburyDr.,Penthouse.BeverlyHills,CA90210(212)776-4250

Info@DrNealBlitz.comwww.DrNealBlitz.com

PROFESSIONALEMPLOYMENTBlitzFootcare|NewYorkCity,NY.9/2012–Present.BeverlyHills,CA.9/2016–PresentPrincipal

Bronx-LebanonHospitalCenter|Bronx,NY.9/2008–12/2013ChiefofFootSurgery&AssociateChairmanofOrthopedicsDepartmentofOrthopaedicSurgeryKaiserPermanenteMedicalGroup|SantaRosa,CA.7/2002–8/2008AttendingStaff&ResearchDirectorofKaiserNorthBayConsortiumResidencyDepartmentFoot&AnkleSurgeryandOrthopaedics

MEDICALEDUCATIONNewYorkCollegeofPodiatricMedicine|NewYork,NY.7/1995–6/1999DoctorofPodiatricMedicine,GraduatedCumLaude

RESIDENCYTRAININGSwedishMedicalCenter|Seattle,WA.7/1999–6/2002NorthwestPodiatricSurgicalResidencyAffiliatedwithHarborviewMedicalCenter

FELLOWSHIPTechnischeUniversistatDresden|Dresden,Germany.3/2002AOInternational(AO/ASIFAwardedFellowship)

BOARDCERTIFICATIONFootSurgery,AmericanBoardofFoot&AnkleSurgeryCertified,8/1/2004–8/31/2024CertificateNo.7005ReconstructiveRearfoot&AnkleSurgery,AmericanBoardofFoot&AnkleSurgeryCertified,7/30/2005–8/31/2025CertificateNo.6641

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PATENTSBlitzetal.FixationPlateforuseofintheLapidusApproachPub.No.US8828063B2IssueDate:Sep9,2014Blitzetal.IntramedullaryCompressionNailandRelatedMethodforJonesFracturesPatentApplicationNo.20110160728EDITORIALS“EmbracingNewTechnology&TechniquesinFoot&AnkleSurgery”TheClinicsinPodiatricMedicineandSurgeryClinPodiatrMedSurg–29(3):xviii,2012“TheSurgicalPlaybook”TheClinicsinPodiatricMedicineandSurgeryClinPodiatrMedSurg27(1):xvii-xviii,2010“TheSurgicalPlaybook”TheClinicsinPodiatricMedicineandSurgeryClinPodiatrMedSurg27(1):xvii-xviii,2010“TheBeeThrive”TheJournalofFootAnkleSurgeryJFootAnkleSurg47(3):180-90,2008AWARDS&HONORSSecondPlace,ACFASManuscriptPresentation,3/2009KernbachK,BlitzNM,ACriticalEvaluationofSubtalarJointArthrosisAssociatedWithMiddleFacetTalocalcanealCoalitionin21SurgicallyManagedPatients:ARetrospectiveCTReview.InvestigationsInvolvingMiddleFacetCoalitions-PartIII.65thAnnualConference–AmericanCollegeofFoot&AnkleSurgeons,WashingtonD.C.HonorableMention,ACFASManuscriptPresentation,3/2008ThePresenceofCalcanealFibularRemodelingAssociatedWithMiddleFacetTalocalcanealCoalition:ARetrospectiveCTReviewof35feet.InvestigationsInvolvingMiddleFacetCoalitions-PartII.64thAnnualConference–AmericanCollegeofFoot&AnkleSurgeons,LongBeach,CAHonorableMention,ACFASManuscriptPresentation,3/2006AnatomicalAspectsoftheGastrocnemiusAponeurosisanditsInsertion.ACadavericStudy.63rdAnnualConference–AmericanCollegeofFoot&AnkleSurgeons,LasVegasNV

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PUBLICATIONS–PEERREVIEWEDMANUSCRIPTSBlitzNM.EarlyWeightbearingoftheLapidusBunionectomy.IsItFeasible?ClinPodiatrMedSurg29(3):367-81,2012SpinnerRJ,AmramiKK,BlitzNM.Suralintraneuralcyst.ArchPlastSurgJ.2012;39:77-79BlitzNM,LeeT,WilliamsK,BarkanH,DiDimenicoLA.Earlyweightbearingaftermodifiedlapidusarthodesis:amulticenterreviewof80cases.JFootAnkleSurg49(4):357-62,2010BlitzNM.Pediatric&adolescentflatfootreconstructionincombinationwithmiddlefacettalocalcanealcoalitionresection.ClinPodiatrMedSurg27(1):119-33,2010BlitzNM,StabileRJ,GiorginiRJ,DiDomenicoLA.Flexiblepediatricandadolescentpesplanovalgus:conservativeandsurgicaltreatmentoptions.ClinPodiatrMedSurg27(1):59-77,2010KernbachKJ,BarkanH,BlitzNM.Acriticalevaluationofsubtalarjointarthrosisassociatedwithmiddlefacettalocalcanealcoalitionin21surgicallymanagedpatients:aretrospectivecomputedtomographyreview.Investigationsinvolvingmiddlefacetcoalitions-partIII.ClinPodiatrMedSurg201027(1):135-43BlitzNM.TheversatilityoftheLapidusarthrodesis.ClinPodiatrMedSurg26(3):427-41,2009BlitzNM,AmramiKK,SpinnerR.MagneticResonanceImagingofaDeepPeronealIntraneuralGanglionCystOriginatingfromtheSecondMetatarsophalangealJoint:APatternofPropagationSupportingtheUnifiedArticular(Synovial)TheoryfortheFormationofIntraneuralGanglia.JFootAnkleSurg48(1):80-4,2009BlitzNM,EliotDJ.AnatomicalAspectsoftheGastrocnemiusAponeurosisanditsMuscular-BoundPortion.ACadavericStudy.PartII.JFootAnkleSurg47(6):533-40,2008LeeT,BlitzNM,RushSM.PercutaneousLockingPlateFixationofthePilonFracture.SurgicalTechnique.JFootAnkleSurg47(6):598-602,2008RodriguezN,BlitzNM.HemorrhagicGanglionoftheTibialisAnteriorTendon.AnUnusualVariant,ASingleCaseReport.JFootAnkleSurg47(6):571-5,2008SpencerR,BlitzNM.GiantExtra-skeletalOsteochondromaofthePlantarMidfootArch.ACaseReport.JFootAnkleSurg47(4):362-7,2008KernbachK,BlitzNM.ThePresenceofCalcanealFibularRemodelingAssociatedWithMiddleFacetTalocalcanealCoalition:ARetrospectiveCTReviewof35feet.InvestigationsInvolvingMiddleFacetCoalitions-PartII.JFootAnkleSurg47(4):288-94,2008BlitzNM,PrestridgeJ,AmramiKK,SpinnerR.APost-Traumatic,JointConnectedSuralIntraneuralGanglionCyst–WithaNewMechanismofRecurrence.JFootAnkleSurg47(3):199-205,2008KernbachK,BlitzNM,RushSM.BilateralSingleStageMiddleFacetCoalitionResectionCombinedwithFlatfootReconstruction.AReportof6Cases.InvestigationsInvolvingMiddleFacetCoalitions,PartI.JFootAnkleSurg47(3):180-90,2008

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PUBLICATIONS–PEERREVIEWEDMANUSCRIPTS(CONT)BlitzNM,HoyalR,LeeT.InterpositionoftheFlexorHallucisLongusTendonthroughtheSubtalarJointasaLateComplicationofClubfootRepair.ACaseReport.JFootAnkleSurg47(4):321-5,2008BlitzNM,LopezKT.GiantOsteochondromaoftheInferiorPlantarMedialCalcanealTubercle.ACaseReport.JFootAnkleSurg47(3):206-12,2008BlitzNM,NemesKK.BilateralPeroneusLongusRuptureThroughBipartiteOsPeroneum.ACaseReport.JFootAnkleSurg46(4):270-7,2007BlitzNM,RushSM.TheGastrocnemiusIntramuscularAponeuroticRecession.ASimplifiedMethodofGastrocnemiusRecession.JFootAnkleSurg46(2):133-8,2007BlitzNM,EliotDJ.AnatomicalAspectsoftheGastrocnemiusAponeurosisanditsInsertion.ACadavericStudy.JFootAnkleSurg46(2):101-8,2007BlitzNM.UseoftheFirstRaySplayTesttoAssessTransversePlaneInstabilityBeforeFirstMetatarsocuneiformFusion.LetterstotheEditor.JFootAnkleSurg45(6):441-3,2006.BlitzNM,YuJ.Freiberg’sInfractioninIdenticalTwins.ACaseReport.JFootAnkleSurg44(3):218-221,2005BlitzNM,ChristensenJC,FordLA.PlantarPlateRupturesoftheSecondMetatarsophalangealJoint.LetterstotheEditor.JFootAnkleSurg43(6):442,2004SchuberthJM,CheungC,RushSM,BlitzNM,RolingB.TheMedialMalleolarApproachforArthrodesisoftheAnkle.AReportof13Cases.JFootAnkleSurg44(2):125-32,2004BlitzNM,FordLA,ChristensenJC.ArthrographyoftheSecondMetatarsophalangealJoint.ACadavericCorrelationStudy.JFootAnkleSurg43(4):231-40,2004BlitzNM,FordLA,ChristensenJC.PlantarPlateRepair.TechniqueandTips.JFootAnkleSurg43(4):265-9,2004BlitzNM,HutchinsonB,GrabowskiMV.PedalPlexiformNeurofibroma.CaseReportandReview.JFootAnkleSurg41(2):117-24,2002BlitzNM,ChristensenJC,FordLA.PlantarPlateRupturesoftheSecondMetatarsophalangealJoint.LetterstotheEditor.JFootAnkleSurg41(2):138-9,2002BlitzNM,RudikoffD.PyodermaGangrenosum.MtSinaiJMed86(4-5):287-97,2001

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TEXTBOOKCHAPTERCONTRIBUTIONSBlitzNM,SteinbergJS.NegativePressureWoundTherapyinFoot&AnkleReconstruction,InLowerExtremitySoftTissue&CutaneousPlasticSurgery,2ndEd.,EditedbyDockeryGL&CrawfordME,ElsevierScienceLTD,2012BlitzNM.SurgicalReconstructionoftheFailedDiabeticTendoAchillesLengthening,InSurgicalReconstructionoftheDiabeticLowerExtremity,EditedbyZgonisT,LippincottWilliams&Wilkins,2009BlitzNM.VacuumAssistedClosureinLowerExtremityReconstruction,InLowerExtremitySoftTissue&CutaneousPlasticSurgery,EditedbyDockeryGL&CrawfordME,ElsevierScienceLTD,2006POSTERPRESENTATIONSBlitzNM,AmramiKK,SpinnerR.MagneticResonanceImagingofaDeepPeronealIntraneuralGanglionCystOriginatingfromtheSecondMetatarsophalangealJoint:APatternofPropagationSupportingtheUnifiedArticular(Synovial)TheoryfortheFormationofIntraneuralGanglia.ACFASAnnualMeeting,WashingtonD.C.,2009BlitzNM,EliotD.AnatomicalAspectsoftheGastrocnemiusAponeurosisanditsMuscular-BoundPortion.ACadavericStudy.AmericanAssociationofClinicalAnatomistsAnnualMeeting,Toronto,ON,2008CulpCH,BlitzNM.IncidenceandRepairofHalluxVarusAfterModifiedLapidusBunionectomy.Areviewof155ConsecutiveLapidusBunionectomies.ASC,LongBeach,CA,2007KernbachK,BlitzNM.ThePresenceofCalcanealFibularRemodelingAssociatedWithMiddleFacetTalocalcanealCoalition:ARetrospectiveCTReviewof35feet.ACFASASC,LongBeach,CA,2007KernbachK,WilliamsG,BlitzNM.TalarBodyExtrusionwithConcomitantTalarNeckFracture.ACaseReport.ACFASASC,LongBeach,CA,2007SpencerR,BlitzNM.GiantExtra-skeletalOsteochondromaoftheFoot.ACaseReport.ACFASASC,LongBeach,CA,2007PrestridgeJ,BlitzNM.Intra-neuralSuralGanglionoftheAnkleOriginatingFromanArticularBranchoftheSuralNerve.ACFASASC,LongBeach,CA,2007KernbachK,BlitzNM.BilateralSingleStageMiddleFacetCoalitionResectionCombinedwithFlatfootReconstruction.AReportof2Cases.ACFASASC,Orlando,2007LeeT,BlitzNM.PercutaneousLockingPlateFixationofaPilonFracture.ACaseReport.ACFASASC,Orlando,FL,2007

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LECTUREEXPERIENCEAmericanCollegeofFoot&AnkleSurgeons,AnnualScientificConferenceWashington,D.C.–3/2009PerioperativeManagement–NutritionLimitedvs.TraditionalApproach–Ankle/PilonHAVControversies–LateralReleasePediatricDeformities–TarsalCoalitionResearchPresentation–EarlyWeightbearingofLapidusTheNewYorkClinicalConference&ExhibitionNewYork,NY–1/2009SurgicalRepairofAcuteAnkleFracturesAchillesTendonRepairSurgicalManagementofTalarDomeLesionsGastrocnemiusRecession–StrayerandGIAR4thAnnualInternalExternalFixationSymposiumSanAntonio,TX–12/2008HalluxAbductovalgus,Juvenile&AdultPediatricFlatfootDeformities/TarsalCoalitionsNegativePressureWoundCareTherapy,Orthobiologics&BioengineeredTissuesTheFailedTendoachillesLengthening&RecurrenceofDiabeticFootUlcerationAmericanCollegeofFoot&AnkleSurgeons,AnnualScientificConferenceLongBeach,CA–2/2008TraumaWorkshop–AnkleLimitedIncisionAnkleFracturesWhattheEDSent–TendonLacerationsSurgicalManagementofAdultFlatfoot–MedialColumnFusionsSynthesBayAreaFoot&AnkleCourseSanFrancisco,CA–1/2008LapidusBunionectomyAOBasicPodiatricCourseBostonMA–11/2007SurgicalManagementofMedialMalleolarAnkleFracturesAmericanCollegeofFoot&AnkleSurgeons,AnnualScientificConferenceOrlando,FL–2007ManagementofFailedPeronealTendonSurgerySurgicalTechniquesCaughtonVideo.LapidusArthrodesis

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LECTUREEXPERIENCE(CONT)NorthwestPodiatricFoundationSeminarCostaRica–2007HowtoSuccesswiththeLapidus:Tips&TechniqueNonunionRepairusingPEMF&mTORsignalingSurgicalManagementofAcute&ChronicLisfranc’sInjuriesEBIPodiatricForumParsippany,NJ–2006CurrentConceptsin2ndMTPJPathologyPilonFracture&Ex-FixComplicationsAmericanCollegeofFoot&AnkleSurgeons,AnnualScientificConferenceLasVegas,NV–20062ndMTPJInstability:SoftTissueStabilizationManagementofFailedPeronealTendonSurgeryClinicalCaseControversies.LapidusComplicationsOptimizingOutcomesinHalluxValgusSurgery:LapidusArthrodesisEssentialsofPracticeSeminar,CaliforniaCollegeofPodiatricMedicineOakland,CA–2004HalluxLimitus.1stMTPJFusion?LapidusWith&WithoutBoneGraftPerseveringtheFibularSesamoidinBunionSurgeryNorthwestPodiatricFoundationSeminarTahoe,NV–2003LapidusComplicationsAchillesTendinosisandtheFlexorHallucisLongusTransferPlantarPlateRepairoftheSecondMetatarsophalangealJointMountSinaiMedicalCenterNewYork,NY–2003PlantarPlateRepairoftheSecondMetatarsophalangealJointTechnischeUniversistatDresden.Dresden,Germany–2002PlantarPlateRepairoftheSecondMetatarsophalangealJointNorthwestPodiatricFoundationSeminarVancouver,BC–2000DiagnosingPyodermaGangrenosumControversiesRegardingTurfToeInjuryAmericanCollegeofFootandAnkleSurgeryZone2AnnualMeetingSeattle,WA–1999UnderstandingSubtalarInstability

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PUBLICATIONS–NON-PEERREVIEWEDPUBLICATIONSBlitzNM.AddressingCommonComplicationsOfTheLapidusBunionectomy.PodiatryToday.Volume29,Issue2,Feb2016BlitzNM.IntheDorsalApproachBetterThanThePlantarApproachForPlantarPlateRepair?PodiatryToday.Volume28,Issue10,Oct2015BlitzNM.MasteringTheAkinOsteotomy.PodiatryToday.Volume27,Issue7,July2014BlitzNM.CurrentConceptsWithRevisionBunionSurgery.PodiatryToday.Volume27,Issue2,Feb2014BlitzNM.EmergingConceptsWithPost-LapidusBunionectomyWeightbearing.PodiatryToday.Volume25,Issue9,Sept2012BlitzNM.WhyTheLapidusBunionectomyIstheBestProcedureforSevereBunions.PodiatryToday.Volume24,Issue12,Dec2011BlitzNM.Evaluation&ManagementofFlexiblePesPlanovalgus.LowerExtremityReview.Aug2010BlitzNM.LateralReleaseinHalluxValgusSurgery.PodiatryToday.Volume22,Issue8,Aug2009BlitzNM.ManagementofFailedPeronealTendonSurgery.PodiatryToday.Volume20,Issue8,Aug2007BlitzNM.KeyInsightsforAddressingInfectedHardware.PodiatryToday.Volume19,Issue8,Aug2006BlitzNM.CurrentConceptsinMedialColumnHypermobility.PodiatryToday.Volume18,Issue6,June2005BlitzNM.EarlyWeightbearingoftheLapidus:IsitPossible?PodiatryToday.Volume17,Issue8,Sept2004

BlitzNM.RayRG.HowtoHandleLapidusComplications.PodiatryToday.Volume16,Issue9,Sept2003ADVANCEDCOURSESAO/ASIFBasicCourseCharlotte,NC–10/1999MicroscopicNeurovascularSurgeryCourseMicrosurgeryandOperativeEndoscopyTrainingInstitute,SanFrancisco,CA–10/1999ArthroscopicSurgery/Holmium-YAGLaserCourseOrthopedicLearningCenter.Rosemont,IL–7/2000EssentialsofIlizarov.Smith&NephewInstructionalCourseDanaPoint,CA–4/2001DistractionOsteogenesisCourse.SynthesEnglewood,CO–10/2007

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HOSPITALAFFILATIONSMountSinaiMedicalCenter|NewYorkCity,NYClinicalInstructorOrthopedics,FootandAnkleServiceLenoxHillHospital,NorthwellHealth|NewYorkCity,NYVolunteerAttending,OrthopedicSurgeryCedarsSinai|BeverlyHills,CASurgeryDepartment,Foot&AnkleSurgeryBronx-LebanonHospitalCenter|Bronx,NYVolunteerAttending,OrthopedicSurgeryMidtownSurgeryCenter|NewYorkCity,NYLapeerHealthSystems|BeverlyHills,CAPROFESSIONALACTIVITIESFootHealthBlogger,HuffingtonPost(8/2011–Present)Expert,FootHealthAbout.com(8/2014–2/2016)MedicalExecutiveCommittee,Bronx-LebanonHospitalCenterBronx-LebanonHospitalCenter(2011-2013)ORCommittee,Bronx-LebanonHospitalCenterBronx-LebanonHospitalCenter(2011-2013)CommitteeMember,AnnualScientificConferenceAmericanCollegeofFootandAnkleSurgery(2005–2009)PosterChairman,AnnualScientificConferenceAmericanCollegeofFootandAnkleSurgery(2007–2008)ManuscriptReviewer,JournalofFoot&AnkleSurgery(11/2006–Present)ManuscriptReviewer,ArchivesofOrthopaedicsandTraumaSurgery(2/2007)EditorialBoard,ClinicsinPodiatricMedicineandSurgery(8/2007–Present)EditorialBoard,PodiatryToday(7/2005–Present)RegionalMeetingCoordinator,KaiserPermanentePodiatricSurgery(1/2004–3/2007)