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Michael Kachmar, D.P.M., F.A.C.F.A.S., F.A.C.F.A.O.
Dr. Kachmar has been in practice since 1986 in the Ocean/Monmouth County area and is Board Certified in Reconstructive Foot and Ankle Surgery and has successfully performed over 5,000 foot/ankle procedures in the past thirty years of practice. He completed his medical training at Temple University, including residencies at JFK University Medical Center, Stafford, Cherry Hill and Turnersville, NJ, and Temple Sports Medicine Center. Dr. Kachmar was born in Jersey City, NJ and moved to the Jersey Shore in 1970. He currently resides in Toms River, NJ. While attending college he was on the swim team, and subsequently became a lifeguard on the Seaside Heights Beach Patrol and currently continues his affiliation as the Beach Patrol physician.
He previously served as the Chairman of the Department of Podiatric Surgery at Community Medical Center, Toms River, NJ. In addition, he served as the Chairman of the Podiatry Subsection at Southern Ocean County Hospital in Manahawkin, NJ and the Director of Podiatric Services, Center for Diabetes in Toms River, NJ.
He has extensive years of experience and training in reconstructive pediatric and adult lower extremity surgery i.e. flat foot surgery, congenital deformity, peripheral nerve surgery, and deformity of the lower extremity. Dermatological conditions such as biopsy and removal of skin cancer are also part of Dr. Kachmar's expertise.
He is affiliated with the following hospitals:
- Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ
- Community Medical Center, Toms River, NJ
- Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus, Lakewood, NJ
- Southern Ocean County Hospital, Manahawkin, NJ
- JFK University Medical Center, Stafford, NJ
Dr. Kachmar also has special training in the following:
- Venous reflux and ulceration disease, PAD/PVD
- Reconstructive surgery of the lower leg, ankle and foot
- Ultrasound guided sclera therapy
- Digital diagnostic equipment
- Ambulatory phlebotomies
- Endogenous laser procedures
Certification:
- Diplomat of the American Board of Podiatric Surgery
- Diplomat of the American Board of Podiatric Surgery, Reconstructive Rearfoot/Ankle Surgery
- Fellow American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (FACFAS)
- Diplomat of the American Board of Podiatric Orthopedics
- Fellow American College of Foot and Ankle Orthopedics and Primary Medicine (FACFAO)
Continuing Education
Post Graduate Studies: (most recent listed first)
- Annual Venous Symposium in New York! Comprehensive, Practical and Venous Education, New York City, NY
- Dermfoot Lower Extremity Scientific Seminar, Annapolis, MD
- Atlantic City Regional lll Conference, Atlantic City, NJ
- Harvard Medical School, Diabetic Foot Management, Boston, MA
- Medical and Surgical Techniques of the Foot, Ankle and Lower Leg, Tucker GA
- Complications of Podiatric Medicine and Management of Infections, Sanibel FL
- World Congress of Foot and Ankle Surgery, Philadelphia PA
- Neurosensory and Motor Testing, John Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
- The Complicated Foot: Diabetes, Trauma, and First Ray Pathology, Philadelphia, PA
- Complications of Foot and Ankle Surgery, Hackensack University Medical Center, NJ
- Foot and Ankle Applications of Circular Frames, Scottsdale AZ
- Rearfoot Surgery Course, Tucker, GA
- Diabetic Limb Salvage, Washington, DC
- International External Fixation Symposium, San Antonio, TX
- National Wound Healing Conference, New York, NY
