2026 Faculty

Brent Bernstein, DPM

Fort Myers, FL

Co-Director Limb Salvage and Preservation Program, Lee Health

Jason R. Hanft, DPM, FACFAS

South Miami, FL

CEO/Founder, Defender; Director of Research, Doctors Research Network; Podiatric Foot Surgeon, The Foot & Ankle Institute of South Florida

Richard Harris, DPM, FACFAS

Birmingham, AL

Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy, UAB; VA Section Chief of Podiatry

Brent Haverstock, DPM, FACFAS

Birmingham, AL

Co Director, UAB Limb Preservation Clinic, Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery UAB Medicine

Matthew Kelly, MD

Birmingham, AL

Co-Medical Director, Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine

Michael Kerzner, DPM

Durham, NC

Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgeon, Duke Wound Management Clinic

Daniel Ladizinsky, MD

Portland, OR

CEO & VP of Medical Affairs, SUTUREGARD Medical, Inc.; Clinical Assistant Professor, Oregon Health Sciences University; former Chief of Plas

Miguel F. Manzur, MD

Los Angeles, CA

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Vascular Surgery

Kyle T. Mauk, DPM, FACFAS

Birmingham, AL

Podiatric Surgeon, Fellowship Director, UAB Foot & Ankle Fellowship, Clinical Assoc Professor of Surgery, UAB Division of Vascular Surgery

Austin Mishko, DPM

Fort Myers, FL

LEE PHYSICIAN GROUP Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine

Marcos Schechter, MD

Atlanta, GA

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine

Ken J. Unger, DPM, FACFAS, DABFS

Birmingham, AL

Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy, UAB; founding member, Zivot Limb Preservation Clinic

R. Marty Vander Noot, MD

Birmingham, AL

Professor, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, UAB; Medical Director, Inpatient Wound Care Services; Director, Wound, Ostomy & Contin