2026 Faculty

Brent Bernstein, DPM
Fort Myers, FLCo-Director Limb Salvage and Preservation Program, Lee Health



Jason R. Hanft, DPM, FACFAS
South Miami, FLCEO/Founder, Defender; Director of Research, Doctors Research Network; Podiatric Foot Surgeon, The Foot & Ankle Institute of South Florida



Richard Harris, DPM, FACFAS
Birmingham, ALClinical Assistant Professor, Division of Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy, UAB; VA Section Chief of Podiatry



Brent Haverstock, DPM, FACFAS
Birmingham, ALCo Director, UAB Limb Preservation Clinic, Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery UAB Medicine



Matthew Kelly, MD
Birmingham, ALCo-Medical Director, Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine



Michael Kerzner, DPM
Durham, NCPodiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgeon, Duke Wound Management Clinic



Daniel Ladizinsky, MD
Portland, ORCEO & VP of Medical Affairs, SUTUREGARD Medical, Inc.; Clinical Assistant Professor, Oregon Health Sciences University; former Chief of Plas



Miguel F. Manzur, MD
Los Angeles, CAAssistant Professor of Surgery, Vascular Surgery



Kyle T. Mauk, DPM, FACFAS
Birmingham, ALPodiatric Surgeon, Fellowship Director, UAB Foot & Ankle Fellowship, Clinical Assoc Professor of Surgery, UAB Division of Vascular Surgery



Austin Mishko, DPM
Fort Myers, FLLEE PHYSICIAN GROUP Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine



Marcos Schechter, MD
Atlanta, GAAssistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine



Ken J. Unger, DPM, FACFAS, DABFS
Birmingham, ALClinical Assistant Professor, Division of Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy, UAB; founding member, Zivot Limb Preservation Clinic



R. Marty Vander Noot, MD
Birmingham, ALProfessor, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, UAB; Medical Director, Inpatient Wound Care Services; Director, Wound, Ostomy & Contin