Douglas McKay, DPM, FACFAS, a Podiatrist in Private Practice
Get to know Podiatrist Dr. Douglas McKay, who serves patients throughout the State of New Jersey.
Being a board-certified podiatrist, Dr. McKay specializes in foot, ankle, and heel pain treatments. He serves patients at his offices in Caldwell and Wayne, New Jersey. There, he utilizes all the latest technologies in treating all foot and ankle ailments and is in the forefront of lower extremity wound care.
Having served as the Medical Director of Passaic Beth Israel Wound Center, Dr. McKay was the first podiatrist in New Jersey to incorporate hyperbaric oxygen treatments in diabetic foot wounds. To this day, he holds staff privileges at several hospitals within the community and can be found on staff at Ankle & Foot Associates of North Jersey with offices in Clifton and Wayne.
Growing up in Livingston, New Jersey, Dr. McKay graduated from Livingston High School in 1988. He completed his undergraduate education at the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. After a year of research at Newark Beth Israel Hospital in the Department of Thoracic Surgery, he earned his Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degree from the New York College of Podiatric Medicine in New York City, New York in 1997.
Upon graduation, his podiatric surgical and podiatric medical residencies were completed at Staten Island University Hospital and Metropolitan Hospital in New York City from 1997 until 1999.
A Fellow of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons, the doctor is board-certified in foot surgery by the American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery, which is the organization that administers board certification exams and recertification for foot and ankle surgeons. He is also a certified wound specialist through the American Board of Wound Management, a voluntary, not-for-profit organization established for the purpose of credentialing multi-disciplinary professionals in the field of wound management.
Podiatry is a branch of medicine devoted to the study, diagnosis, and medical and surgical treatment of a variety of disorders of the foot, ankle, and lower extremity. A podiatrist, also known as a podiatric physician or a foot and ankle surgeon, is a medical professional devoted to the treatment of disorders of the foot, ankle, and lower extremity. They can treat injuries and complications from ongoing health issues like diabetes.
Learn More about Dr. Douglas McKay:
Through his findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/1093023-Douglas-McKay-Podiatrist-Foot-and-Ankle-Specialist, through his private practice, http://www.douglasmckaydpm.com/ or through Ankle & Foot Associates of North Jersey, https://www.anklefootassociates.com/our_doctor.html
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