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Sharon M. Dreeben, M.D.

Sharon Dreeben, M.D., is a prominent medical expert in foot and ankle surgery. Dr. Dreeben has worked with the national news media on a wide range of issues affecting foot health, including women’s footwear, cosmetic surgery for the feet, as well as sports and dance injuries. Her commentary has appeared in numerous articles, and on radio and television programs. As the past Chair of the AOFAS (American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society) Public Education Committee, she helps to inform the public about important foot and ankle health issues.

Dr. Dreeben completed her undergraduate work at Rutgers University in New Jersey, and attended medical school at the University of Medicine and Dentistry. She trained at Baylor University in Orthopaedic Surgery, and subsequently completed a foot and ankle fellowship with Roger Mann, M.D. She opened her practice in San Diego in 1989, exclusively for disorders of the foot and ankle.

Education
Merits
Education

Orthopaedic Fellowship
July-Jan 1991 Foot and Ankle Surgery
Roger A. Mann, M.D.
San Francisco, CA

Residency/Research Fellowship
1985-1990 Orthopaedic Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

Internship
1984-1985 General Surgery
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ

Medical School
1980-1984 UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Newark, NJ

Graduate School
1979-1980 Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ
Toxicology Pilot Program
Johnson & Johnson

College
1975-1979 Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ

Merits
MEDICAL PRACTICE

Private Practice
1990-Present Orthopaedic Surgery
Limited to Disorders of the Foot and Ankle

BOARD CERTIFICATION

1994-Present
2004-2014 Orthopaedic Surgery
Re-certification Orthopaedic Surgery

FELLOW

1995-Present
1996-Present American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society

MEMBER

1990-Present
1991-Present
1996-Present San Diego Medical Society
California Medical Association
Western Orthopaedic Association

PUBLICATIONS

1981 Carbon Implant Biocompatibility
Study, FDA: Dreeben S.
Food and Drug Administration

1981 Electrical Stimulation of Rat
Tendon Cells: Dreeben, S.
Hershberg Award – Newark, NJ

1987 A New Method for Radiography of Weight Bearing Metatarsal Heads: Dreeben, S., Thomas P.B.M., Noble, P.C., Tullos, H.S.
CORE 224: 100-107

1988
Metatarsal Osteotomy for Primary Metatarsalgia: Radiographic and Pedobarographic Study:
Dreeben, S.,et al.
Foot and Ankle 9 (5): 214-218, April

1991
Soft Tissue and Tendon Injuries of the
Foot: Dreeben, S.
Orthopaedic Knowledge Update – AADS

1992 Soft Tissue Trauma of the Foot and
Ankle: Dreeben, S.
Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

1993
Heel Pain; Sorting Through the Differential Diagnoses: Dreeben, S. Journal of Musculoskeletal Medicine, June

1994 Heel Pain Update: Dreeben, S.

1994 Foot and Ankle Orthopaedic Knowledge Update – AOFAS, Sharon Dreeben, M.D.

1995 Complications of Bunion Surgery: Dreeben, S.
AAOS Regional Review Course, Los Angeles, CA

1996 Advanced Hallux Valgus Deformity:
Dreeben S., Mann, R.A. Foot and Ankle International Journal

1999
Subtalar Arthroscopic Techniques
Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine

1999 Heel Pain in Women
Women’s Health Orthopaedic Edition

May 2000 Autologous Osteochondral Grafting for Talar Cartilage Defects: Raad A. Al-Shikh, M.D., et al, Sharon M. Dreeben
Foot & Ankle International: May 2000

October 2000 Tibiotalocalcaneal Arthrodesis. Loretta B. Chou, M.D., et al Sharon M. Dreeben, M.D.;
Foot & Ankle International Journal:
October 2000

PRESENTATIONS

1987 The Effects of Methods of Cement Enhancement on the Strength of Acrylic Cement Interfaces:
Dreeben, S., Nobel, P.C.
Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Society
for Biomaterials

1987 Laser Augmentation of Epineural Repairs: An Electrophysiological, Functional and
Histological Study: Dreeben, S., Thomas, P.B.M., Noble, P.C.
Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Society
for Biomaterials

1987 Metatarsal Osteotomy for Primary Metatarsalgia:
Radiographic and Pedobarographic Study: Dreeben, S.
Foot and Ankle Society Meeting, Santa Fe, NM