Meet Ronald Belczyk, DPM
Dr. Belczyk is a reconstructive foot and ankle surgeon who specializes in the treatment of traumatic, degenerative, congenital, and acquired disorders of the lower extremity. Upon graduating from Samuel Merritt College of Podiatric Medicine, Dr. Belczyk went on to complete his Podiatric Surgery residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and then completed a fellowship in Limb Salvage at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and subsequently a Reconstructive foot and ankle surgery fellowship at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio. His training focused on traumatic foot and ankle injuries, deformity correction, diabetic Charcot reconstruction, and soft tissue coverage of the diabetic foot. Dr. Belczyk has also completed fellowships on external fixation in Russia and Greece. He also completed an AO fellowship in Switzerland.
Dr. Belczyk is board certified with the American Board of Podiatric Medicine. He is an active member of several associations including American Board of Podiatric Surgery, American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons and American Podiatric Medical Association.
He actively participates in resident education and clinical research. He is the founder and fellowship director at the Center for Foot Surgery in Oxnard, California. He has authored over 50 publications in peer reviewed journals and book chapters in the field of foot and ankle surgery. His interests include trauma, soft tissue coverage of the diabetic foot, reconstruction of post-traumatic injuries, and revisional surgery of the foot and ankle.