Dr. Laurence G. Rubin
DPM, FACFAS
Dr. Laurence Rubin is a leading podiatrist and foot and ankle surgeon involved on the local, state, and national levels. Practicing foot and ankle surgery for more than 25 years, he is double board certified in Foot Surgery and Rearfoot Reconstruction and Ankle Surgery. He is a past president of the Richmond Academy of Podiatric Medicine. He served on the Board of Directors for the Virginia Podiatric Medical Association and was the scientific chairman for the state meeting. He recently served as president of the Board of Directors, of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons.Dr. Rubin continues to lecture on both a national and international level, has authored several papers and chapters in books, and serves as a section editor for several journals. He co-designed and co-invented "EZ Frame," a patented, hybrid external fixation frame used for limb salvage, trauma, and reconstruction of the foot. He is currently the director of the Virginia Fellowship in reconstruction, revision and limb preservation surgery of the foot and ankle.
- Foot Surgery, American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery
- Rearfoot Reconstruction and Ankle Surgery, American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery
- Fellow of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons
- Micro-surgery Course, University of Pennsylvania
- Fellowship: University of Lund, Malmo, Sweden
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Reconstruction and Traumatology of the Foot and Ankle
- Residency: Saint Joseph's Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
- Medical: Temple College of Podiatric Medicine
(Formerly Pennsylvania College of Podiatric Medicine)
- Undergraduate: University of New Hampshire
Degrees: B.S. Zoology, B.S. Psychology
- American College of Foot and Ankle Surgery, Board of Directors 2011-2019, Past President
- American Podiatric Medical Association member
- Virginia Podiatric Medical Association, Board of Directors ('01-'04), Scientific Chairman for State Meeting ('07-'10)
- Richmond Academy of Podiatric Medicine, President ('01-'03)
- American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery, Oral Examiner for Foot Surgery and Rearfoot Reconstruction and Ankle Surgery
- The Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery, Section Editor for Adult Hindfoot and Ankle
- Editorial Board for Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery
- American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery, case review committee 2018, 2019
- International Bone Research Association, Premium Member / faculty
- Critique of a New Radiographic Angle to Assess Intra-Articular Calcaneal Fractures, Podiatry Tracts, 1990
- Pediatric Digital Deformities, Foot and Ankle Disorders in Children, 1991
- Office Emergencies, Podiatric Office Management an Procedures, 1991
- Disruption of the Ankle Syndesmosis: Biomechanical Study of the Ligamentous Restraints, Foot and Ankle Quarterly, 1995
- Disruption of the Ankle Syndesmosis: Diagnosis and Treatment by Arthroscopic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Quarterly, 1995
- The Use of Acellular Biological Tissue Patches Found in Foot and Ankle Surgery, Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery of North America, 2005
- Mechanical Testing of Seven Fixation Methods for Generation of Compression Across a Midtarsal Osteotomy: A Comparison of Internal and External Fixation Devices, Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery, 2007
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Forefoot Deformities: Digital Deformities, Central Metatarsalgia, Morton's Neuroma, Tailor's Bunion and Trauma, Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery, 2009
- Audio Lecture on Complications of Internal Fixation, Foot and Ankle Quarterly, 2009
- Surgical Management of Postoperative Inflections and Complications, Surgical Reconstruction of the Diabetic Foot and Ankle, 2009
- Subtalar Joint Arthroscopy, Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, 2011
- Foot and Ankle Arthroscopy, Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, 2011 - Guest Editor
- Osteomyelitis Associated with Charcot Arthropathy, Osteomyelitis of the Foot and Ankle, 2015
- Foot and Ankle Surgery Ebook, American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons, 2016 - Editor
- Small Joint Arthroscopy, Foot and Ankle Arthoscopy Ebook, 2016
- Subtalar Joint Arthroscopy, Foot and Ankle Arthroscopy Ebook, 2016
- First Metatarsal Phalangeal Joint Implant Complications, Complications of Foot and Ankle Surgery, 2017
- Richmond Rotation Director 2017- present, Washington Medstar Residency (Teaching Faculty of the year 2018)
- Fellowship Director: Virginia Fellowship in reconstruction, revision and limb preservation surgery of the foot and ankle
- Bon Secours Hospital Network
- HCA Hospital Network