BOARDMAN, Ohio -- The next generation of orthopedic and podiatric surgeons around the world may be studying from a textbook written in part by a pair of Youngstown-area podiatric physicians Lawrence A. DiDomenico and Thomas Groner. Both are podiatric surgeons at Ankle & Foot Care Centers here.
DiDomenico wrote three chapters in the recently published “International Advances in Foot and Ankle Surgery” textbook being used in medical and podiatry schools globally. Groner co-authored two of the three chapters.
Authors from United States, Austria, England, Germany, Ireland, Italy and the Netherlands contributed to the book, published by Springer. The publisher describes it as a “comprehensive textbook of some of the most common and difficult to deal with pathologies” and the “first truly international, multidisciplinary manual of foot and ankle surgery by the specialty’s leaders and most experienced surgeons.”
“Being included in a project like this is an honor in that it means influential people respect the work you’re doing and consider it state-of-the-art,” DiDomenico said. “Researching and writing for a textbook makes me better at what I do. You never get to stop learning, and this kind of project gives you a chance to step back and research subject matter from a new perspective.”
DiDomenico collaborated with Groner on chapters on endoscopic gastrocnemius recession and intermedullary nail fixation for tibiotalocalcancal arthrodesis, and he worked with a traumatologist in Atlanta and a North Carolina podiatric surgeon on a chapter about the use of external fixation in the lower extremity. “I enjoy the writing and research aspects of the profession, and to work with Dr. DiDomenico and be published in a textbook of this magnitude is quite an honor,” Groner said.
DiDomenico, who has authored portions of textbooks numerous times in his career, also is completing three chapters for another textbook to be published this fall. He practices out of Ankle & Foot Care Centers’ Boardman, Northside (Youngstown) and East Liverpool offices.
Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.