Craig Camasta, DPM

About Dr. Craig Camasta

Dr. Camasta is a licensed podiatric surgeon in the U.S., Canada and Australia. He is a widely sought after international lecturer. As a surgical consultant for Helios Hospital Group in Germany, Dr. Camasta teaches reconstructive foot & ankle surgery to orthopedic, trauma, and general surgeons. Dr. Camasta specializes in pediatric and adult reconstructive foot & ankle surgery. He pioneered numerous surgical procedures including primary repair of the ruptured plantar plate in overlapping second hammertoe deformities, reconstruction of the unstable rearfoot & ankle in Charcot patients, tarsal coalition surgery in pediatric patients, and bone-graft repair following failed bunion surgery.

Dr. Camasta is well known for treating difficult bone and soft tissue tumors and infections, and specializes in revision surgery in patients with previously unsuccessful surgical results. Operation Walk, Inc, a non-profit, established by Dr. Camasta, provides lower extremity surgery and educates surgeons in underserved countries. Dr. Camasta uses his surgical expertise to treat complex deformities including neonatal and neglected clubfoot, congenital deformities (polydactyly, macrodactyly, arthrogryphosis, calcaneovalgus), trauma and burn victims, neurological conditions affecting the lower extremity (spina bifida, polio, cerebral palsy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease), infectious diseases (bone infections), and various acquired conditions such as flatfoot, tarsal coalition, cavus foot, arthritis, and juvenile bunions.

 

Specialties:

• Complex Revision Surgery
• Pediatric/Adult Reconstructive Surgery of the Foot and Ankle
• Sports Injuries
• Trauma

 

Education:

• B.S. Biology, Millersville University, Pennsylvania
• Doctorate, Pennsylvania College of Podiatric Medicine

 

Surgical Training:

• Residency, Northlake Regional Medical Center, Tucker, GA
• Fellowship, Trauma Surgery, Vienna, Austria

 

Certifications:

• Board Certified in Foot Surgery, Reconstructive Rearfoot and Ankle Surgery
• American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery (Previously known as American Board of Podiatric Surgery)

 

Appointments:

• Faculty, Research Staff and Board Member, The Podiatry Institute, Atlanta
• Faculty, Podiatric Surgical Education, AO North America
• Surgical Consultant, Helios Hospital Group, Germany
• Medical Director, Operation Walk Inc., Atlanta
• Hospital and Surgery Center Affiliations
• Saint Joseph’s Hospital
• DeKalb Medical Center
• WellStar Windy Hill/East Cobb Health Park

 

Professional Memberships:

• Diplomate, American Board of Podiatric Surgery
• Fellow, American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons
• Fellow, Australasian College of Podiatric Surgeons