The brief descriptions below are designed to familiarize you with our staff's training, professional credentials and work experience.

Rudolf W. Cisco, DPM, FACFAS

Education

• 1982-1986
  Doctor of Podiatric Medicine
  Pennsylvania College of Podiatric Medicine
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
   
• 1979-1981
  Bachelor of Science, Public Health
  University of North Carolina
  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
   
• 1977-1979
  Lees-McRae College
  Banner Elk, North Carolina
   
• 1973-1977
  High Point Central High School
  High Point, North Carolina

Postgraduate

• 1986-1989
  St. Joseph’s Hospital
  Podiatric Surgery Residency Program
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
   
• Postgraduate Year I:
  Forefoot Surgery
  General Surgery
  Internal Medicine
  Outpatient Podiatric Clinic
  Anesthesia
  • Doctors Hospital Surgical Seminar
  Atlanta, Georgia
   
• Postgraduate Year II:
  Plastic Surgery and Oral Surgery
  Forefoot and Rearfoot Surgery
  Outpatient Podiatric Clinic
  Diabetic Foot Management
  Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification
  • Hershey Surgical Seminar
  Hershey, Pennsylvania
   
• Postgraduate Year III:
  General and Vascular Surgery
  Reconstructive and Traumatologic Surgery of the Foot and Ankle
  Orthopedic Surgery
  Infectious Diseases
  Microvascular Surgery
  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Hospital Affiliations
Northeast Georgia Medical Center
Gainesville Surgery Center
Gainesville Foot and Ankle Surgery Center, P.C.

Certifications and Fellowships
Board Certified-American Board of Podiatric Surgery
Diplomate, American Board of Podiatric Surgery
Fellow-American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons

Professional Organizations

• Member-American Podiatric Medical Association
• Member-Georgia Podiatric Medical Association
• Member-American Diabetes Association
• Member-American Academy of Podiatric Practice Management
• Board of directors for Georgia Podiatric Medical Association: 1996 to 2002
• President Elect for GPMA: 2003 to 2004
• President of GPMA: 2004 to 2006
• Past President GPMA: 2006 to 2007
• President of Georgia Podiatric Medical Educational Foundation
• State coordinator for Podiatric Political Action Committee

Publications

1. Mycobacterium Fortuitum Infection: A Multidisciplinary Approach, Complications in Orthopedics, Winter 1992.
2. Unusual Exostosis Formation of the Subtalar Joint Following an Inversion Ankle Injury, The Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery, May/June 1993
3. Bilateral Syndactyly: A Unique Case with Surgical Correction, Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association, November 1993.
4. Intravascular Papillary Endothelial Hyperplasia of the Foot, The Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery, published in fall of 1994.