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Michael M. Romash, MD
Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon

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“It all starts with good mechanics,” said Dr. Romash. Originally enrolled as an engineering student at the United States Military Academy at West Point, he recognized early on how the mechanics of the body could benefit a lot of people.

After college, Dr. Romash served as a Field Artillery Officer in Germany, returning stateside to earn his medical degree at Temple University School of Medicine. He went on to become a Colonel as well as Chief of Joint Replacement and Foot and Ankle Services at Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii.

In 1988, Dr. Romash left the military to join the dynamic practice that is now SMOC. A lower extremity specialist, he is a Fellow of the prestigious American Orthopaedic Association and known as a pioneer in his field. Author of numerous medical journal articles and chapters in text books about foot and ankle surgery, he has developed treatments commonly used for various heel fractures.

His method of treatment of calcaneal fractures was conceived during his tour as an orthopaedic surgeon with the 82nd Airborne Division, where such heel fractures used to end a paratrooper’s career. This led to development of his innovative metal plate which is now widely used.

Dr. Michael Romash is a familiar face on the sidelines of local high school soccer games, and he is licensed to teach other soccer coaches in the state of Virginia.

Medical Degree
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA     
Residency
Orthopaedic Surgery, Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii    

Fellowship
Adult Reconstructive Surgery, Sports Medicine; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
     
University Appointments
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences, B. Edward Herbert School of Medicine, Bethesda, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Virginia, School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Hawaii School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI   

Affiliations
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Fellow, American Orthopaedic Association
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society
Piedmont Orthopaedic Society
Society of Military Orthopaedic Association
Hawaii Orthopaedic Association
Western Orthopaedic Association
Eastern Orthopaedic Association
Hampton Roads Orthopaedic Association 

Areas of Specialty
Foot and Ankle Surgery
Joint Replacement
Diseases of Lower Extremities

Additional Credentials/Achievements
American Orthopaedic Association member
Expert Commentator on Advances in Orthopaedic Surgery
C.P.T. Coding Committee, Diabetes Committee, Industrial Medicine Committee, American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society
Exhibits Committee, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Secretary/Treasurer, Hawaii Orthopaedic Association