Our Doctors

Lisa N. Alaish, DPM

OFFICE LOCATIONS

• Orlando Office
• Apopka Office

EDUCATION

• International Surgical Exchange Program
  London, England
• Podiatric Surgery Residency
  Kern Hospital & Medical Center
  Warren, Michigan 1999- 2001
• Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine
  Cleveland, Ohio 1995- 1999
  Doctor of Podiatric Medicine Degree
• Case Western Reserve University
  Cleveland, Ohio 1991- 1995
  B.A. Degree in Psychology

EXPERIENCE

• Group Practice in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery
  Florida Foot & Ankle Group, PA
  Orlando and Apopka, Florida 2001- Present

PROFESSIONAL BOARDS

• Diplomate, American Board of Podiatric Surgery
• Board Certified in Foot Surgery 2005

HOSPITAL PRIVILEGES

• Florida Hospitals
• Orlando Regional Healthcare System

SURGERY CENTER AFFILIATIONS

• Florida Surgery Center, Altamonte Springs

INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERIENCE & LECTURES

• Michigan Podiatric Medical Association
  Resident Abstract Series 2000
• Kern Hospital Resident Lecture Series 1999- 2000
• Academic Assistant for Educational Resources, OCPM 1997- 1999
• Continuing Medical Education Assistant, OCPM 1996- 1997

 

 

Walter E. Roth, DPM

OFFICE LOCATIONS

• Lake Mary Office
• Debary Office

EDUCATION

• Fellowship in Sports Medicine and Foot & Ankle Surgery
  Steven I. Subotnick, D.P.M., MS, Director
  Hayward, California 1987- 1988
• Podiatric Medicine & Surgical Residency
  Veterans Administration Medical Center
  San Francisco, California 1985- 1986
• California College of Podiatric Medicine
  San Francisco, California 1981- 1985
  Los Angeles County/ University of Southern California Medical Center
  Los Angeles, California 1985
  Doctor of Podiatric Medicine Degree
• Johns Hopkins University
  Baltimore, Maryland 1977- 1981
  B.A. Degree in Natural Science

EXPERIENCE

• Group Practice in Podiatric Medicine & Surgery
  Florida Foot & Ankle Group, PA
  Lake Mary & Daytona Beach, FL 1993- Present
• Podiatry Associate
  Coastal Podiatry, PA
  Port Orange, Florida 1991- 1995
• Private Practice in Podiatric Medicine & Surgery
  Roth & Watson, D.P.M., Partnership (aka Lake Mary Podiatry)
  Lake Mary & Sanford, Florida 1988- 1993
• Podiatry Associate
  Sports Medicine Center of Hayward
  Hayward, California 1987- 1988
• Foot Orthoses Laboratory Associate/ Technician/ Consultant
  Bay Biomechanics Laboratory
  San Fransisco, California 1986- 1987 

PROFESSIONAL BOARDS

• Diplomate, American Board of Podiatric Surgery
  Board Certified in Foot Surgery 1994
• Diplomate, American Board of Podiatric Orthopedics & Primary Podiatric Medicine
  Board Certified 1990

HOSPITAL PRIVILEGES

• Florida Hospital/ Fish Memorial
• Central Florida Regional Hospital

SURGERY CENTER AFFILIATIONS

• Florida Surgery Center, Altamonte Springs
• Lake Mary Surgery Center, Lake Mary

INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Oral Examiner in Podiatric Orthopedics for Combined Board Review Course
  Barry University, School of Podiatric Medicine
  Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 1993
• Assistant Clinical Instructor in Podiatric Medicine
  College of Podiatric Medicine & Surgery
  University of Osteopathic Medicine & Health Sciences
  Des Moines, Iowa 1985- 1986

 

 

Cindy M. Watson, DPM

OFFICE LOCATIONS

• Lake Mary Office
• Debary Office

EDUCATION

• Podiatric Surgery Residency
  Veterans Administration Medical Center & Stanford University
  Palo, Alto, CA, 1987 - 1988
• University of Osteopathic Medicine & Health Sciences
  College of Podiatric Medicine & Surgery
  Des Moines, IA, 1983 - 1987
  Doctor of Podiatric Medicine Degree - 5/29/87
• University of Minnesota
  Morris, MN, 1980 - 1983
  B.A. Degree in Biology - 6/10/1983

EXPERIENCE

• Wound Care Center
  Florida Hospital/Fish Memorial
  Orange City, FL, 2001 - Present
• Private Practice in Podiatric Medicine & Surgery
  Florida Foot & Ankle Group, P.A.
  Lake Mary & DeBary, FL, 1993 - Present
• Central Florida Wound Care Center & Hyperbaric Oxygen Dept.
  Central Florida Regional Hospital
  Sanford, FL, 1994 - 2001
• Central Florida Wound Care Center
  Columbia Park Medical Center
  Orlando, FL, 1995 - 1997
• Podiatry Associate
  Costal Podiatry, P.A.
  Ormond Beach, FL, 1994 - 1995
• Private Practice in podiatric Medicine & Surgery
  Roth & Watson, D.P.M. (aka Lake Mary Podiatry)
  Lake Mary & Sanford, FL, 1988 - 1993
• CPR Instructor
  Des Moines, Iowa 1984- 1986
• Emergency Medical Technician
  Morris, Minnesota 1983- 1984

LICENSE

• Florida Podiatric Medical License, active

PROFESSIONAL BOARDS

• Diplomate, American Board of Podiatric Surgery 1993

HOSPITAL PRIVILEGES

• Florida Hospital/Fish Memorial
• Central Florida Regional Hospital

SURGERY CENTER AFFILIATIONS

• Florida Surgery Center, Altamonte Springs, FL
• Lake Mary Surgery Center, Lake Mary

INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERIENCE

• “Diabetic Foot Care”
  Central Florida Regional Hospital
  Sanford, Florida 1990
• “Complications in the Diabetic Foot”
  Veterans Administration Medical Center
  Palo Alto, California 1988

 

 

Gary W. Chessman, DPM, FACFAS

OFFICE LOCATION

• Oviedo

EDUCATION

• BSC (Hons): Honors Bachelor of Science York University 1984
  Toronto, Canada
  DPM: Doctor of Podiatric Medicine
• Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine 1991
  Cleveland, Ohio
• PSR-24: Podiatric Surgical Residency 1993
  Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine
  Cleveland, Ohio

PROFESSIONAL

• Diplomate, American Board of Podiatric Surgery
• FACFAS: Fellow American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons 1995
• Board Certified In Foot Surgery 1997
• CWS: Certified in Wound Specialist 1997
• American Academy of Wound Management 1998

EXPERIENCE

• Florida Foot & Ankle Group - Private Practice 1995 - Current
• Orlando Regional Wound Healing Center 1996 - Current
• Orlando Regional Medical Center 1993 - Current

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

• Orlando Regional Medical Center – Orlando, Florida

RESEARCH

• Zosyn Evaluation of Safety and Efficacy at 4.5 gm IV
• APLIGRAF Phase III Study Healing vs. Standard of Care
• Evaluation of Autologous Platelet Gel – Harvest Technologies
• Forces under the First MPJ - JAPMA

 

 

Luis J. Sanchez-Robles, DPM, FACFAS, FAMOS

OFFICE LOCATION

• Oviedo

Medical Education:

• 1985-1989 College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery
  Des Moines, IA.
  Degree: DPM, (Doctor in Podiatric Medicine).

• 1980-1983 CETEC School of Medicine
  Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
  Degree: M.D.

Undergraduate Education:

• 1985-1989 College of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences
  Des Moines, IA
  Degree: B.S.

• 1978-1984 Interamerican University of Puerto Rico
  Hato Rey, P.R.
  Degree: B.A.

• 1977-1978 Jacksonville University
  Jacksonville, FL
  Undergraduate

Residency:

• 1989-1991 St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital Center
  Chicago, IL
  2 years Podiatric Surgical Residency

Board Certifications:

• August 1999 - ABPS, (American Board of Podiatric Surgery), Board Certified.
• August 1993 - ABPO, (American Board of Podiatric Orthopedics), Board Qualified.
• August 1999 - F.A.C.F.A.S. (Fellow of the American College of Foot & Ankle Surgeons).
• 2007- American College of Wound Specialist Board Certification. (CWS). Fellow of ACWS.
• 2009- American Society of Podiatric Surgeons Fellow.
• 2017- F.A.M.O.S., Orthoplastic Microsurgical Limb Reconstruction & Deformity Correction Fellowship.

Professional Affiliations:

• Member of the American Podiatric Medical Association: 1989 to present.
• Member of the Florida Podiatric Medical Association: 1991 to present.
• Member of the American College of Podopediatrics Association: 1989.
• Member of the American Academy of Podiatric Practice Management: 2002.
• Member of the Panamerican Medical Society of Central Florida: 1991 to present.
• Fellow of the American College of Foot & Ankle Surgeons: 1993 to present.
• Member of the American Diabetes Association.
• Fellow of the American College of Wound Specialists: 2006 to present.
• Fellow of the American Society of Podiatric Surgeons: 2011 to present.
• Attending Podiatric Physician and Surgeon for the Florida Hospital East Orlando Campus Podiatric Surgical Residency Program, Orlando, FL, USA: 2000 to present.
• I.C.R.S. , (International Cartilage Research Society) member and lecturer. 2012 to present.
• AMOS Member (American Microsurgical Orthoplastic Society) 2017

Hospital and Surgery Center Affiliations:

• Orlando Regional Healthcare Systems, Orlando Regional Medical Center, Lucerne Medical Center, Arnold Palmer Hospital, Dr P. Philips Hospital, St. Cloud Hospital, and Clermont, FL.
• Florida Hospital Healthcare Systems, East Orlando, South Orlando, Altamonte, Kissimmee, and Celebration, FL.
• OCOS, Orlando Center For Outpatient Surgery, Orlando, FL.

Work History:

• 1991-1996: Orlando Foot & Ankle Clinic, Inc
  Administrative Office
  3165 McCrory Place
  Orlando, FL 32803
  Tel: 407-423-1234
• 1996-2000 Accent Foot, Ankle, & Leg Clinic
  Luis J. Sanchez, D.P.M., P.A.
  591 Oak Commons Blvd., Ste. B
  Kissimmee, FL 34741
• 2000 to present, Orlando Foot & Ankle Clinic, P.A., Central Florida, USA.

Teaching Positions:

• 1983-1985 Professor, School of Nursing, Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Anatomy, Microbiology, and Physiology Professor.
• 1984-1985 Biology Department, Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Microbiology professor.
• 1982-1983 Teacher Assistant, Anatomy Laboratory, CETEC School of Medicine, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. (While going through 2nd & 3rd year of School of Medicine).
• 1993: Associate Professor for Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
• 1993 to present: Multiple teaching lectures at different institutions in Spain, associated with “Asociacion de Podologos de Espana”.
• 2003. Associate Professor, Clinical Sciences of Florida State University, College of Medicine, Tallahassee, Fl.
• 2003. Assistant lecturer for American College of Foot & Ankle Surgeons; (ACFAS). Applications of External Fixation in the Foot & Ankle: Memphis, TN, 2003.
• 2006. September 29-30. The College of Orthopedics and Traumatology of Nuevo Leon: Mexico. 35th Annual Meeting, Lectures presentations on “The Use of the Sheffield- Orthofix External Fixation System in Pathologies of the Foot, Ankle, & Leg.” Lectures and Laboratory in bone models. Hotel Crown Plaza Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico.
• 2006. September 29. The College of Orthopedics and Traumatology of Nuevo Leon, Mexico. 35th Annual Meeting. Lecture on “The Use of Bone Stimulators” in fractures / osteotomies healing; “ The Cleveland Study”. Hotel Crown Plaza Monterrey. Monterrey, Mexico.
• 2003-2008: Other teaching appointments in multiple lectures in and out of the USA. These lectures are related to the field of Foot, Ankle, & Leg medicine and surgery.
• 2000 to present: Attending Podiatric Physician & Surgeon for the Florida hospital East Campus Podiatric Surgery Residency program, Orlando, Florida, USA. This is a 3 years length Surgical Residency program, approved by ACFAS.
• 2011 to present: Lecturer for the American Society of Podiatric Surgeons., Multiple lectures.
• 2013 to present: Lecturer for several meetings and cadaver workshops at the Sociedad Espanola De Cirujanos de Pie y Tobillo, Spain.
• 2017: American Microsurgical Orthoplastics Society Fellowship: February- May 2017. Chicago, IL.

Publications:

• Contributor for “Podiatry Online Clinical Cases Presentations”, Foot.com, at the internet, since 1998. Multiple Podiatric Medical and Surgical Cases.
• “Sindactilismo”, (Sindactilism), A lecture Review and Case Presentation; Sanchez-Robles L.J.; Revista Podoscopio, Madrid, Spain, January 1996.
• Multiple Lectures, topics in Foot, Ankle, & Leg Surgery, and Podiatric Medicine. Revista Espanola de Podologia. 1993-2002.
• “A Manual for the Podiatry Surgery Resident”. Topics on hospital procedures and protocol; Mercado O. A., DPM, Sanchez-Robles, L.J., DPM, Mercado C., D.P.M., Ferreli, C., D.P.M. St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital Center, Chicago, IL. 1991.
• “La Una Encarnada” (The Ingrown Toe Nail), Sanchez-Robles L.J., D.P.M. La Prensa Newspaper, Orlando, Fl. 1991.
• “Cryptobyosis, A Survival Mechanism of Lymnea Cubencis” Frame A. D., P.H.D.; Bendezu P., P.H.D.; Sanchez-Robles L.J.; Garcia, P. A.: Interamerican University of Puerto Rico. National Institude of Health, MBRS, 8th Annual Minority Biomedical Support Symposium, 1980.
• “The Use Of Acellular Dermal Graft In Hallux Limitus / Hallux Rigidus”, Sanchez-Robles, Luis J., M.D., D.P.M., International Cartilage Research Society, Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, 2013. “Sanchez Fifth Metatarsal / Taylor’s Bunionectomy-Osteotomy”, Atlas Of Foot And Ankle Surgery, CD / Web Edition, O.A. Mercado, D.P.M., Chicago, USA, 2014.
• “Orthoplastic Techniques in Lower Extremity Reconstruction”. Rodriguez-Collazo, Edgardo, D.P.M., Finzen, Adam, D.P.M., Campbell, Tom, D.P.M., Sanchez-Robles, Luis, D.P.M., St. Joseph Hospital, Chicago, IL. To be published in 2017.
• “Distal Fifth Metatarsal Oblique Osteotomy, A Novel Technique for Tailor’s Bunion Deformity. Luis Sanchez-Robles, DPM, Hannah Sali, DPM, Colton Carter, DPM., Florida Hospital Podiatric Surgical Residency Program, 2017. (To be Published). (Other publications).

Seminars and Courses Certifications:

(Most Recent)

• October 2002: Russian Ilizarov Scientific Centre; “Restorative Traumatology & Orthopaedics”. International Ilizarov Training course on Transosseous Osteosynthesis in Injuries of the Foot, Ankle and Distal Tibia: Kurgan, Russia.
• August 2003: The Atlanta External Fixation Course. Atlanta Leg Lengthening & Deformity Correction Center: The Podiatry Institute of Georgia. Applications in Foot & Ankle Surgery.
• June 7, 2003: Smith & Nephew Ilizarov Training Course for Foot and Ankle Specialists. The use of Smith & Nephew External Fixation Equipment in reconstructive surgery of the foot & ankle. San Antonio, TX.
• September 2003: “13th Annual Baltimore Limb Deformity Course”. Mount Sinai Hospital Center, Baltimore, MR.
• December 2004: Orthofix Annual External Fixation Course with applications to reconstructive surgery of the foot and ankle. Verona, Italy.
• January 30-Feb. 2, 2004: 1st Seminar of Foot Surgery. Lecturer. Association of Surgeons Podologists of Spain. Madrid, Spain.
• June 3-6, 2004: The Puerto Rico Podiatry association. “First Annual Podiatry Surgery Seminar”. Lecturer. Multiple topics in reconstructive surgery of the foot & ankle. “Hotel Wyndham El Conquistador”, Fajardo, P.R.
• August 06-07 2004: Orthofix External / Internal Fixation Techniques Foot & Ankle Workshop / Sales Meeting. Orthofix Inc., Fort Worth / Dallas, Tx. Speaker / Lecturer for the sales division on: “The use and applications of internal & external fixation in foot and ankle surgery”.
• August 8-12, 2007: Puerto Rico Podiatric Medical Society Annual Scientific Meeting Lecturer. Topics on Foot & Ankle surgery. Rearfoot Reconstructive Surgical Procedures lecture series.
• November 13, 2004: Orthofix Local Podiatry Workshop for the North Florida / Tallahassee Podiatry Association. The use and applications of external fixators in foot and ankle surgery”.
• May 13-14, 2011: APMA, (American Podiatry Medical Association), Region 3 Annual Meeting. Three lectures on Adult and Pediatric Flatfoot Reconstructive Surgery.
• May 21, 2012: I.C.R.S., (International Cartilage Research Society; www.cartilage.com), Annual International Meeting. Lecture/Presentation: “Dermal Graft Application in Hallux Limitus/Rigidus, for Salvage of the First Metatarsophalangeal Joint”.
• January 21, 2013: SAMS Florida Podiatry Association 2013 Scientific Meeting. Caribe Royal Hotel & Convention Center, Orlando, FL, USA. Presented multiple lectures related to Foot & Ankle Reconstructive surgical techniques.
• June 23-25, 2013: Puerto Rico Podiatry Association Annual Scientific Meeting. Rio Grande , P.R. Presented multiple lectures related to Foot & Ankle reconstructive surgery.
• June 2014 – To present: Member of the AECP, (Academia Espanola de Cirujanos Podologos). Multiple lectures and seminars related to foot & ankle surgical reconstructive procedures and pathologies.
• January-April 2017: Fellowship Completion on “Orthoplastic Microsurgical Limb Reconstruction & Deformity Correction”. St. Joseph Hospital, Chicago, IL. Fellowship director: Dr. Edgardo R. Rodriguez-Collazo.