Our Staff: Edgardo Rodriguez

Dr. Rodriguez serves as the director of the Chicago Foot & Ankle Deformity Correction Center. This Center specializes in complex foot and ankle conditions such as charcot joints and post-traumatic injuries. Dr. Rodriguez has trained in the U.S, Italy and Russia to learn the application of the Ilizarov technique to correct a variety of musculoskeletal disorders. He is an active member of the Department of Surgery at the Neurologic and Orthopedic Institute of Chicago and Saint Anthony Hospital, with a focus on complex disorders like clubfoot, post-polio and tibia or fibula hemimilia.

Dr. Rodriguez' special interest is pediatric deformity correction. He travels many times a year to Latin American countries, on Medical Missions, to donate his services to a population in need. Many of these deformities include cavo-varus, spastic-equinus, hindfoot valgus, severe soft tissue contractures and clubfoot deformity. He has participated in many circular fixation courses in Russia and Europe to further develop his skills in deformity correction. He has performed over 500 cases with external fixation.

Dr. Rodriguez works with The Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, one of the finest pediatric hospitals in the country, to help train doctors on multiplanar corrections. He has surgeons from the Midwest and other parts of the country visit his practice to learn the Ilizarov method of deformity correction. His complete Curriculum Vitae can be viewed here.