Sharon M. Dreeben, M.D.

Sharon Dreeben, M.D., is a prominent medical expert in foot and ankle surgery. Dr. Dreeben has worked with the national news media on a wide range of issues affecting foot health, including women’s footwear, cosmetic surgery for the feet, as well as sports and dance injuries. Her commentary has appeared in numerous articles, and on radio and television programs. As the past Chair of the AOFAS (American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society) Public Education Committee, she helps to inform the public about important foot and ankle health issues.
Dr. Dreeben completed her undergraduate work at Rutgers University in New Jersey, and attended medical school at the University of Medicine and Dentistry. She trained at Baylor University in Orthopaedic Surgery, and subsequently completed a foot and ankle fellowship with Roger Mann, M.D. She opened her practice in San Diego in 1989, exclusively for disorders of the foot and ankle..

Education

Orthopaedic FellowshipJuly-Jan 1991 Foot and Ankle SurgeryRoger A. Mann, M.D.San Francisco, CA
Residency/Research Fellowship1985-1990 Orthopaedic SurgeryBaylor College of MedicineHouston, TX
Internship1984-1985 General SurgeryRutgers UniversityNew Brunswick, NJ
Medical School1980-1984 UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical SchoolNewark, NJ
Graduate School1979-1980 Rutgers UniversityNew Brunswick, NJToxicology Pilot ProgramJohnson & Johnson
College1975-1979 Rutgers UniversityNew Brunswick, NJ

Merits

Private Practice1990-Present Orthopaedic SurgeryLimited to Disorders of the Foot and AnkleBOARD CERTIFICATION
1994-Present2004-2014 Orthopaedic SurgeryRe-certification Orthopaedic Surgery
FELLOW
1995-Present1996-Present American Academy of Orthopaedic SurgeonsAmerican Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society
MEMBER
1990-Present1991-Present1996-Present San Diego Medical SocietyCalifornia Medical AssociationWestern Orthopaedic Association
PUBLICATIONS
1981 Carbon Implant BiocompatibilityStudy, FDA: Dreeben S.Food and Drug Administration
1981 Electrical Stimulation of RatTendon Cells: Dreeben, S.Hershberg Award – Newark, NJ
1987 A New Method for Radiography of Weight Bearing Metatarsal Heads: Dreeben, S., Thomas P.B.M., Noble, P.C., Tullos, H.S.CORE 224: 100-107
1988Metatarsal Osteotomy for Primary Metatarsalgia: Radiographic and Pedobarographic Study:Dreeben, S.,et al.Foot and Ankle 9 (5): 214-218, April
1991Soft Tissue and Tendon Injuries of theFoot: Dreeben, S.Orthopaedic Knowledge Update – AADS
1992 Soft Tissue Trauma of the Foot andAnkle: Dreeben, S.Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

1993Heel Pain; Sorting Through the Differential Diagnoses: Dreeben, S. Journal of Musculoskeletal Medicine, June

1994 Heel Pain Update: Dreeben, S.
1994 Foot and Ankle Orthopaedic Knowledge Update – AOFAS, Sharon Dreeben, M.D.
1995 Complications of Bunion Surgery: Dreeben, S.AAOS Regional Review Course, Los Angeles, CA
1996 Advanced Hallux Valgus Deformity:Dreeben S., Mann, R.A. Foot and Ankle International Journal
1999Subtalar Arthroscopic TechniquesOperative Techniques in Sports Medicine
1999 Heel Pain in WomenWomen’s Health Orthopaedic Edition
May 2000 Autologous Osteochondral Grafting for Talar Cartilage Defects: Raad A. Al-Shikh, M.D., et al, Sharon M. DreebenFoot & Ankle International: May 2000
October 2000 Tibiotalocalcaneal Arthrodesis. Loretta B. Chou, M.D., et al Sharon M. Dreeben, M.D.;Foot & Ankle International Journal:October 2000
PRESENTATIONS
1987 The Effects of Methods of Cement Enhancement on the Strength of Acrylic Cement Interfaces:Dreeben, S., Nobel, P.C.Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Societyfor Biomaterials
1987 Laser Augmentation of Epineural Repairs: An Electrophysiological, Functional andHistological Study: Dreeben, S., Thomas, P.B.M., Noble, P.C.Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Societyfor Biomaterials
1987 Metatarsal Osteotomy for Primary Metatarsalgia:Radiographic and Pedobarographic Study: Dreeben, S.Foot and Ankle Society Meeting, Santa Fe, NM