Overview
Dr. Brian Piazza is a fellowship trained pediatric orthopaedic surgeon. He graduated Cum Laude from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee with a Bachelors of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering. He then spent time designing orthopaedic implants while also obtaining a Masters in Biomedical Engineering at Duke University. Dr. Piazza is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.
He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery and Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America. Dr. Piazza enjoys all aspects of pediatric orthopedics with a special interest in pediatric orthopaedic trauma, lower extremity deformity, sports medicine, complex lower extremity reconstruction and disorders of the foot and ankle.
Dr. Piazza is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Kohler Disease. His top areas of expertise are Infectious Arthritis, Osteochondritis Dissecans, Osgood-Schlatter Disease, and Flat Feet.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 1 peer reviewed article. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Accepted insurance plans
- Health Options
- Humana
- Florida Blue
Locations
625 6th Avenue South, Suite 450, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
3440 W Dr MLK Jr Blvd, Suite 200, Tampa, FL 33607
625 6th Avenue South, Suite 450, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
3850 Tampa Rd, Palm Harbor, FL 34684
5881 Rand Blvd, Sarasota, FL 34238
4443 Rowan Rd, New Port Richey, FL 34653
625 6th Avenue South, Suite 450, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
8318 Market Street, Bradenton, FL 34202
625 6th Avenue South, Suite 450, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Piazza has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
Children's Orthopaedic And Scoliosis Surgery Associates LLP
Paul L. Benfanti, M.D. joined our practice in April 2011 after retiring from the Armed Services. He graduated from the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD in 1990. He completed an orthopaedic surgery residency at Eisenhower Army Medical Center Ft. Gordon, GA in 1997 and a Fellowship in Pediatric Orthopaedics and Spinal Deformity at the Shriner’s Hospital for Children in Greenville, SC in 2001. Dr. Benfanti is board certified and has been recertified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.He retired from the US Army as a Colonel. During his career he served as Orthopaedic Surgery Program Director from 2003-2009 and Chief, Orthopaedic Surgery from 2010-2011 at Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Surgeons. He is an active member of the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society and the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America.Dr. Benfanti enjoys all aspects of pediatric orthopaedics and has a special interest in sports medicine and foot and ankle reconstruction. . His top areas of expertise are Kohler Disease, Macrodactyly of the Foot, Clubfoot, and Bowlegs.
Areas of Expertise
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