Steven Edwards

Dr Steven Edwards FACPS

MSc(Oxon), MSc(Edinb), BSc(Pod)

Dr. Edwards is a fellowship-trained podiatric ​surgeon. He works to the full scope of adult and ​paediatric podiatric foot & ankle surgery.

He maintains a special interest in the surgical ​treatment of chronic heel pain (plantar fasciitis, heel ​spurs, etc).

He is a registered specialist with the Australian ​Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

  • PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
    • 2018 The Comprehensive Course of Internal Fixation for Reconstructive Surgery and Trauma of the Foot & Ankle
      American Academy of Foot and Ankle Osteosynthesis (Dallas, USA)
    • 2017-2024 Surgical Traineeship (6-8 year surgical training program)
    • 2017 Master of Science (Evidence-Based Health Care)
      The University of Oxford
    • 2016 Master of Science (Podiatric Medicine)
      Queen Margaret University
    • 2015 Endorsed to Prescribe Scheduled Medicines
      Podiatry Board of Australia
    • 2010 Bachelor of Podiatry
      La Trobe University
    • 2004 Victorian Certificate of Education
      Camberwell High School
  • PRACTITIONER REGISTER & BOARD REGISTRATION
    • Podiatry Board of Australia POD0001619216
    • Health & Care Professions Council (UK) CH35646
  • PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
    • Australasian College of Podiatric Surgeons Member
    • Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow Faculty Member
    • Royal Society of Victoria Member
    • The Aristotelian Society Member
    • Oxford Philosophical Society Member
    • Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine Member
    • Kellogg College, Oxford Alumnus
    • The University of Oxford Alumni Association Alumnus
    • Diabetes Australia Member
    • Australian Podiatry Association Member
    • La Trobe University Alumni Association Alumnus
    • Paediatric Podiatry Special Interest Group Founding member
  • REVIEWER FOR PEER REVIEWED MEDICAL JOURNALS
    • Foot & Ankle Specialist
    • Foot & Ankle Surgery: Techniques, Reports & Cases
    • Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery
    • Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
    • Postgraduate Medicine
    • Case reports in Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery
  • PUBLICATIONS – PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS
    • Edwards SR, Baarini O, Haddad A. A Painful Glomus Tumor of the Toe. Foot & Ankle Surgery: Techniques, Reports & Cases 2022.
    • Edwards SR, Kingsford AC. Excision of a Middle Subtalar Joint Facet Coalition.
    • Edwards SR, Kingsford AC. Angioleiomyoma within the first intermetatarsal space of the foot. Foot & Ankle Surgery: Techniques, Reports & Cases 2021.
    • Edwards SR, Kingsford AC. Adventitious Ganglionic Cyst Invading the Tarsal Tunnel. Foot & Ankle Surgery: Techniques, Reports & Cases 2021.
    • Edwards SR, Fleming S, Landorf K. Efficacy of a Single Corticosteroid Injection for Morton’s Neuroma in Adults: A Systematic Review. Journal of the American Podiatric Medicine Association 2021.
    • Edwards SR, Gilheany MF. Spindle Cell Lipoma of the Foot. Foot & Ankle Surgery: Techniques, Reports & Cases 2021.
    • Edwards SR, Kingsford AC. Surgical Repair of a Ruptured Flexor Hallucis Longus Tendon via Tenoplasty and Autogenous Peroneus Longus Tendon Graft. Foot & Ankle Surgery: Techniques, Reports & Cases 2021.
    • Edwards SR, Gilheany MF. Enchondromatosis Affecting the Foot: A Case Report. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research 2021.
    • Edwards SR, Ryan ND, Gilheany MF. Mini-Open Arthroplasty for Anterior Ankle Impingement. International Journal of Anatomy Radiology and Surgery 2021.
    • Baarini O, Tan BJ, Edwards SR. Efficacy of a single botulinum toxin A injection for distal tarsal tunnel syndrome: A protocol for a randomized, double-blinded trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications 2021.
    • Edwards SR, Kingsford AC. Myxoid Cyst of the Hallux. International Journal of Anatomy Radiology & Surgery 2020.
    • Edwards SR. Plantar vein thrombosis masquerading as plantar fasciitis: A case report. Phlebology 2020.
    • Edwards SR. A Case of Polymetatarsia without Polydactyly. Cureus 2020.
    • Edwards SR, Kingsford AC. Surgical management of an enchondroma of the proximal phalanx of the foot: An illustrative case report. SAGE Open Medical Case Reports 2020.
    • Edwards SR, Kingsford AC. Radical Cheilectomy as an Alternative to Arthrodesis for Hallux Rigidus. Cureus 2020.
    • Edwards SR, Wood OD. Plantar Vein Thrombosis. Phlebology 2020.
    • Edwards SR, Smith SE. Surgical Realignment of a Dorsiflexed Metatarsal Fracture. Cureus 2020.
    • Edwards SR, Samaras DJ. A Morton’s Neuroma Invading the Proper Digital Nerve. Cureus 2020.
    • Gilheany MF, Edwards SR, Cotchett MP. Capsular Interposition Arthroplasty with Percutaneous Suture Anchoring: A Pragmatic and Novel Surgical Technique for Hallux Rigidus. Cureus 2020.
  • PRESENTATIONS
    • Morton’s neuroma: Aetiology, pathogenesis, treatment options, and surgical critique
    • A high preoperative blood glucose level should be considered a risk factor for the development of complications after foot and ankle surgical procedures
    • Peri-operative stress dose steroids
    • Peri-operative considerations for patients with atrial fibrillation
    • Peri-operative considerate for the patient with asthma
    • Cardiac risk stratification in foot & ankle surgery
    • Peri-operative considerations for the obese patient
    • Venous thromboembolic prophylaxis in foot & ankle surgery
    • Indications for allogenic bone grafts in primary arthrodesis and osteotomy procedures in foot and ankle surgery
    • Peri-operative management of thalassaemia
    • Peri-operative considerations for he patient with ischaemic heart disease
    • Peri-operative considerate for psychiatric medications
    • Principles of dissection and dissection techniques
    • Peri-operative management of Parkinson’s disease
    • Risk factors associated with postoperative pain
    • Peri-operative management of diabetes medications
    • Should foot and ankle surgeons use routine postoperative radiographs in the absence of clinical indication to assess osteotomy, fracture, and/or arthrodesis healing?
    • A selection of Surgical Case studies: Weird and Wonderful
    • Appraising the evidence – a critique of the NHS recommendations of 5 fruit and vegetables a day, and why it makes no difference to your health
    • The placebo effect in surgery – an appraisal of the trials of Moseley (2002) and Sihvonen (2013)Evidence-based medicine & paediatric podiatry: A primer on evidence based medicine and the appraisal of three paediatric podiatric articles
    • An investigation into the occurrence of psychiatric disorders and other co-morbidities amount children with learning disabilities of difference severities – a cohort study proposal
    • Faecal calprotectin to distinguish irritable bowel syndrome from inflammatory bowel disease – a diagnostic accuracy study
    • Corticosteroid injection for neuroma: A review of the evidence and advice for newly endorsed podiatrists.
    • Corticosteroid Injections for Morton’s neuroma: How you can incorporate this into your practice and what the evidence says. Australasian Rheumatology Conference 2021.