
Overview
Samuel Russ, M.D., is an orthopedic surgeon at Summit Orthopedics specializing in foot and ankle care, serving Minneapolis/St. Paul patients. He has a special interest in sports-related injuries, arthroscopy, and reconstructive foot and ankle surgery. He completed a foot and ankle fellowship at St. Mary’s Orthopedics in Maine. “I try all the things to help people live functional, pain-free lives without surgery first,” Dr. Russ says. “Then, if we determine that the individual requires surgery, I work with the patient to figure out what he or she needs, so that I am not doing too much or too little. I work to individualize the surgical treatment plan.” He volunteers his surgical skills to underserved communities through One World Surgery.
Dr. Russ is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Foot Drop. His top areas of expertise are Flat Feet, Achilles Tendon Rupture, Metatarsalgia, and Osteochondritis Dissecans.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 4 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
2620 Eagan Woods Drive, Floor 1, Eagan, MN 55121
2090 Woodwinds Drive, Check Directory For Floor, Woodbury, MN 55125
319 South Main Street, River Falls, WI 54022
3580 Arcade Street, Floor 1, Vadnais Heights, MN 55127
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.
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Summit Orthopedics
Nicholas Wills, M.D., is a spine surgeon at Summit Orthopedics, serving Minneapolis and St. Paul metro patients. He specializes in minimally invasive spine surgery, total disc replacement, as well as cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine conditions. Across the nation, Dr. Wills trains other surgeons on the best techniques for disc replacement surgery. He was a pioneer in this market, adopting new technology that allows for a two-level disc replacement that maintains the motion at both levels of repair. His surgical expertise has won him repeated recognition on the Mpls.St.Paul Magazine’s Rising Stars list. Dr. Wills is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Foot Drop. His top areas of expertise are Spinal Stenosis, Invertebral Disc Disease, Spondylolisthesis, Cervical Disc Surgery, and Herniated Disc Surgery.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Advanced
- Achilles Tendon RuptureDr. Russ isAdvanced. Learn about Achilles Tendon Rupture.
- Caffey DiseaseDr. Russ isAdvanced. Learn about Caffey Disease.
- Flat FeetDr. Russ isAdvanced. Learn about Flat Feet.
- Foot DropDr. Russ isAdvanced. Learn about Foot Drop.
- Hypermobile JointsDr. Russ isAdvanced. Learn about Hypermobile Joints.
- MetatarsalgiaDr. Russ isAdvanced. Learn about Metatarsalgia.
- Experienced
- BunionsDr. Russ isExperienced. Learn about Bunions.
- BursitisDr. Russ isExperienced. Learn about Bursitis.
- Bursitis of the HeelDr. Russ isExperienced. Learn about Bursitis of the Heel.
- Claw FootDr. Russ isExperienced. Learn about Claw Foot.
- ClubfootDr. Russ isExperienced. Learn about Clubfoot.
- Common Peroneal Nerve DysfunctionDr. Russ isExperienced. Learn about Common Peroneal Nerve Dysfunction.

