Overview
Dr. Piazza is a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. He sees patients in the St. Petersburg, Tampa and Lakewood Ranch locations of Children's Orthopaedic and Scoliosis Surgery Associates (COSSA), L.L.P. COSSA is the exclusive provider of pediatric orthopaedic services at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. Dr. Piazza is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery and Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America. His clinical interests include all aspects of pediatric orthopaedics 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 earned his medical degree from Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pennsylvania. He then completed an internship and orthopaedic surgery residency at Penn State College of Medicine. He also completed a fellowship in pediatric orthopaedic surgery at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He also earned a master’s degree in biomedical engineering at Duke University.
Dr. Piazza is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Kohler Disease. His top areas of expertise are Infectious Arthritis, Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease (LCPD), Macrodactyly of the Foot, and Clubfoot.
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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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
8318 Market Street, Bradenton, FL 34202
625 6th Avenue South, Suite 450, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
625 6th Avenue South, Suite 450, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
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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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. Dr. Benfanti is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Kohler Disease. His top areas of expertise are Clubfoot, Macrodactyly of the Foot, Kohler Disease, and Bowlegs.
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Areas of Expertise
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- Experienced
- Claw FootDr. Piazza isExperienced. Learn about Claw Foot.
- ClubfootDr. Piazza isExperienced. Learn about Clubfoot.
- Contracture DeformityDr. Piazza isExperienced. Learn about Contracture Deformity.
- Infectious ArthritisDr. Piazza isExperienced. Learn about Infectious Arthritis.
- Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease (LCPD)Dr. Piazza isExperienced. Learn about Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease (LCPD).
- Macrodactyly of the FootDr. Piazza isExperienced. Learn about Macrodactyly of the Foot.