Dr. Paul L. Benfanti
Overview
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 Macrodactyly of the Foot. His top areas of expertise are Clubfoot, Macrodactyly of the Foot, Kohler Disease, and Bowlegs.
Insurance
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Accepted insurance plans:
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- PPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- HMO
- INDEMNITY
- POS
- PPO
- OTHER MEDICAID
- STATE MEDICAID
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- EPO
- HMO
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
Locations
625 6th Ave S, Suite 450, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
4443 Rowan Rd, New Port Richey, FL 34653
3850 Tampa Rd, Palm Harbor, FL 34684
5881 Rand Blvd, Sarasota, FL 34238
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Benfanti 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.
Children's Orthopaedic And Scoliosis Surgery LLP
Dr. Phillips graduated Cum Laude from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering. He attended The University of Texas Medical School at Houston where he was accepted into the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. He completed an orthopaedic surgery residency at The University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, UT where he served as Chief Resident of Orthopaedic Surgery his final year. He is double fellowship trained in pediatric orthopaedic surgery at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, California and pediatric orthopaedic hand surgery at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital in Dallas, Texas.Dr. Phillips has acquired further specialty training in the complex reconstruction of limb deformities using internal lengthening devices and gradual correction with external frames.Dr. Phillips is an active member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America. His research includes characteristics of success and failure in L3 fusions for Lenke 5 curves, and the outcomes of extra-articular drilling for osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) of the talus.Dr. Phillips enjoys all aspects of pediatric orthopaedics and has a special interest in pediatric hand conditions. Dr. Phillips is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Macrodactyly of the Foot. His top areas of expertise are Macrodactyly of the Foot, Syndactyly, Clubfoot, Syndactyly Type 1, and Osteotomy.
Children's Orthopaedic And Scoliosis Surgery LLP
Daniel C. Bland, M.D. graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in May 2011. He completed a joint orthopedic surgery internship and residency at the University of Texas Southwestern in June 2016 and a Fellowship in Pediatric Orthopedics at Rady Children’s Hospital in July 2017. Dr. Bland is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.He is a member of the Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America. Dr. Bland enjoys all aspects of pediatric orthopedics with a special interest in the orthopaedic manifestations of neuromuscular diseases like cerebral palsy and patients with complex lower extremity deformities. Dr. Bland is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Macrodactyly of the Foot. His top areas of expertise are Macrodactyly of the Foot, Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease (LCPD), Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis, and Small Patella Syndrome.
Thomas Wilson is a Pediatric Orthopedics specialist and an Orthopedics provider in St Petersburg, Florida. Dr. Wilson is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Macrodactyly of the Foot. His top areas of expertise are Scoliosis, Flat Feet, Hypoplasia of the Tibia with Polydactyly, and Beukes Familial Hip Dysplasia.
Areas of Expertise
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