The principal podiatrist of the Foot and Ankle Experts Podiatry is Dr. Yejeong Kim (DPM) who is the first Australian Podiatrist to publish a paper on Foot and Ankle International (An International journal of American Orthopaedic Surgeons) in 2015 as a first author. Dr Kim is capable of bridging Foot and Ankle experts from different fields and countries to optimize her patient care and diagnosis. She has completed externships at Eulji tertiary hospital Orthopaedic department in South Korea (2014). She also received an extensive training from American DPM (Prof. Reza Naraghi, UWA) and Australia Podiatric Surgeon (Prof. Alan Bryant).

She studied Bachelor of Science (Neuroscience) from the University of Sydney in 2010. She completed her Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degree from University of Western Australia in 2015.

In addition, she has assisted several foot surgeries in South Korea as well as in Australia under the supervision of Orthopaedic Surgeons as well as Podiatric Surgeons. Her key interests are ingrown toenail surgeries, geriatric patient care and hallux abducto valgus (aka. bunion) surgeries.

Furthermore, she has attended and completed Arthrex workshop (2015) in South Korea as a DPM student representing Australia region. She was also one of the ten nominated presenters at the Western Australian Medical Student Society Research Symposium in 2015.

Conditions successfully treated

Plantar fasciitis, heel pain, heel spur
Metatarsalgia, neuromas, bursitis
Osteoarthritis of the foot, ankle and knee
Tendonitis - Achilles, Posterior Tibial, Peroneal, etc
Knee pain & lower limb related hip and back pain
Shin splints & chronic leg muscular pain
Nerve pain & inflammation
Ingrowing toenails